Love and judgments pending - Caribbean IRN Update July 2016

"Love, Hope, Community: Sexualities & Social Justice" is the title of the latest issue of Sargasso: Journal of Caribbean Literature , Language and Culture

This volume is co-edited by Rosamond S. King, Lawrence La Fountain Stokes, Katherine Miranda and Angelique V. Nixon. The volume is available for purchase ($10 for individuals, $25 for institutions)

For more information write to: sargassojournal (at) gmail.com
The Table of Contents is shown here (courtesy of Lawrence La Fountain Stokes)

JFLAG host Pride Ja 'The Pride of People: Celebrating a community of love' with a week of activities. The Jamaica Gleaner which once refused ads from Larry Chang's Gay Freedom Movement also reports on the Face of Pride .

The mix of Intolerance & Love is reported by Bryan Washington on his visit home to Jamaica.

UWI Mona has issued a conference Call For Papers : Beyond Homophobia: Centering LBGT Experiences in the Caribbean to be held in January 2017.

Love and the law don't always mix.

A former public defender in Jamaica questions why the Jamaican court rejected an application by the Office of the Public Defender to join Maurice Tomlinson's case.

In Belize, Caleb Orozco will have to wait until August 10 2016 to hear the decision of his challenge to Belize's sodomy laws.

In Guyana, the Court of Appeal will hear the Cross Dressing case in October 2016.

Love triumphs though as SASOD and others embark on an LGBT health project in Linden, the 'most homophobic town' in Guyana

The love between Cuba and the United States is enhanced with the tour of the USA by Mano a Mano, Cuba's first gay men's choir.

Even though Bermuda clamps down on the possibility of same-sex marriage, two men in love are determined to keep trying to have their marriage recognised.

And in the Cayman Islands, there is hope that a European Human Rights ruling will provide a leeway for gay marriage to be recognised.

"Protecting the fabric of society? Heterosexual views on the usefulness of the anti-gay laws in Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago " is the title of an article by Mahalia Jackman in Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care

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