German Study: Gay men who discuss HIV status with sexual partners are less likely to acquire HIV

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A case-control study, examining the sexual behaviour of German gay men receiving HIV-negative and HIV-positive test results, identified two key factors which distinguish the groups – consistent condom use with casual partners and discussing HIV status with partners.

The results, recently published in BMC Public Health, lend some support to the idea of serosorting (choosing a partner who has the same HIV status), but only when HIV status is ascertained through a clear and unambiguous conversation. Men who didn’t use condoms because they assumed their partner was HIV negative had a greater risk of acquiring HIV than other men.

This was a case-control study – in other words, an observational study in which a group of people with an infection (called ‘cases’) are compared with a group of people without the infection (called ‘controls’). The past events and behaviour of the two groups are compared in order to help us understand the risk factors for acquiring the infection.

Cases were gay men who attended one of a variety of HIV testing facilities in Germany, were diagnosed with HIV and who were determined to have acquired their HIV infection within the previous five months (based on a Recent Infection Testing Algorithm or RITA). Controls were gay men who took an HIV test and received a negative result, matched to the cases on the basis of their age and country of birth.

Information about the sexual behaviour of cases and controls was collected before receiving HIV test results.

Data were collected between 2008 and 2010. There were 105 cases and 105 controls, who had an average age of 34 years. Nine out of ten were born in Germany and they were generally well educated.

There were numerous variables for which no differences were observed between cases and controls:

Education.
Knowledge of HIV transmission risks during different sexual acts.
Recent HIV testing.
Recent diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection.
Being single.
Inconsistent condom use in a primary relationship.

However some behavioural factors did distinguish cases (men who acquired HIV) from controls (men who did not) in the first analysis.

More cases (22 men) than controls (10 men) reported having been in a relationship of less than six months duration, and cases were also less likely to be in a relationship lasting more than a year. This points to the risks of HIV transmission during the early stages of romantic relationships.

While equal numbers of cases and controls had only had one sexual partner in the past six months (14 men in each group), average partner numbers were higher for cases (mean 11.8 partners, median 5) than controls (mean 6.6, median 4).

Whereas 60 cases reported having unprotected anal intercourse with a partner of unknown HIV status, this was only reported by 36 controls. There was a marked difference in terms of having unprotected receptive anal intercourse with a partner of unknown status (reported by 43 cases and 18 controls). Cases were also more likely to report inconsistent condom use outside of a primary relationship, with partners met online and with acquaintances.

Moreover, cases were less likely to report ‘always being safe’ with non-primary partners – in other words, consistent condom use or no anal sex. This was reported by 9 cases and 30 controls.

As can be seen only a minority of participants – including the controls – reported consistent condom use. When asked why condoms hadn’t been used on the last occasion of unprotected sex, many responses did not differ between cases and controls. For example, men in both groups said that they hoped nothing would happen, that condoms would have disturbed the mood, or that condoms caused erection problems.

However not using a condom because the respondent had assumed his partner was HIV negative was reported by more cases (25 men) than controls (8 men). Furthermore, while relatively few men said that they didn’t use condoms because they had talked to their partner about HIV status, this was reported much less frequently by cases (3 men) than controls (16 men).

The key results come from the multivariable analysis, which uses statistical techniques to identify the most important factors associated with HIV infection. Only two variables remained statistically significant. Demonstrating the continued relevance of consistent condom use, men who reported ‘always being safe’ were less likely to be diagnosed with HIV (odds ratio 0.23, 95% confidence interval 0.08 – 0.62).

In addition, men who did not use condoms having previously talked to their partner about HIV status were less likely to be diagnosed with HIV (odds ratio, 0.18, 95% confidence interval 0.05 – 0.71).

“One of the key findings was that having an explicit conversation about HIV serostatus before sexual activity reduces the risk of acquiring HIV,” conclude the researchers. “This might be attributable to the mode of serostatus communication: namely a direct and explicit conversation might be protective, whereas other ways of serosorting, such as relying on online profiles, or guessing/assuming HIV status based on appearance, might be much less effective.”

