Happy 2014 to everyone - this update covers December 2013 and the New Year's period which had some interesting activity in the work to advance LGBT equality.
In December, J-FLAG celebrated its 15th Anniversary, and produced a timeline of the years of LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.
Nelson Mandela's role in advancing LGBT equality was recorded in an article in the Stabroek News from Joel Simpson in Guyana
In Barbados, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart responds to Barbados GLAD to say that Barbados remains committed to lending its voice in calls for an end to discrimination against "persons of differing sexual orientation. "
Jamaican pastor Sean Major-Campbell continues to speak out against discrimination, a counter to the religiously fuelled homophobia experienced in many parts of the Caribbean.
SASOD has published four episodes of its Interacts series on the film festival.
Episode 1 is at http://youtu.be/b_Od3Vu_FuY
In Guyana, a journalist talks about coming out in his letter to the editor. South Africa is the country where Trinidadians Kelly Mahon and Kathy Lutchmansingh choose to get married.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbespP24e4
The Caribbean court cases generated further discussion. The UK Constitutional Law Group reviewed the Jamaican Case against Television Jamaica Ltd. The Guyana cross dressing case decision is discussed in the article Gender is More than Sex by Sheila I. Velez-Martinez . In Trinidad & Tobago, the legal costs to the state of defending homophobic legislation is highlighted.
Grammy nominated Jamaican artiste comes under fyah for his homophobic performances as reported in the Jamaica Gleaner
Andil Gosine publishes an essay "Murderous Men: MSM and Risk-Rights in the Caribbean" in the International Journal of Feminist Politics. The abstract :-
"This essay considers deployments of the term ‘Men who have Sex with Men’ (MSM) through what the author terms a ‘Risk-Rights’ strategy in international development. Examining two Caribbean initiatives – the 2011 documentary film Living in the Shadows and the Guyanese NGO Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) – this paper documents and evaluates this strategy. Living in the Shadows demonstrates the dominant characterization of MSM as murderous, while SASOD's engagement is more consciously critical of the strategy's limits. Both the ‘Risk-Rights’ strategy and its achievement of ‘success’, however, appear to ultimately privilege particular Euro-American frameworks of sexuality and close possibilities for other forms of sexual cultures and identities to emerge."
Usain Bolt continues his marketing relationship with Virgin Media.. in his latest ad he wears a dress , sparking discussion in Jamaica.
Please support Nhojj's campaign for an LGBT Centre in Guyana; and Dwayne's House for Homeless LGBT Youth in Jamaica.
In December, J-FLAG celebrated its 15th Anniversary, and produced a timeline of the years of LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.
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Nelson Mandela's role in advancing LGBT equality was recorded in an article in the Stabroek News from Joel Simpson in Guyana
In Barbados, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart responds to Barbados GLAD to say that Barbados remains committed to lending its voice in calls for an end to discrimination against "persons of differing sexual orientation. "
Jamaican pastor Sean Major-Campbell continues to speak out against discrimination, a counter to the religiously fuelled homophobia experienced in many parts of the Caribbean.
SASOD has published four episodes of its Interacts series on the film festival.
Episode 1 is at http://youtu.be/b_Od3Vu_FuY
In Guyana, a journalist talks about coming out in his letter to the editor. South Africa is the country where Trinidadians Kelly Mahon and Kathy Lutchmansingh choose to get married.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbespP24e4
The Caribbean court cases generated further discussion. The UK Constitutional Law Group reviewed the Jamaican Case against Television Jamaica Ltd. The Guyana cross dressing case decision is discussed in the article Gender is More than Sex by Sheila I. Velez-Martinez . In Trinidad & Tobago, the legal costs to the state of defending homophobic legislation is highlighted.
Grammy nominated Jamaican artiste comes under fyah for his homophobic performances as reported in the Jamaica Gleaner
Andil Gosine publishes an essay "Murderous Men: MSM and Risk-Rights in the Caribbean" in the International Journal of Feminist Politics. The abstract :-
"This essay considers deployments of the term ‘Men who have Sex with Men’ (MSM) through what the author terms a ‘Risk-Rights’ strategy in international development. Examining two Caribbean initiatives – the 2011 documentary film Living in the Shadows and the Guyanese NGO Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) – this paper documents and evaluates this strategy. Living in the Shadows demonstrates the dominant characterization of MSM as murderous, while SASOD's engagement is more consciously critical of the strategy's limits. Both the ‘Risk-Rights’ strategy and its achievement of ‘success’, however, appear to ultimately privilege particular Euro-American frameworks of sexuality and close possibilities for other forms of sexual cultures and identities to emerge."
Usain Bolt continues his marketing relationship with Virgin Media.. in his latest ad he wears a dress , sparking discussion in Jamaica.
Please support Nhojj's campaign for an LGBT Centre in Guyana; and Dwayne's House for Homeless LGBT Youth in Jamaica.
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