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Public Debates, Remembering Audre Lorde : Caribbean IRN Update February 2014

Public debate 

In the Bahamas, the Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell makes statements about aid and LGBT equality even as the Nassau Guardian reports that Gays recall fears of living in the Bahamas

In Belize, UNIBAM writes about How Self censorship, threats and negotiations undermine rights.



In Trinidad & Tobago, the discussions on Constitutional Reform included the debate about gay rights in the constitution.  Colin Robinson from CAISO was able to explain in a TV programme.  


Colin Robinson - CAISO - on Constitutional Reform from globewriter on Vimeo.

Colin Robinson also wrote in the Guardian about Rights, Child Molesters and the Constitution.

In Trinidad as well, the Vatican Representative urged Catholics to shun the gay debate even as a Catholic priest Father Stephen Geofroy urges that T&T must enshrine BASIC dignity of all human beings  .  Trinidadian artist Leroy Clarke makes some comments about how Homosexuality Fuels Crime. There are many responses including this one from the Victim Support Unit.

In Antigua & Barbuda the issue came up at the National Youth Forum organised with the political parties. The questions and answers start here at 1:36:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G0QOBBvBkQ



In Guyana, representatives from the Guyana Sex Workers Coalition, Guyana Trans United and SASOD participate in television Round Table on Decriminalizing Sex Work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK5h5Oz4TLc




In Jamaica Opposition Senator Montague calling on Government for position . Op-eds from Dr Michael Abrahams in Jamaica, and Dr Issac Newton on some Christian perspectives.

Newsday in Trinidad & Tobago issues  an editorial The Issue of Gay Rights




The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Faculty of Law held a Public Lecture on Human Rights by Robert Wintemute Professor of Human Rights Law King's College, University of London "Lesbian and Gay Human Rights in the Caribbean: Would Decriminalization Restrict Religious Freedom?" on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

The videos of the lecture are shared via the IGDS Youtube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwNx1cuS64Ljemu3c8hfbpJukpnzfFMsP



Professor Wintermute also spoke in Jamaica. This is one report about the discussion from Dionne Jackson Miller.

Remembering Audre Lorde on her 80th birthday..


The Feminist Wire hosted love notes and other writings about Audre Lorde.
Read the contributions from Angelique V Nixon : The Magic and Fury of Audre Lorde: Feminist Praxis and Pedagogy  
Thomas Glave  To Hell With The Goddess: In Celebration of the Human Person Audre Lorde
Lyndon Gill : Dear Audre…Epistolary Poems for Our Lorde
Alexis Pauline Gumbs : Love Poem Legacies: Activating Collective Erotic Power in the Name of the Lorde
M Jaqui Alexander .Medicines for Our Survival: The Continuation of the Life of Audre Lorde




Please give your support to Dwayne's House which has now registered in Jamaica.

Quality Citizenship Jamaica , a group of lesbian and bisexual and other women who have sex with women in Jamaica is also raising funds.





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