Preacher who said gays ‘deserved’ death still targets Jamaica
Preacher says he’ll visit Jamaica despite a petition to ban him. I don’t suggest killing gays, he claims:…
Jamaica's 'Face of Pride' stabbed to death
Jamaican fashion designer, video director and LGBT rights activist Dexter Pottinger, who was known as “the face of…
Jamaica celebrates twice: Pride, then more Pride
“Jamaica needs more Pride, more often,” says Khavor Demario Brown, co-organizer of Montego Bay Pride 2017. His comments…
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…
Russia, India, Jamaica, Africa: Many attacks, some progress
News items in this recap mostly were excerpted with slight modifications from two published round-ups of the world’s…
Challenge to Jamaican anti-sodomy law gets under way
At the first hearing of my constitutional challenge to the Jamaican anti-sodomy law held today [Feb. 23], the…
I refuse to be a victim, so I took a stand, Tomlinson says
I considered myself to be a very confident person. That changed suddenly a few years ago when I…
Commentary: Jamaican activists need to change focus
Jamaica needs to make a wide variety of improvements in its human rights record with regard to its…
Shunned by families, gay teens face rape, HIV on Jamaican streets
An LGBT rights activist comments about Jamaica: “Jamaican LGBT youth are being evicted as young as 11 years…
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. …