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J'can youth tells of struggles with homosexuality
 'can youth tells of struggles with homosexuality 'Waiter told me him nah serve no fish' BY CANDIESE LEVERIDGE Online reporter leveridgec@jamaicaobserver.com Saturday, May 19, 2012   CORBIN, a 21-year-old homosexual who resides in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, says he has been a victim of…
Gay community feels excluded from wider society – study
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2012/05/07/gay-community-feels-excluded-from-wider-society-–-study/ The Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual (LGBT) community here said they have experiences that go well beyond the realm of law enforcement and the criminal system with some of them finding it hard to be accepted as a part of the wider society.
Reports in Guyana on the launch of the Collateral Damage report
Study finds current laws discriminatory against gays       Written by Clifford Stanley    Guyana Chronicle Saturday,…
LIME in a very sour pickle
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120408/cleisure/cleisure3.htm BEFORE LISTENING to the lyrics of Potential Kidd's song Yah So Nice, I assumed from the title that 'yah' meant Jamaica. I figured that the song was an echo of Tony Rebel's big tune, Sweet Jamaica: Help mi big…
Gays say ‘We Are Here to Stay!’
http://stluciastar.com/content/news/gays-say-we-are-here-to-stay/ Kenita Placide is at the forefront of the Gay and Lesbian movement in Saint Lucia. Dressed in baggy jeans and a T-shirt, with her hair cornrowed back, I couldn’t help but notice a shyness about this heavily pierced young woman…