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Transgender king? and affirming politicians - Caribbean IRN Update January 2016

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L-R Hon David Granger, President of Guyana; Hon Ronald Jones, Minister of Education, Barbados; Hon Ronald Thwaites, Minister of Education, Jamaica


The President of Guyana, David Granger made statements in support of LGBT rights, the Minister of Education in Jamaica , Rev Ronald Thwaites said that there is on place for bullying or discrimination in Jamaica's schools,  Minister of Education in Barbados, Ronald Jones in Parliament said 'Let's accept gays" even as others stay silent or call for preservation of the family.

And if the University of the West Indies will be the place where future leaders will come from , then at least let them be from this year's Council of the Student Guild  where they called on CARICOM Governments to review the buggery laws.

In 1998, the Gay Cruises were not welcome in Belize, in 2016  .."Over 3,000 gay couples and singles arrived on the Royal Caribbean Navigator Of the Seas today and they freely roamed the city streets - many of them hand in hand, even sharing kisses at the bridgefoot."

In Jamaica,  JFLAG study –" ..The Developmental Cost of Homophobia: The Case of Jamaica found that while only 12% of the 316 LGBT Jamaicans surveyed have relocated within the country because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, 74.4% have thought about migrating. " The BBC reports on two transgender friends who returned to Jamaica to reveal their identities to their families.

J-Flag intervened to offer counsel to some of the guidance counsellors who apparently said they did cannot break the law and help students who have 'problems with their sexuality'.
The Minister of Education in Barbados

The Jamaican Court of Appeal will hear the case brought by Maurice Tomlinson against TVJ on the blocking of the Tolerance Ad.

 The St Kitts & Nevis Observer reports on the formation of the  St. Kitts/Nevis Gay-Straight Alliance for Progress (SKN-GAP)




Carnival 2016 in Trinidad & Tobago featured The Dying Swan. Ras Nijinsky in Drag as Pavlova" in the King of the Bands competition. Jar-whan Thomas did the ballet on stilts.





Invitation to join a Digital Choir.

The Adam World Choir will be a digital choir where people will film themselves singing and send the video to us, we will then bring all the videos together and they will form a large video choir on stage. We are looking for all levels of singers, everyone is welcome in the choir and the composer, award-winning Jocelyn Pook, will respond to the voices of the people in the choir.

Adam World Choir members will also be part of the online choir forum where they can talk with people from all over the world, talk to the production team, and be part of the Adam World Choir community.

The play is the inspiring true story of a young Egyptian transgender man called Adam who moved to Glasgow. It follows his journey from Egypt to Scotland, his transition and relationships. The Adam World Choir will be an important part of the show, it's going to be a really fun, exciting and LOUD celebration of trans voices!

The timeline for the choir:

More information on the choir and how to sign up can be found here:
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