Jamaica’s violence forced me into exile
COMMENTARY: I am Sean, one of the petitioners who successfully challenged Jamaica’s deadly anti-sodomy law before the Inter-American…
Inter-American commission blasts Jamaica’s anti-gay laws
“A resounding victory for social justice and a necessary repudiation of homophobia.” That’s how one human rights activist…
Anti-gay deacon vs. gay lawyer in Jamaican debate
Catholic deacon/sociologist Peter Espeut and lawyer/activist Maurice Tomlinson debate the merits of LGBTQI rights in this latest installment…
Homophobes’ absurdity: Spare pedophiles so gays will suffer
To defend a Jamaican law against consensual same-sex intimacy, conservative Christians in Jamaica favor continued leniency for pedophiles…
Basis for anti-gay laws: Greed, not morality
Greed, not morality, was at the root of England’s original 1553 anti-homosexuality law, which has spawned similar laws…
Beyond Sodom: A biblical case for repealing sodomy laws
Archbishop John Holder put a biblical case for decriminalization of homosexuality under the noses of hundreds of thousands…
Taking aim at anti-LGBT laws dating back to Henry VIII
The buggery law in many former British colonies can be traced back to King Henry VIII, the Rt.…
Homophobia in Jamaica: Time to end the cowardice
It’s time for Jamaica to turn its back on homophobia and take a stand for the human rights…
Be brave, Anglicans; oppose Jamaica’s anti-gay law
It’s high time for Anglican bishops, priests and lay people in Jamaica to pluck up enough courage and…
Jamaican official appeals: Let me join gay-rights case
Jamaica’s official Public Defender, Arlene Harrison-Henry, has appealed her exclusion from a lawsuit before the Jamaican Supreme Court…