Reference

Santos-Hövener C et al. Conversation about Serostatus decreases risk of acquiring HIV: results from a case control study comparing MSM with recent HIV infection and HIV negative controls. BMC Public Health 14:453, 2014. (Full text available freely available here).

Woman Labelled “Man Royal” Forced to Relocate from a St Catherine Community

And the silly season continues.

CONFIRMED

It is not yet clear if this incident is linked to the present national moral panic led by some religious voices who are in opposition to a supposed homosexual agenda and the sacking/temporary reinstatement via court ex-parte injunction of Professor Brendon Bain in a UWI CHART program. Psychologically it feels like ten years ago when the environment felt tense in a sense and persons were far more intolerant and less accommodating.

A woman who resided in the St Johns Road of St Catherine area was given several days to leave the area by men who said they were concerned for her as alleged persons who were not pleased with her masculine tendencies as it turns out said she was unwelcomed all of a sudden in the area; despite her involvement on the youth football team, despite her likeability from other community members for years; despite her dog business where she raises and sells certain breeds of dogs she was still told to avoid any eventualities as she persons who were threatening seems anonymous but better to be safe and sorry. Apart from the face to face discussions with the males in the area, harmonious socialization with them as in her words she was seen as one of the boys so to speak she received a series of phone calls with threatening tones suggesting she was stealing women from men and causing supposed heterosexual women to turn lesbian. Ironically the alliance with a butch identified woman is a plus for some men as it plays out in polyamorous relational matters since some men also find multi female partnering attractive and the evidence is very visible at certain adult entertainment spots where a butch identified woman may be seen with men socializing or at the bar or in the case of the sex club industry networking sometimes very closely with a lesbian of bisexual woman helps for connections and delivery of paid sexual services from more feminine types who may not even be female attracted but engage in the business for purposes of earning an income.

The woman has since taken evasive action and thanks to the community based assisted phenomenon she has moved most of her belongings almost two weeks now and is temporarily staying at a friend’s flat. Days prior to her departure the frequency of the phone calls increased and became far more threatening to which she took no chance, a recent beheading of a man on Job’s Lane nearby and other matters in and around the area though not possibly linked has had many persons cautious overall so it stands to reason for one not to ignore any threatening actions of conversations. Speculation is rife however that a recent area leader who recently returned to the community after a log prison sentence is suspected as he tries to regain territory and intimidate those who he can in doing so to maintain hold on power in the area. Other persons have been moving out of the area as allegations of extortion rental for persons to stay in their houses which is a relatively new feature of wealth creation for criminal minds has also made some residents concerned. Since her departure from the area the calls has stopped after about two days but she has changed her number so as to avoid contact. It seems more and more butch identified or masculine acting women colloquially named ad “Man Royal” made popular locally by Beenieman in an old lesbophobic song he recorded some years ago unconfirmed reports suggests there has been some spike of sorts of attacks from verbal spats with community residents to public fallouts and physical attacks including an alleged corrective rape case in western Jamaica.

Another lesbian from Portmore a case that is still under investigation according to my sources was also forced to leave her rented flat by the landlord as he complained that other home owners and residents on the walkway complained repeatedly to them of the numerous women visiting and allegations of school girls who though not stopping are friendly with her which the residents fear she maybe inveigling them into lesbianism. So one cannot even enjoy the privacy of their home as in a rental agreement as others without proper proof disturbs one comfort of home, the woman in this matter has denied the schoolgirl bit of the allegations but she has supposedly confirmed that she has friends over on a weekend to lyme and relax. Portmore although a surburban area has had its far share of challenges despite the population types as upwardly mobile and more educated that other domiciles yet the level of homo-negativity and homophobia is worrying sometimes, one can remember the days of repeated forced evictions in Greater Portmore for example even as the housing scheme was new and new owners were moving in or renting them to working class persons to offset mortgages.

