Members of the Jamaican LGBT community are deeply sadden and heartbroken by the gruesome public execution of this young man in the streets of Jamaica. The video brought tears to my eyes and causes anger to permeate my heart. Many believe that all hopes for tolerance and respect for LGBT lives in Jamaica was shattered. Fear currently ripples through the entire community.
One could hear the deadly silence coming from the Jamaican government, media and "LGBT community" which fosters and proliferates such inhumane acts against LGBT Jamaicans. Far too often such barbaric acts against perceived or known homosexuals living in Jamaica goes unreported and unpunished. Dwayne Jones, 16-year-old transgender woman, otherwise known as "Gully Queen" was murdered on July 22, 2013. No indictment or arrest was made in the death of Dwayne Jones.
We need the intervention of the international community/council on human rights to demand the end of LGBT persecution in Jamaica. Enough is enough! (Jamaica's Prime Minister) shame on you! Blood is on your hands.
LGBT LIVES MATTER!
Oh my goodness. So sad & horrible. He looks so young, and small.
ReplyWe are an ignorant species.
fucking vile animals -god bless that poor little fella-im soooo angry
ReplyHello there, saw this posted on Gay Star News and would like to possibly talk to you about this on our radio show, Queer Minded. Can you email me at radioqueerminded (at) gmail (dot) com for a possible phone interview?
ReplyThis is why I boycotted Jamaica years ago. What a terrible, disgusting, primitive country.
Replyfirst off all, fuck y'all how are saying my country is primitive , if u guys know anything about the bible u would know that it is wrong to be gay however i do not feel this is right but wrong is wrong, also if america is a quote on quote Christian place for example ''in god we trust '' you would not allow this to happen im not saying one should be persecuted but today for example people are getting comfortable with the idea that it love , well i don't feel that one should be told who to love but the fact of the matter is its wrong and never call Jamaica primitive because at-least when a white(any) man kills anyone they get justice unlike america .
Primitive country???
Go on...broad strokes.
Primitive country???
Go on...broad strokes.
OMG. we are in 2015, when will this madness stop. I was literally sick to my stomach. I vow never to visit this primitive backwards country of theirs.
ReplyMaybe you all should await the findings of a proper investigation before making pronouncements. YES! This should never have happened. But nothing in this video says he was gay, or killed because of homosexuality. The term "battybwoy" is used in a derogatory way when refered even to heterosexuals, and doesn't exclusively have a gay tone in Jamaican slang. Just like how straight men call each other fags in the US. If the authorities find that he was a theif that was caught, and he was not gay, then people will say the "homosexual community" started this propaganda intentionally. It would hurt any drive for equality, because this would be seen as deceitful, and part of the "gay agenda". Call a hate crime a hate crime, AFTER it has been proved as such.
ReplyYou are an idiot and know nothing of Jamaican culture and I too will never spend one cent on that island ever again - I will retire to Florida when I can afford it. There was a story several months ago about a pastor who washed to feet of lesbians in a show of support and I opined that had they been men, they would have been murdered right there in the church and not one of those christians would have raised a hand or voice in protest. I was born and raised there so I know what is in the hearts of even some well meaning people.
The man in that video was confirmed as one of 2 men who sexually assaulted a young boy, he was not attacked for being homosexual, he was attacked for raping the little boy. Sadly, people who commit crimes are attacked and sometimes killed, robbers, thieves, rapists are among the most targeted by mobs in small communities. What the community did to this man was terrible but he was not attacked for being homosexual.
Confirmed by whom? The angry mob? Because we know angry mobs are a good source of justice, right? Was there a trial for the accused? Is there a trial for the people who were in this mob? What's your source for this "confirmation?" Obviously no one has had their day in court. Certainly not the accused- whos brains were bashed in, and you seem to be defending the killers. Were they ever brought before a legal authority? Where are your sources, outside of defending mob justice?
Jamaica should be blockaded. Nothing in and nothing out. EVER!
Replyso trap all the gay people in so this happens to all of them??
Two friends and I took a trip to Jamaica in 2003. Our goal was to visit Appleton Rum Factory, Fern Gully, Dunns River, Wassi pottery and eat as much jerk Chicken available and of course, visiting Bob Marley mausoleum in Nine Mile, his final resting place. We all knew JA frowned upon gay ppl. But, we were always around other vacationers. It's absolutely no right and disgusting to hear that. We vowed never to go back to Jamaica. What a bunch of hateful ppl. Those who beat someone to death. I wish drama will find them.
ReplyIt does not matter whether he was gay or not. No one has the right to kill someone in this way. apart from the fact it is known that such things happen in Jamaica there.
ReplyOf course nobody should be murdered in such a way. It does matter though, because if he wasn't, he would not have been the victim of such a crime. He was only a target because he was gay and if you think that doesn't matter, you are very naive.