The colonial-era law banning same-sex relations in Saint Kitts and Nevis has been overturned in a “landmark” ruling for the Caribbean country, the Gay Times has reported. On 29 August, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court upheld a motion by Jamal Jeffers, a gay man who challenged sections 56 and 57…
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Caribbean Drag: We Have Always Been Queer
Eighteen drag artists from Caribbean backgrounds shared their perspectives on the meaning and urgency of their work with the Caribbean Equality Project. CARIBBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT The Global North often imagines — and continues to position — the Caribbean as an ongoing site of queer death, violence, and impossibility. Legacies of…
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Globally-Acclaimed Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn speaks to Roxane Gay for her paperback launch of PATSY
It’s Pride month globally and in the United States, it’s also Caribean-American Heritage month. What a perfect time to pair those two events by having an LGBTQ Caribbean Pride-themed podcast where globally-Acclaimed Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn speaks about her best selling fiction book Patsy with Roxane Gay. Part of our…