Perceived gender non conforming aesthetics and behaviours can cause challenges especially during this hot silly season as indicated in the introduction, persons seems to develop a radar specifically to look for those GNC traits so as to launch some opposition often in public to force the target of such abuse into submission while religious voices who are supposed help gel society are busy creating wedges and polarization on misguided perceptions of homosexuality in Jamaica. 

Strangely Beenieman who was mentioned above alongside his old anti lesbian song 'Man Royal' is now in a feud with another murder music accused Elephant Man as their creativity shrinks so they have to resort to staged stand-offs to get attention, see: Dancehall Acts with Anti Gay Legacy Feud with each other as Creativity Fades ....

Thankfully this displacement case ended with a reasonable resolution and I hope she can settle and recommence her life as before in a safe and comfortable zone.

Peace and tolerance

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Betty Ann Blaine Deliberately Conflates Same Gender Attraction & Child Abuse at Christian Anti Gay Mass Rally & in Public Advocacy

Has anyone noticed that these old child rights activists do not take the time to explain to the public when they do speak on child sexual abuse in particular what is actually paedophilia and that the gender of the victim is not important but the harm done but instead they are more emotional and alarmist about the issue than measured and strategic in assessing and understanding the situation while noting the profile of offenders and the psychology behind same (not that it does not warrant some alarm as the abuse cases lately are frightening) but one would have thought that someone like a Betty Ann Blaine with her “decades of experience” would know better.

Boy was I wrong but I shouldn’t be surprised as she has done it before: Betty Ann Blaine on Poverty, children and the Buggery Law .... and that awful confusion of homosexuality with paedophilia 2012

To accuse the Jamaican gay advocacy structure collectively as dishonest aided by some foreign powers and that we are on some imperialistic agenda to foist the so called “homosexual agenda” on the nation (while using children as the intended target) with little or no evidence is one thing, then to lie on television as Miss Betty did on the controversial Jamaicans for Justice (CVCC funded) controversial sex education course where it had references to anal sex but was misrepresented as to say anal sex is permissible without even able to locate the offending page(s) or sections while just glibly relying on a newspaper sensational report is another matter; She was not able to actually speak to pages 122, 124/5 of the manual that mentioned buggery but also spoke to the illegality of the act and grievous sexual assault that were explained therein.

Now comes the latest repeat episode by the convenor of Hear the Children’s Cry outfit where she conflates same gender attraction with child abuse of which the latter no one denies and even disturbs gay rights activists as well. This strategy has been used by the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship, LCF and their protégés the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society, JCHS at first in the early days it seems as sheer or real ignorance or a mistake but the repeated use of the conflation is clearly deliberate so as to whip up moral panic and hysterical support as evidenced on Sunday June 29th in Half Way Tree Square. Sensible and well thinking persons and advocates do not seek to fan the flames of hysteria and paranoia and fear in society while driving divisiveness in the name of God at that as the smoke from such flames only seek to create cloud cover for real abusers who continue to abuse or prepare via sexual grooming their victims. This noise is only a sideshow that preoccupies the time of the public and the vigilance is misdirected to places where there may be no such abuse in occurrence. Case in point three pastors accused of sexual abuse in recent days with the last known reported case carried in the Star news last week, Pastor Daniel Findlay, charged under the Sexual Offenses Act with three counts of sexual assault with a person under 16 years and one count of grievous sexual assault, was told his case will be tried soon.

Findlay, 36, from Lower York in St Thomas, appeared in the Morant Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. His lawyer was absent and so was the complainant. After exploring the possibility of sending a taxi for the complainant, the magistrate advised the accused to make his attorney aware of the next court date.

"Your case will start soon, as the complainant is not here. You should return to court on August 7," the magistrate advised. She also told the mother of the child to ensure that her daughter is present at the next hearing.

