A reason for Montego Bay Pride: Murder of trans youth
Dwayne Jones was a young trans youth living in my hometown of Montego Bay, Jamaica. “Mo. Bay,” as…
This must stop: Jamaican homophobia leads to 2 murders
Yesterday (May 26) Jamaica’s major newspaper, the Jamaica Gleaner, selected another anti-LGBTI piece written by a notorious evangelical…
Jamaicans need to condemn attacks on LGBTI youth
Did Jamaica ignore violence against LGBTI youth on IDAHOT-B? On Sunday, May 17, there was a public march…
Can parents of slain gay youth soften Jamaican hearts?
A Jamaican activist reports: Matthew Shepard’s parents to speak in Jamaica Judy and Dennis Shepard, the parents of…
How to help shelter Jamaica's persecuted LGBT youths
Activists and other concerned citizens in Jamaica are working to build support for a shelter for homeless LGBT…
Despairing, a Jamaican plea for arrests in anti-gay crimes
The Jamaica Gleaner today published a remarkably downbeat little editorial about the murder of cross-dresser Dwayne Jones and…
Jamaica: Gay men flee firebombed house; police reject plea
Many Jamaicans still ridiculously claim that our country is NOT homophobic. Here’s further independent proof that such persons…
Jamaica needs urgent action to save LGBT people's lives
High-horse of urgency vs. callous indifference I met some remarkably resilient young Jamaican men on Sept. 10, 2013. …
Jamaica: I failed Oshane Gordon. I will not fail Dwayne Jones.
This commentary appeared previously in Dadland Shut Up. In the early morning on August 18, 2011, armed thugs…
Canada was right to nix tax-funded Jamaican hate
Jamaican anti-gay lawyer, Shirley Richards, wrote a letter to the editor condemning the cancellation of a performance by…