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Jamaican activist ends legal challenge to anti-sodomy law amid fears for his safety
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican gay rights activist who brought a legal challenge to the Caribbean island’s anti-sodomy law says he has withdrawn the case after growing fearful about his safety. Last year, Javed Jaghai made headlines after initiating a constitutional court challenge to Jamaica’s 1864 law that bans sex between men.
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Dominican Republic bans Miley Cyrus for promoting ‘lesbian sex’
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic government commission that oversees public performances is banning a Sept. 13 concert by Miley Cyrus on morality grounds and for allegedly inciting lesbian sex. The National Commission of Public Entertainment and Radio said in a statement Thursday that it took the action because Cyrus often…
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U.S., British anti-gay activists spread homophobic messages at Jamaica conference
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two prominent U.S. and British anti-gay activists attended a conference in Jamaica over the weekend to urge their counterparts and the Jamaican government to retain that country’s colonial era law banning homosexual activity.
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Amnesty International: Gay rights office in Haiti attacked, two beaten
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Amnesty International says the office of a gay rights group in Haiti has been ransacked and two of its members beaten.
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Senate confirms James ‘Wally’ Brewster as fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has confirmed James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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UN criticized for HIV, human rights event in country that bars entry to gays
Gay rights activists blasted the United Nations on Tuesday for organizing a book launch in Trinidad to talk about HIV and human rights in the Caribbean, noting the island bars entry to homosexuals.
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U.S. Senate conducts hearing for possible fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday conducted a confirmation hearing on the appointment James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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Jamaica: Mob murder of gay teen shows depth of hostility toward LGBT community
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.
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Cross-dressing gay teen hacked, stabbed to death by Jamaican mob
ST. JAMES, Jamaica — A 17-year-old gay teen was hacked and stabbed to death by a mob in Jamaica on Monday night.
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Two men beaten to death during Haiti anti-gay demonstration
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two men, assumed to be gay, were beaten and killed on Friday during an anti-gay protest in Haiti led by religious organizations.