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Tuesday, August 12
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Source: Miami Herald , Radio Jamaica , Jamaica Observer Maimi -- In an extremely rare move, a Jamaican lesbian living in Florida has avoided deportation -- for now -- after an immigration judge allowed the 29-year-old to stay in the United States because her sexual orientation could cause her to be tortured in her home country, Miami Herald reports. ''The general atmosphere in Jamaica is a feeling of no tolerance towards homosexuals in general, and as such, ... the respondent's life is definitely at risk,'' Immigration Judge Irma Lopez-Defillo said, according to court documents...
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Monday, February 18
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Source: Washington Blade , Jamaica Gleaner , and Radio Jamaica Leaders of the US-based Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) led a demonstration in Miami on Thursday to protest a series of reported anti-gay murders and gay-bashing incidents in Jamaica. The church also sponsored protests at consulates in New York, Toronto and Philadelphia. In response to the protests, some leaders of churches in Jamaica issued a strong condemnation of homosexuality. Rev. Nancy Wilson, MCC’s leader, and a contingent of religious leaders from the MCC’s Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale met with Jamaican Consulate...
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