Wow I find it most strange that the Jamaica Observer found it necessary to put 2 articles in today's edition on gays and especially the editorial by Lloyd B Smith, someone I respected until I read it this morning while his totally ignoring the FACT that two gay men were fire bombed from their home in Clarendon day before yesterday.
I have lost some respect for Lloyd B as he sought to comment on two cases of homophobia without checking the facts. (see his article below)
Fact#1: The attack at the pharmacy in Kingston did involve a woman however she was the one who attacked the men first by deliberately physically pushing herself in their midst to start a commotion.
Fact#2: The lesbian in question whose case was upheld in Miami as posted here was indeed the victim of homophobic attack before in her community where she originally resided she just did not bother to act on taking measures as she deemed it would be fruitless.
I do wish sometimes these writers would stop hiding behind their pens and spewing their shyt and get out of their air conditioned offices and get a sense of the REAL world.
Get the FACTS before writing an article for which you get paid so to do.
Howie seh so
Peace
Hmmmm I wonder what Lloyd B Smith would called that fire bombing of a house Sunday nite where 2 alleged gay men lived, minding their own business, not obthering a soul?
ReplyDelete......... and what about my 2 sisters where were beaten a few months ago in when it was assumed that they were lesbians....1 was beaten beyond a pulp, kicked in the gut even tho 1 of them was born and lived in that community since forever????
What about my sisters who are raped repeatedly because they are accused of being a lesbians???
What about the 2 young men who visited by a group of men at their house to inspect how many beds they had and upon discovering there was only 1 order them to purchase another cuz "it don't look right fi 2 man a sleep pon 1 bed"......then returned a short time after to check if the bed was bought and bcuz it wasn't, the men were ordered to leave immediately or face death "cuz it look like a battyman ting dem dealing wid"???
what about the gay men & women who call the JFLAG telephone line everyday asking for assistance to relocate or get medical attention because they have to beat a hasty retreat from their place of abode or being threatened or have been attacked based on their presumed homosexuality????
I wonder what picture is being painted....when all these atrocities are occurring against our gay & lesbian brothers and sisters?????....ooohhh Holy Jamaica...Land of Blood, Hate & hypocrisies!!!!!