Skip to main content

Recognition and divided societies - Caribbean IRN Update January 2015

By
Special Collection by the Caribbean IRN & Sargasso

 Title: Love | Hope | Community: Sexualities and Social Justice in the Caribbean

 Deadline for Multimedia Submissions EXTENDED to 28 February 2015

We are looking for visual art, performance art, audio/video interviews, music, new media, film, and/or any form of digital multimedia engagement with the call.

Donnya Piggott,  head of Barbados Gays and Lesbians Against Discrimination is a recipient of the inaugural Queen’s (as in Elizabeth II ) Young Leaders Award.
Image from http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/3/article_16315.php

The citation reads "Donnya had to overcome prejudice and personal challenges when she decided to set up an advocacy group for sexual minorities. Barbados – Gays and Lesbians and All-sexuals Against Discrimination (B-Glad) is a lone lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights organisation on the island. Donnya has engaged with the Prime Minister about issues facing the LGBT community and hopes to continue supporting marginalised young people in her country."

Cayman Islands and the other British Overseas Territories may have to sanction same sex unions even as in Bermuda, the Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda had to speak out against  against an ex-gay Coming Out Ministries event.

In Belize, Caleb Orozco speaks about the 17 months waiting on the judgement on the case he brought against the Government.

The role of God in the Caribbean's homophobia is the subject of the IPPF blog"Opposition to LGBTQ Liberation in the Caribbean"  and referred to in an article "Homophobia and   HIV: A Response  To, and Lessons From, The Jamaican Linked Epidemics  by Maurice Tomlinson in the Winter 2014 -2015 Issue of the Journal of the Student National Medical Association

However, in Barbados, Reverend  Davidson Bowen talks about extending love to homosexuals.

Guyana's  Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues Birkette reportedly "debunks claims of discrimination against the LGBT community"  citing her unawareness of the reports of discrimination and the freedom of expression afforded to NGOS.

The United States among other countries called on the Government to decriminalise same sex relations and address other human rights violations as noted in this Capitol News report
 ( http://youtu.be/izCXt2osYM4 )






SASOD in Guyana starts is UNEDITED series on Youtube while it announces a US$10,000  contribution to  build its LGBTI Community Centre.

Guyana Trans United commemorated 11 January, 2015 as two years of injustice citing the discrimination faced against police, but it seems the Minister of Foreign Affairs was not paying  attention. 


Please remember the deadline has been extended for Multimedia content in  the  Call for Submissions, Convocatoria, Appel à publications :Special Collection by the Caribbean IRN & Sargasso
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

All gorgeous genders.. Caribbean IRN Update April, May, June 2024

By
CENESEX Cuba image from Struggle La Lucha blog     Our thoughts are with all citizens affected by Hurricane Beryl.     All gorgeous gender s  The Dominica High Court has decriminalized consensual same-sex relations as the Government says the ban on buggery has not been lifted if the act is without consent. Daryll Phillip shares about the rest of the fight for liberation. Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad & Tobago are the former British colonies who have since decriminalised consensual same-sex relations. The Barbados LGBTQ+ Coalition writes about the concerns for legal protectio ns as Barbados engages in the constitutional reform process.    CAISO publishes its report Insights 2023 speaking about the experiences of discrimination and violence in Trinidad & Tobago.      Gabriele Hosein writes on Discrimination against Transgender citizens in her Newsday column and Newsda...
Post a Comment
Read more

Pride - Caribbean IRN Update - May, June, July, August, September 2023

By
Composite Image derived from Left - Cuba Conga 2023 Yamil Lage/AFP , Right - Barbados Pride from Barbados Today   Pride A conga against homophobia and transphobia was held in Cuba in May 2023 , returning for the first time since 2018.     Pride Month in June was commemorated by Pride Barbados , concluding in a march.  The Guyana Pride Festival was held in June and included the Pride Parade .   In July,  Pride Parade was held in Cayman Islands and in Martinique Pride Trinidad and Tobago was celebrated in July. St Lucia Pride Week was held in August for the fifth time. Pride Week in Belize was held in August., around the anniversary of the Court ruling which struck down the sodomy laws in Belize. The theme for Bermuda Pride was 'Homecoming'. Pride Ja was celebrated in August in Jamaica.  The Pride March in Guadelope had six persons.  The US Embassy in Bahamas raised the Pride Flag, and US Vice-President Kamala Harris reportedly e...
Post a Comment
Read more

Queer Archives TT - Caribbean IRN Update July to December 2024

By
  Queer Archives TT The Queer Archives of Trinidad and Tobago is a project to develop a repository of Trinidad and Tobago's queer history.  The archives feature two collections  - The Cyrus Sylvester Digital Collection ; and the Timeline of LGBTQI+ Westory .  The lead organisation is  CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice and there is an interdisciplinary project team The archives were launched in October 2024 and will continue to grow. Caribbean LGBTQI+ Citizenship and rights  Dr Nastassia Rambarran's PhD Thesis "A comparative analysis of Barbados and Guyana with respect to colonial legacies, transnational processes and decolonizing activities involved in queer activism " is available   In Haiti, Erasing 76 Crimes reports that evangelical Christians block protections of the rights of LGBTQ+ Haitians La Joven Cuba has a story " Travestismo-transformismo en Cuba: una historia intermitente " about the history of travestismo and transformismo in Cuba....
Post a Comment
Read more