Director of Tourism Donovan White was at pains to reassure a Canada-based reporter that Jamaicans harboured no open hostility towards gay visitors during a press conference at Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Montego Bay last week. Michael Pihach, who was on his first trip to Jamaica, had asked White about measures the…
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A formerly anti-gay reggae star returns to Jamaica. This lesbian poet calls it ‘complicated.’
Reggae star Buju Banton returned to his native Jamaica in early December after serving seven years in a US prison on drug charges. Banton got a hero’s welcome, despite his infamous, 1993 anti-gay song “Boom Bye Bye,” which called for the murder of gay people. “Boom Bye Bye” was one of Banton’s…
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We’re married!
They’re now officially the Hall-Barkers. On November 7, couple Fabien Barker and Shontonia Hall tied the knot in a small and intimate ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Miami. The couple’s story was highlighted in February in EASY magazine after they were bold enough to come forward and share about their relationship…
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CAISO ON BUJU: WE HOPE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE
Reggae star Buju Banton is out of prison and the Coalition Advocating for Inclusion for Sexual Orientation says his release may not be a bad thing. With an optimistic voice, the coalition’s leader says it’s possible he’s changed. It could be an opportunity for dialouge on inclusion and forgiveness. Explaining…
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Welcome to Jamaica – no longer ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’
A country where violence against the LGBT community was once rife is increasingly adopting a more liberal outlook. Early one late summer morning, more than 200 people gathered under the lush canopy of Hope Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica, for a breakfast party. The revellers ate – ackee, saltfish, fried plantain –…
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Whitewater Rafting Day Trip from New York in the East
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Designer fashion show kicks off Variety Week
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JLFAG launches GoFundMe Campaign to Rebuild after Office Fire
On Sunday, December 30, 2018, The JFLAG office — affectionately monikered ‘Rainbow House’ — was engulfed in fire which has caused severe damage and destruction to the building and its contents. The estimated loss from the fire is between USD$50,000 – USD $60,000. To achieve some level of normalcy, we…
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OutCaribe Co-founder Attends NGLCC New York Business PiTch Event
Our Co-Founder OutCaribe and Board Member of Jamaica Association of Diverse Businesses ( JADB) Ingrid Riley attended the final Certified Superstar of 2018 was hosted by Viacom New York recently. This was Viacom’s first time hosting the event for nglccNY. Looking out onto Broadway from the 31stfloor of its Times Square building, suppliers, guests, and Viacom judges…
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J-FLAG celebrates 20 years of advocacy and activism in Jamaica.
On December 10th, international human rights day J-FLAG The Equality for all Foundation, celebrates 20 years of advocacy and activism in Jamaica They are committed to promoting and advocating for the rights and social inclusion of all LGBT Jamaicans. With a new look and a strong team going into 2019,…
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Minor breakthrough for Jamaica’s powerful Adventists
Members of Jamaica’s powerful, popular, fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventists have started to realize that LGBT people deserve courtesy, not scorn. Seventh Day Adventists are the largest Christian group in Jamaica and count the country’s Governor General, Prime Minister, Speaker of the House and other senior government officials among their membership.This…
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The Jamaican LGBT Movement celebrates 20 years this year!
Check out this cool timeline of some key achievements between 1978 when Gay Freedom Movement was formed to 2015 when Maurice Tomlinson filed a petition to overturn “the buggery law.” We salute all the women and men who worked tirelessly over the years to make all of this possible. Learn…
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Caribbean LBGBTQ Reps Attend OutSummit
Caribbean representatives shared a photo with Flavia Piovesan, the Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Rappaport for the rights of LGBTI people, at the @outrightintl #OutSummit The meeting is the first of many to develop strategies for decriminalization and to decrease violence against LGBTI people in the Caribbean…
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Zeta Architecture: Hexagon is the new circle in 2016
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Amazon’s Apple Watch killer will be free and sell you everything
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