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EDITORIAL - PM should decry homophobic bigotry
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120131/cleisure/cleisure1.html amaica Gleaner Online The story of Maurice Tomlinson, a lecturer at the University of Technology (UTech), reported by this newspaper yesterday, reverberates with the insensitivity of supposed students of the law and at the same time highlights the mediaeval attitude…
Porter: Jamaican gay activist, Maurice Tomlinson, married a Torontonian
By Catherine Porter Columnist  http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1111965--porter-jamaican-gay-activist-maurice-tomlinson-married-a-torontonian? The day after Jack Layton’s funeral, eulogist Stephen Lewis and pastor Brent Hawkes congregated again for a different holy ritual: Maurice Tomlinson’s wedding. Tomlinson is a leading gay activist in Jamaica — the only country in the Western…
Jamaican gay activist marries 'soulmate'
Jamaican gay activist marries 'soulmate' Published: Sunday | January 8, 2012 4 Comments …
'Visionary' Jamaican gay rights activist announced as recipient of inaugural David Kato Award
From http://www.visionandvoiceaward.com/2011-award-recipient   lobal award honouring murdered human rights activist to be presented to Jamaican lawyer, Maurice Tomlinson in London London, 14 December 2011 - David Kato, the human rights activist murdered in his home in Kampala, Uganda on 26 January 2011, is representative of the millions of individuals worldwide…