Comments on: Gay Jamaican man challenges country’s anti-sodomy law

By: Jamaica gay rights advocate visits D.C. | Gay News : Washington Blade – America's Leading Gay News Source

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:10:09 +0000

[...] Prime Minister Portia Simpson said shortly before her Dec. 2011 election her government would review the country’s anti-sodomy law. It has yet to do so, but the Jamaica Supreme Court in June will hear a case that challenges the colonial-era statute on grounds it violates a constitutionally-guaranteed right to privacy. [...]

By: Javed Jaghai, Gay Jamaican Man, Set To Challenge Country’s Anti-Sodomy Laws | Screw Cable

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:23:35 +0000

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By: Javed Jaghai, Gay Jamaican Man, Set To Challenge Country’s Anti-Sodomy Laws « Go to News!

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:03:57 +0000

[...] As the Washington Blade is reporting, AIDS-Free World filed a Feb. 7 complaint with the Jamaica Supreme Court on behalf of local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist Javed Jaghai. The court is expected to hear Jaghai’s case on June 25, according to the report. [...]

By: Jean Pierre Katz

Jean Pierre Katz — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:33:44 +0000

Jamaica's judges should consider the Jamaican national interest in overturning it's sodomy laws.

Although hugely popular in Jamaica for religious and cultural reasons, the law has absolutely no benefit for the country.

It does, however, spread Aids infections to different groups.

It diminishes tourism and investment, and encourages illegal violence.