Findlay's bail conditions of $250,000 with stringent measure remains. The bail conditions include two sureties, reporting to the police six times each week and residing with his father. The accused has also been ordered to have no contact with persons under the age of 16 years old.

Finday was identified as a person of interest by the Morant Bay police earlier this year, and was picked up in Kingston after he made arrangement with the police to hand himself in.

ENDS

At Sunday’s mass rally by Jamaica CAUSE whose main goals are to block any coverage under the Charter of Rights protection from discrimination due to sexual orientation, reparative therapy for homosexuals and the retention of the old 1533 English designed buggery law that we retained via the savings law clause post our independence in 1962 where all laws prior to are kept, it is clear the theocratic agenda that lays before us; Betty Ann Blaine among other things proceeded to whip the crowd in a frenzy by saying the following:

“.... now let me tell you something we not gonna allow people with a different agenda from the majority of us in this country to corrupt or children, we not goin’ let them mis-educate our children; we not goin’ let them misinform our children so parents and family members I want to tell them that this is the time to step up to the plate as parents .................... now let me just say something ‘bout the buggery law; there is no way we changing the buggery law; not when so many children are being buggered in Jamaica; do you know Jamaica that the buggery of children in this country has increased by 72% and I want you to know I personally Betty Ann Blaine went to the funeral of the nine month baby who was buggered and murdered and folks are telling us to changes the law; let me tell you something it is now time for the church to stand up.”

Clearly the inference is being made that adult gays who for the most part have no sexual interest in kids deliberately attack or sexually abuse tots & children and it is indeed sad when such cases do come to the public’s glare but paedophilia is worlds apart from innate homosexual attraction to other adults. It seems the mis-education here is on Ms Betty’s part or indeed deception for that matter. Paedophilia has to do with adults who are sexually aroused by prepubescent persons which is a diagnosable disorder under the guidelines of the diagnostic statistical manual for the requisite experts via pharmacological courses and or specially prescribed drugs and as in other jurisdiction state monitored isolation and prison time. The sexual orientation of paedophiles is unimportant but the problematic sexual attraction to children that is of greater import. Ms Blaine’s self professed thirty years in the NGO community and seeing repeated cases of abuse sadly ought to by now know the major difference in the profile of those perpetrators who are sometimes heterosexuals even when they commit same sexed paedophilia and who are even in the church that is silent when one of their own is exposed.

This strategy only seeks to embed homophobia in the minds of the masses while making us more polarised and as JFLAG’s Executive Director Dane Lewis said in a Nationwide interview as to induce “moral panic” which I agree (strange eh?). Sadly as usual the public advocacy moment was not used properly as he failed to use the opportunity to explain the change in their stance on the buggery law to decriminalization instead of a full repeal and to include rape and coverage for abuse of children. Jamaica CAUSE smarting from the meeting yesterday is now implying motive of some kind as to why there was an unidentified drone in the air while the rally was in progress, speaking on Beyond The Headlines President of the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship Helen Coley Nicholson claimed that the drone was spotted and many persons in the CAUSE group are wondering who was using such equipment? The typical victim ploy again being also used here while inflating the numbers of persons who were estimated to be at the rally yesterday.

Another disturbing and disparaging remark made by Ms Nicholson had the host of the show Dionne Jackson Miller do a double take to ask her to properly explain her remark, “I saw civil society rise for the first time in my life in this country, I saw the real Jamaican civil society.....” she was interrupted by Ms Miller who asked her to explain Ms Nicholson danced around the issue as an obvious dig at the other civil society groups.

Would Jesus discriminate or cause more outcasts?

So it seems our fundamentalists friends have their own deceptive and fear-mongering strategies to whip up a crowd that laps up the vomit and simply regurgitates it without question or scrutiny. The game is set and the pieces are going into place let us see where it goes from here.

meanwhile

Peter Espeut, Columnist and Catholic anti gay voice has weighed in on the rally it seems these folks are smarting over their crowd riling episode on Sunday last, he wrote in the Gleaner today:

Last Sunday, elements of the Church staged a demonstration in Half-Way Tree Square against the repeal of Jamaica's buggery laws, and the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) has reacted by stating that it is not daunted by the massive turnout.

