Violence and venom force gay Jamaicans to hide

In Jamaica, anti-sodomy laws are still punishable for up to 12 years in prison. And society is not ready to tolerate openly gay lifestyles. Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti, producer Micah Fink and director of photography Gabrielle Weiss report on the dark side of Jamaica's anti-gay violence and attitudes and explore the ideological beliefs that perpetuate a culture of homophobia. http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/11/10/violence-and-venom-force-gay-jamaicans-...

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[MegaFlangela]

jamaicas a fucking shithole anyway, the creatures that live there only exist to think of new ways to turn their country into more of a hell hole than what it already is

[MegaFlangela]

@irvgaddi21 well white supremacists will never accept sub humans so i'd stay in the shithole jamaica if i were u! :D

[clevelandstreet]

Jamaica is a sick country

[1111freethinker]

Ernie Smith is a stalwart and a truthful jamaican...statistics have shown over the past twenty odd years that 85% of violence against gays in jamaica are inflicted by their own partners..Jamaicans may be aggressive but gay jamaicans take the cake when it comes to extreme violence!!!!!!!!!

[cuhyah]

@warewolf140: it's disturbing how u've been programmed to hate by a religious belief that claims 2 be based on a loving & caring deity. U are all FOOLS for hating some1 because they're different, or bcus ur old book of fairy tales told u that ur imaginary friend doesn't like those "different" people, so u shouldn't either. How would u feel if black people were still traded as slaves? Time wi realize we're all 1, regardless of skin color, belief, location, sexual orientation, education etc..

[warewolf140]

it is very disturbing to see how the batty man situation is getting out of control in jamaica we should all come together and exterminate the gay population in jamaica.we have to act now before it is too late.

[Jamaicanmibeautiful]

What idiot would walk the street in drag?

[kokokotutu]

@berxamag there are good and bad in all countries so before you judge some other country why dont you take a look at yours.

dont bother replying to me because judging by your comment you are probably an ignorant fool, and wont have anything sensible to tell me in response.

have a good day, god bless you

[Jamcanbigga]

fellow Jamaicans and friends

we'll stand firm in morality still

all these battyman wi have to keep dem down mek, dem fret!

for we don't want dem around us

[Daghead]

OMG MANGO TREE