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Security risks force cancellation of Montego Bay Pride
The organizers of Montego Bay Pride in Jamaica have canceled plans for what would have been their fifth annual celebration because local officials made it too risky. They also plan to sue. Montego Bay...
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Can Jamaicans discuss same-sex marriage? Yes, if lawsuit prevails
Supporters of Montego Bay Pride have sued the mayor of Montego Bay for blocking a public forum on same-sex marriage. His action incited a wave of anti-gay hostility in the Jamaican city that forced...
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Jamaica commentary: Anti-gay letter is ‘incredibly dangerous’
In Jamaica’s latest debate over LGBT rights, anti-gay crusader Daniel Thomas opposes “the LGBT agenda” in a letter to the editor that gay-rights activist Maurice Tomlinson says is “incredibly...
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Jamaica: Montego Bay Pride wins right to cultural centre
Montego Bay Pride has won a court decision allowing it to rent space in the Montego Bay Cultural Centre for a panel discussion about same-sex marriage, an event that the mayor had blocked. Montego Bay...
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Montego Bay Pride again appeals to hold panel discussion
Montego Bay Pride has rebounded from its latest loss in Jamaican courts and is reapplying to hold a panel discussion about gay marriage at the city’s cultural centre, following the newly imposed...
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Jamaica: Price rise puts an end to Montego Bay dispute
A $100,000 increase in the rental rate for the Montego Bay Cultural Center has led Montego Bay Pride to drop plans to use it — and also to drop its lawsuit seeking the right to use it. Montego Bay...
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Montego Bay Pride wants to Love Up Jamaica!
Activists in Montego Bay have come up with a particularly Jamaican campaign for LGBTQ rights — “Love Up Jamaica.” Montego Bay Pride explains: Montego Bay Pride wants to Love Up Jamaica! June 25, 2020 —...
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Jamaica’s violence forced me into exile
COMMENTARY: I am Sean, one of the petitioners who successfully challenged Jamaica’s deadly anti-sodomy law before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The homophobic violence that I...
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Maurice Tomlinson: My mother’s queer love
Carmen and Maurice Tomlinson. (Photo courtesy of Maurice Tomlinson) My mother’s death on April 19 after a long illness was expected but it still triggered a flood of memories. The most powerful were...
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Jamaica keeps denying LGBT rights even after being ordered to shape up
A letter to the editor from Jamaican-American LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson. Stay up-to-date: Get a free subscription to Erasing 76 Crimes Rainbow flag and Jamaican flag. (Photo courtesy of...
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