Tag: Jamaica
Junior Flemmings: Phoenix Rising midfielder gets six-game ban for homophobic slur
Phoenix Rising midfielder Junior Flemmings has been banned for six games for making a homophobic comment to San Diego Loyal’s Collin Martin.
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Rules Jamaica’s «Buggery» Law Incompatible With American Convention On Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ruled end of February that Jamaica’s colonial-era ban on same-sex relations, known as the «anti-buggery» law, is incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights.
Report Release: International Best Practice Guide to Equality on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Today, OutRight Action International published an “International Best Practice Guide to Equality on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.”
Dexter Pottinger dead: Gay activist and face of Jamaica Pride found murdered in his home
A Jamaican gay activist dubbed “the face of Pride” has been found stabbed to death in his home, according to reports.
Third pro-LGBT reggae album by Mista Majah P
Jamaica’s first pro-LGBTQ Rastafarian reggae artist, Mista Majah P, this week releases his third LGBTQ-themed album entitled: Gays belong in heaven too – a reggae broadside against religious homophobia.
Award-Winning Novelist on Growing Up Gay in Jamaica
Living as a closeted gay man in Jamaica drove novelist Marlon James to such despair that he once wrote he knew he had to leave “in a plane or a coffin.”