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Besen: Jamaica is a killer vacation

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:55:54 +0000

This week, I joined San Francisco organizer Michael Petrelis and Box Turtle Bulletin editor Jim Burroway in launching an international boycott against Jamaica (www.boycottJamaica.org). While the(...)

Jamaica PM stands firm on sodomy law

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:34:04 +0000

(Kingston) Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has told Parliament his government will not yield to “perhaps the most organized lobby in the world” and will not abolish prison sentences for(...)

Jamaican lesbian, facing homophobia, will not be deported

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:00:45 +0000

An immigration judge has stayed a deportation order that would have sent a lesbian back to Jamaica because of homophobic violence in the Caribbean country. About 30 gay men have been murdered there since 1997.