Congrats to Angeline Jackson firstly but I am a bit disappointed that more mainstream media coverage of this recognition is not forthcoming or evidenced, is it due to the sexual orientation of the lady in question who has been hailed by President Obama?
Then again I should not be surprised the omission or overlooking of LGBT matters has been a feature of our media landscape for decades since organized public advocacy from the days of Gay Freedom Movement in the 70s.
President Obama told young leaders at the town hall meeting at UWI that we should care about the rights of every human being
"..........regardless of who they love"
while highlighting the difficulties Angeline Jackson experienced growing up as a lesbian in Jamaica and her work in ensuring that people get a better quality of life
"no matter their colour, class or sexual orientation can live in equality."
while highlighting the difficulties Angeline Jackson experienced growing up as a lesbian in Jamaica and her work in ensuring that people get a better quality of life
"no matter their colour, class or sexual orientation can live in equality."
See the full clip of the LGBT reference and Angeline's work.
“More than anything she cares about her Jamaica and making it a place where everybody, no matter their color or their class or their sexual orientation can live in equality and opportunity,”
some of the other reactions that was in the audience when the matter was mentioned to which Miss Angie responded.
The faces of some of the audience members sadly shows we have a long way to go change hearts and minds.
The faces of some of the audience members sadly shows we have a long way to go change hearts and minds.
QCJ shared their two cents on the Professor Bain matter
QCJ's survey they had done:
click for more:
Angeline Jackson is co-founder of Quality Citizenship Jamaica QCJ filling the longstanding gap of lesbian invisibility over the decades of formalized gay rights advocacy that focused more on MSM population challenges. Her rape case from 2009 that the president referred to was carried on this blog during my time at JFLAG when she made the report and afterwards with the court case.
Then of course due to the nature of the case and the psychological concerns for such victims the report was a bit subdued as present cases also are treated so as not to have the client relive too much of the horrifying event.
Jackson told the Washington Blade a few hours after Obama’s speech that his remarks “give me encouragement.”
“It also in some ways provides a validation for what I have been doing because it’s rough and moving forward with LGBT rights in Jamaica is certainly not going at rapid speed,” she said. “This mention, speaking about (my work), mentioning my name, speaking my work and mentioning my orientation brought to light the issues of the LGBT community because it brings a personal story, it brings a human to the conversation, so it’s not just them, it’s not just an abstract person. It becomes a person that they can recognize.”
Broderick told the Blade during a reception at the Human Rights First office near McPherson Square where she and advocates from Belize, St. Lucia and the Dominican Republic were highlighting efforts to expand LGBT tourism in the Caribbean that she was crying when she watched Obama’s speech on YouTube.
“It is amazing to be recognized by anybody,” said Broderick. “It is even more amazing to be recognized by a man who is the leader of the free world.”
“In your country that is so homophobic she has been mentioned as a young woman, a woman, an LGBT activist, a lesbian, a survivor of sexual violence,” she added. “These are the things that we fight for, you want recognition of the issues and solutions to the problems.”
also see:
Lesbians becoming increasingly nervous
Accused serial rapist on the run has been cut down 2011 - alleged mastermind behind some of the corrective rape cases and other assaults on women in St Catherine and nearby parishes then.
"Corrective Rape" continues in 2010 part 2
More same gender loving women being forcibly evicted
Jamaica lesbians suffer from under-reported violence but whose fault is that ??
a podcast I prepared in 2010
Bisexual Teen Killed due to her Sexual Orientation? ......... Father says yes 2015
Bisexual Teen Killed due to her Sexual Orientation? ......... Father says yes 2015
Jamaica lesbians suffer from under-reported violence but whose fault is that ??
Woman Labelled “Man Royal” Forced to Relocate from a St Catherine Community
another podcast I had done back in the day (3 years ago) when invisibility or oversight of lesbian issues:
another podcast I had done back in the day (3 years ago) when invisibility or oversight of lesbian issues:
Now that visibility has increased in the last two years and has been given a shot in the arm by this recognition by no less a person than the most powerful man in the world I hope we can capitalize on it to bring to bear credibility on crisis reporting in as far as lesbophobic/homophobic crimes. GLBTQ Jamaica & Aphrodite's PRIDE Jamaica has worked with QCJ as well and recently held a stakeholders meeting with documentary producer (Taboo Yardies) Selena Blake on a recent visit by her.
Again congrats to Miss Angeline who has risen from victim to advocate and effectively so.
UPDATE April 10, 2015
also
Peace and tolerance
H
Again congrats to Miss Angeline who has risen from victim to advocate and effectively so.
UPDATE April 10, 2015
also
her comments on the recent heckling of the PM in new York by overseas based Jamaican activists
Peace and tolerance
H
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