Visibility, laws, politics : Caribbean IRN Update March 2015

Header of CAISO Campaign in the Trinidad media

Guyana Trans United calls for "inclusivity in National development" as they commemorate International Transgender Day of Visibility.

Visibility is complex. Professor Carolyn Cooper writes about Coming out in Jamaica : Dead or Alive

Jamaican born Author Marlon James writes his story in the New York times, Kenita Placide from St Lucia tells her story at Quorum : Global LGBT Voices. Angelique Jackson from Quality Citizen Jamaica tells her story in church in Miami, USA and Joel Simpson talks about his story on TV in Guyana. Colin Robinson in Trinidad & Tobago writes in the Trinidad Guardian about his Grief, Love , Hope and Activism.

In Suriname, the LGBT Platform walks against Discrimination and Racism against Discrimination during anti-Discrimination week

Maurice Tomlinson's case against the Governments of Belize and Trinidad & Tobago is heard in the Caribbean Court of Justice. Colin Robinson talks about the case in Trinidad
Several groups in Guyana challenge the Government on Discrimination and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Guyana before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller "rebukes" gay rights protesters in New York, saying her Government does not discriminate. St Vincent & the Grenadines Senator Vynette Fredericks says it is time to talk about issues of sexuality

Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie tells students at the College of Bahamas that Bahamians will have to co-exist with Global views on Homosexuality.

In Guyana, National Independent Party leader, Sapheir Hussain says that the laws 'encourage homosexuality'. So far, he is the only political leader to talk about homosexuality.

Andil Gosine has a new publication "Rescue, and Real Love: Same-sex Desire in International Development"

Andil has also written about CAISO, CAISO: Negotiating sex rights and nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago in Sexualities.

Caribbean LGBT groups continue to use newspaper and other media in their work.
CAISO has a series of ads in the newspapers around The Homosexual Agenda

LGBT Platform Suriname explains its work in this video

GrenChap from Grenada has its Love Without Fear series on YouTube.

SASOD in Guyana launches its radio Public Service Announcement Series

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