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"Man to man is so unjust, woman to woman is even worse "- Caribbean IRN Update November 2013

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In Grenada, a  march against men's immorality organised by the Grand Anse Seventh Day Adventist Church starts chanting "Man to man is so unjust, woman to woman is even worse" .

However, activists were present and the discussion about the March was taken up in the media.

(These news clips are from the CC6 Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/CC6Grenada  )


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The second clip features Nigel Mathlin from GrenCHAP responding to the march
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The Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference was held in September 2013 in Curacao.

Kenita Placide spoke in this interview on DBS News in St Lucia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWnuYKCaq2Q



The blogs from participants Latoya Nugent and Ulelli Verbeke; and the articles in the Trinidad Guardian and St Lucia Voice tell some of the results of the conference.


The first hearings for the challenge to the immigration laws brought by Maurice Tomlinson against Belize and Trinidad & Tobago were held at the Caribbean Court of Justice. (Blogs written by CAISO)  Both Belize and Trinidad & Tobago have laws which prohibit homosexuals from entering those countries. As is only possible in our Caribbean, Maurice Tomlinson had to  defend his ex-wife's professionalism in the Attorney General's Office in Belize.

The case brought by Maurice Tomlinson and AIDS Free World against several TV stations which refused to air the tolerance laws was overturned by Jamaica's Constitutional Court. There will be an appeal.

In Guyana, the murder of Nandkumar Poonwassie, also called "Darshanie" results in media stories which not only tell of the horror and rejection, but also hint at the pockets of community and family support and acceptance which characterise the lives of some LGBT persons in the Caribbean.  Sade Richardson's story also tells of the discrimination she faces.

SASOD joined with other organisations to host a mural painting for Universal Children's Day. This was in the week when SASOD made its presentation to the Parliamentary Special Select Committee considering the abolition of corporal punishment against children. SASOD also engaged with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry to engage in the development of workplace anti-discrimination policies.



In Jamaica, a group of activists and supporters have launched a campaign for  Dwayne's House, a Shelter for LGBT youth.


J-Flag has done an Issue-Brief - Homophobia and Violence in Jamaica which describes the Jamaican situation.















And for those in Jamaica on 5 December, there is this symposium...

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