Plea for restraint in anti-gay rhetoric; invitation to Caribbean conference
Organizers of an April 2020 conference about religion and anti-sodomy laws have appealed for opponents of same-sex marriage…
Condoms: A controversial idea for fighting HIV in Jamaican prisons
The HIV rate in Jamaica’s prisons has doubled in seven years, but controversy surrounds a plan to distribute…
Trinidad: Getting Christian messages all wrong
Conservative Christians in Trinidad remain upset over the court ruling in April that overturned the nation’s anti-sodomy law.…
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…
Taking aim at anti-LGBT laws dating back to Henry VIII
The buggery law in many former British colonies can be traced back to King Henry VIII, the Rt.…
Church leaders target anti-gay laws; conservatives protest
Conservative Christians are upset about this week’s conference in Jamaica that seeks to repair some of the…
Brain before Bible: an interview with a strong Jamaican ally
“People’s lives and mental health are being destroyed by pastors who do not understand,” says the Rev. Sean…
Jamaican priest: I love and respect LGBT people, sex workers
In Jamaica, Anglican priest Fr. Sean Major-Campbell declares: LET IT BE KNOWN: I refuse to be silenced by…
Jamaica: ‘Human rights … should never be put to a vote’
The Rev. Sean Major-Campbell, rector of Christ Church in Vineyard Town, Jamaica, has spoken out against a proposal…
How Jamaican dad supports gay son’s activism
Tribute to My Supportive Dad As a Jamaican father who raised his three sons in a very fundamentalist…