Jamaica

2024 LGBTQ Rights Global Progress – Latin America and Caribbean
Lexxicon and the gay-friendly transformation of Caribbean dancehall music
Maurice Tomlinson (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Longtime activist resumes quest for justice for LGBTQ+ Jamaicans
Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination Executive Director Essy Adhiambo. (Courtesy photo)
Global LGBT activists gather for Human Rights Campaign summit in DC
Maurice Tomlinson (Marnie Luke photo courtesy of CBC)
Jamaican court again rejects LGBT rights; Jamaican activist bows out
Map of the 67 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known efforts to remove them. 
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations
Audrey Marks, Jamaican ambassador to the United States, will have to return to Jamaica if the diplomatic dispute over an American same-sex spouse is not resolved. (Photo courtesy of Jamaican embassy)
Jamaica rejects same-sex spouse of U.S. diplomat, provoking retaliation
Maurice Tomlinson (Marnie Luke photo courtesy of CBC)
Court seizes on a new way to delay challenge to Jamaica’s anti-gay law
‘I’ve given up on returning’: Jamaican exile speaks out on loss of his home
Shock at murder of Kenyan activist Chiloba extends to the Caribbean
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean
Regional human rights body accepts challenge to Jamaican ban on marriage equality
At this month's PrideJA 2017, Dane Lewis, executive director of J-FLAG (left) poses with Khavoy Brown, co-coordinator of Montego Bay Pride 2017. (Photo courtesy of Khavoy Brown)
Jamaica: homophobia’s last stand
If airlines want to be LGBT allies, should they stop flying to Jamaica?
Jamaica keeps denying LGBT rights even after being ordered to shape up
Courts are the key to expanding LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean