Jamaica
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‘Kill the Gays’ pastor banned from the ‘most homophobic country in the world’
Tuesday, January 30, 2018Steven Anderson has now been banned from five different countries - and he blames a "one world government." -
Caribbean activist faces death threats as he awaits ruling to overturn antigay laws
Wednesday, January 24, 2018Activist Jason Jones has received death threats since filing the lawsuit but believes the fight must go on. -
Will America’s most hateful pastor get banned from Jamaica too?
Wednesday, January 3, 2018The country is notoriously anti-gay, but Steven Anderson is even worse. -
Human rights group will try to get tortured gay and bi men out of Chechnya
Wednesday, April 19, 2017After reports that gay and bi men are being rounded up and put in "concentration camps" in the country, one organization is stepping up in a big way. -
Bisexual man faces deportation because judge didn’t believe he’s bi
Tuesday, August 23, 2016Ray Fuller will be deported to one of the world's most homophobic countries because a judge didn't believe he's bisexual. -
Jamaica activist brings legal challenge to anti-sodomy laws
Wednesday, December 9, 2015Maurice Tomlinson has filed a claim in Jamaica's Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the rarely-used 1864 laws that ban anal sex. -
LGBT Jamaicans hold 1st gay pride celebrations on island
Tuesday, August 4, 2015The very idea used to be almost unthinkable in a country long considered one of the globe's most hostile places to homosexuals. -
Jamaica woman brings attention to rapes targeting lesbians
Tuesday, April 28, 2015When Angeline Jackson and a friend were ambushed at gunpoint and sexually assaulted on a wooded trail outside the Jamaican capital, police initially seemed less concerned about the attack than the fact she is a lesbian. -
Human rights group: LGBT Jamaicans targets of unchecked violence
Tuesday, October 21, 2014KINGSTON, Jamaica -- LGBT people are the targets of unchecked violence and discrimination in Jamaica, frequently refused housing or employment in the Caribbean country typically described as the region's most hostile to LGBT citizens, a leading… -
Jamaican activist ends legal challenge to anti-sodomy law amid fears for his safety
Friday, August 29, 2014KINGSTON, 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-- A Jamaican gay rights activist who brought a legal challenge to the Caribbean island's anti-sodomy law says he has withdrawn the case after growing fearful about his safety.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…
