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…
Jamaica: 21 gay victims of human rights abuses
Physical assaults, verbal assaults, expulsion from the family home, and discrimination by police were some of the most…
New, gay-friendly faces of Jamaican dancehall music
Jamaica’s LGBTQ+ community is enjoying growing support from formerly homophobic dancehall artists, at least from the genre’s female…
Pope: ‘God made you this way.’ Jamaicans: Let’s debate
Jamaicans on different sides of LGBTI rights debates are grappling with the reported affirmation that Pope Francis gave…
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…