Tag Archives: Maurice Tomlinson

Anglicans must fight anti-LGBT abuses they once promoted

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

As a lawyer working for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBT) people in my homeland of Jamaica, I am sadly accustomed to receiving death threats.   However, when a particularly vulgar and graphic email promised to … Continue reading →

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Caleb Orozco sets a valuable Caribbean precedent

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

Caleb Orozco struck me as nervous but determined when we first met in 2007.  We were among only a handful of Caribbean civil society delegates at an Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly in Panama.  In the very Latin … Continue reading →

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Top court in Belize overturns sodomy law

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

The Supreme Court in the Central American country of Belize today overturned the country’s sodomy law, issuing a long-delayed ruling on a constitutional challenge brought by  LGBT rights activist Caleb Orozco, and his United Belize Action Movement (Unibam). BuzzFeed reported, … Continue reading →

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Jamaican official appeals: Let me join gay-rights case

Posted on July 19, 2016 by

Jamaica’s official Public Defender, Arlene Harrison-Henry, has appealed her exclusion from a lawsuit before the Jamaican Supreme Court that seeks to overturn the country’s anti-LGBT sodomy law. Earlier this month, the court blocked the LGBT-friendly Public Defender from participating in the … Continue reading →

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Dad, Mom and their gay Jamaican activist son

Posted on July 13, 2016 by

The parents of Jamaican activist/attorney Maurice Tomlinson haven’t always known what to make of their gay son, but they have become some of his most important supporters. Road trip reasonings with Dad Yesterday my dad and I took another road … Continue reading →

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8 answers to 8 pointed questions gay men often hear

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

After a recent screening of “The Abominable Crime” film in Mandeville, Jamaica, an ally asked the following questions that I have had to answer repeatedly. You may have heard them yourself: Q. If you call Tom your “husband,” what does … Continue reading →

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Jamaican official’s appalling criticism of grieving Americans

Posted on June 14, 2016 by

I was appalled to read that Jamaica’s Attorney General, The Hon. Marlene Malahoo-Forte, Q.C., M.P., tweeted that the U.S. embassy was being “disrespectful of our laws” by flying the rainbow flag as a show of sympathy following the tragic shooting … Continue reading →

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