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Human rights body calls on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban on gay sex Inter-American Commission on Human Rights find anti-sodomy laws violate LGBTQ peoples human rights 28SHARES Mahogany Beach in Jamaica – Photo: Jimfbleak, via Wikimedia. The top human rights body of the Americas has called on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships. In a first-of-its-kind ruling for LGBTQ rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruled that cr...

J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays) yesterday welcomed the recent r...

THE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has delivered a landmark ruling tha...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today made public a decision calling on Jamaica to repeal laws prohibiting consensual same-sex conduct.

Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said on Wednesday, in a symbolic landmark ruling on LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean.

An international tribunal has found that Jamaica’s government violated the rights of a gay man and a lesbian, according to a ruling released Wednesday, and activists say

Commission finds Jamaican government responsible for violating the rights of two gay people

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international tribunal has found that Jamaica’s...

Jamaica should repeal its ban on gay sex immediately and improve LGBT+ rights, a human rights tribunal determined.

January 7, 2021   ·   0 Comments Tristan Derek Peter Edwards, who was born at 6:02 a.m. on January 1, weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces, rang in the New Year as the first baby born in 2021 at Headwaters Health Care Centre. Tristan is the first born for mom Simone Edwards, with the support of proud grandmother Sue Edwards.  Photo courtesy of Headwaters