Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti shares why Worldfocus didn't air daggerin' images, addresses the realities of rampant violence and adolescent sex and explores how some Jamaican artists are singing more uplifting gospel Dancehall music.
All Posts Tagged With: "gay Jamaicans"
In the Newsroom
October 2, 2009
No daggerin’ on Jamaican TV and on Worldfocus
Signature Video
September 23, 2009
Ida’s story: Reversing the stigma of HIV in Jamaica
Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti, producer Micah Fink and director of photography Gabrielle Weiss report on how Jamaica's national AIDS program is targeting community leaders like Ida Northover to educate people on HIV and change the stigma surrounding the disease.
In the Newsroom (blog)
September 22, 2009
Jamaica’s AIDS epidemic, by the numbers
Producer Micah Fink breaks down the statistics that have been used to characterize Jamaica's HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact on the gay community.
In the Newsroom (blog)
June 29, 2009
There are no gay pride parades in Jamaica
Every June, gay pride is celebrated across the U.S. Lisa Biagiotti, who recently returned from reporting on HIV/AIDS and homophobia in Jamaica, answers questions about why such gay pride parades do not exist in Jamaica.
In the Newsroom
May 18, 2009
Gay men in Jamaica must lead two separate lives
Lisa Biagiotti shares the story of a gay Jamaican who received asylum in the U.S. on the basis of his sexuality. Though he is free from persecution, he still wrestles with issues of secrecy and religion, and his family in Jamaica still doesn't know he's gay.
Blogwatch
October 16, 2008
Gays seek asylum outside Jamaica
Jamaican pastors rail against homosexuality from the pulpit, dancehall lyrics glamorize gay killings and sodomy laws make homosexuality punishable by a 12-year prison sentence of hard labor.
