LGBT Jamaicans paint their way closer to local police
“LGBT community members in Jamaica refuse to be victims. We are actively engaged in our own liberation,” says…
Guyana plans referendum on its anti-gay law
Guyana, the only country in South American with anti-LGBT laws, plans to put the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality…
Financial crisis hits Americas’ official human rights watchdog
A severe financial crisis is forcing drastic staff cuts and reduction in operations at the human rights commission…
770 LGBT killings and major assaults in the Americas
A press release issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on December 17, 2014 reported the…
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. …
Two more gay men killed in Jamaica; panel seeks probe
An official human rights commission for North and South America has called on Jamaica to investigate the recent…