16 year old Jamaican Dwayne Jones spoke a bit about his life a fewmonths before he was murdered. This interview was replayed in this CVM Live News broadcast
Some other details of Dwayne' life are in this AP article which gives insight into the stories of powerlessness felt by many LGBT youth.
Queen Ifrica's call for no gays at the Jamaica Independence Celebrations drew outrage from LGBT Jamaicans at home and abroad. The Ministry of Youth and Culture issued a cautious statement, while in Toronto, Canada a publicly funded appearance was cancelled. The controversy is summed up in this article in the Jamaica Star Gays Celebrate Independence , too
Equality Jamaica continues to engage the diaspora in stories to support the calls to engage the Jamaican politicians in condemning the increasing homophobic violence as Maurice Tomlinson reports in this blog
The litigation in the Caribbean against homophobic laws continues, and this Newsday Trinidad article speaks about the case filed by Maurice Tomlinson on the laws preventing homosexuals from entering Trinidad & Tobago.
In Barbados, Prime Minister Stuart speaks to the religious community about arguments against
homosexuality. St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas also
The 19th August was a day selected by the Catch A Fyah Feminist Network around a Call to Action : Everyone has a right to be! . The event was commemorated in Guyana, Jamaica and Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago as reported on the RedforGender blog.
In Dominica, the group Miridom presents some views from the LGBT community around discrimination.
In St Lucia, AIDS Free World and United & Strong work with the Royal St Lucia Police and other police from the Eastern Caribbean around Human Rights and LGBT Sensitivity training. This news item from HTS News tells more.
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The Caribbean IRN recently concluded its course on Critical Sexuality Studies. Angelique Nixon writes on the ARC blog about the exciting possibilities of the course.
Some other details of Dwayne' life are in this AP article which gives insight into the stories of powerlessness felt by many LGBT youth.
Queen Ifrica's call for no gays at the Jamaica Independence Celebrations drew outrage from LGBT Jamaicans at home and abroad. The Ministry of Youth and Culture issued a cautious statement, while in Toronto, Canada a publicly funded appearance was cancelled. The controversy is summed up in this article in the Jamaica Star Gays Celebrate Independence , too
Equality Jamaica continues to engage the diaspora in stories to support the calls to engage the Jamaican politicians in condemning the increasing homophobic violence as Maurice Tomlinson reports in this blog
The litigation in the Caribbean against homophobic laws continues, and this Newsday Trinidad article speaks about the case filed by Maurice Tomlinson on the laws preventing homosexuals from entering Trinidad & Tobago.
In Barbados, Prime Minister Stuart speaks to the religious community about arguments against
homosexuality. St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas also
The 19th August was a day selected by the Catch A Fyah Feminist Network around a Call to Action : Everyone has a right to be! . The event was commemorated in Guyana, Jamaica and Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago as reported on the RedforGender blog.
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The Caribbean IRN recently concluded its course on Critical Sexuality Studies. Angelique Nixon writes on the ARC blog about the exciting possibilities of the course.
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