Of course, I do not believe for a minute that the Church was trying to daunt J-FLAG; the Church was taking aim at crowd-shy politicians.

Both the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party know what it means to have to rent a crowd to create an impression, and how much they have to dish out in terms of beer, curry goat and 'dallahs'. Last Sunday, the Church was able to assemble a large crowd without having to hardly spend a cent; most of the thousands paid their own way to Half-Way Tree. This is what is likely to have made the greatest impression on the political class.

One of the goals of the LGBT lobby is to normalise buggery in Jamaica, and they are working two strategies at the same time. Just before the last general election, they prevailed upon Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to call for a review of the sections of the Offences against the Person Act referred to as the buggery laws, which may lead to a conscience vote in Parliament.

In addition, they have brought a constitutional motion in the Supreme Court in an effort to decriminalise anal sex. The constitutional motion may fail because of a weak case; in any case, the judges are likely to rule that such a major legal shift is best done in the Parliament rather than in the courts.

The massive demonstration on Sunday last is the sort of language politicians understand, and is likely to affect the direction in which their consciences will drive them.Peace and tolerance needed indeed.

ENDS

also see:

Pastors Push Enumeration As Hedge Against Buggery Repeal (Gleaner July 1 2014) obviously the JFLAG change in the call to decriminalization has gone unheard deliberately or unnoticed. So much for pro-activity from our goodly advocates

The False Dichotomy of the religious right on the LGBT advocacy Godlessness

Espeut, West says “Homophobia” was invented to abuse Christians as hate speech

Betty Ann Blaine & foreign religious zealots continue their paranoia & misrepresentations of male homosexuality

Church claims future victimization if buggery is decriminalized in Jamaica

Spilling homosexual blood .... Observer Headline 29.11.09

Lesbians Do Have Morals 2009

More gay marriage paranoia & hijacking of the homosexual debate by fanatics

meanwhile there is descent within the PNP on the matter

PNP MPs now also conflating the sex ed course issue, age appropriateness and homosexuality when page 125 of the sex ed course was clear as to the illegality of buggery yet all who are up in arms seem to ignore that fact

More divisiveness and polarization from the Christian community or sections of it of all places. Should we be surprised history is replete with this kind of ecclesiastical madness before where persons lost their heads for a simple disagreement.

see the Observer: Local churches vow to prevent homosexuality from dominating society

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Some Pastoral Responses to the SCOTUS "Hobby Lobby" Decision

prepared by Reverend Durell Watkins of Metropolitan Community Church Florida

"[MCC] affirms that all people are entitled to the rights and resources that equip them to make their own decisions about their bodies, their sexuality, and their well-being, including the inalienable right of women to control their bodies. We call on all levels of government and civil society to honour and respect those rights." from MCC's Statement of Faith on Women's Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice

Companions on the spiritual journey:

As a faith leader and a parish minister, I stand in solidarity with other people of faith who are outraged by the US Supreme Court's decision on June 30th, 2014 in the "Hobby Lobby" case. The Court ruled that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception violated a federal law protecting religious freedom. This decision, in my view, privileges the religious biases of a company's owners while treading on the rights and freedoms of individuals.

As so many leaders have already stated, this decision opens the door for a series of injustices. If legal medications can be denied because of someone's religious views (other than the one taking the medication), then it is entirely possible that family owned business could refuse to offer medical coverage for blood transfusions, AIDS therapies, vaccinations, psychiatric mediations, medical marijuana, or any number of medical procedures because someone other than the recipient of the legal medications objected to them for "religious" reasons. Dogma is rarely life-enhancing and in this instance may prove to be very dangerous.

As a religious progressive, I support the idea that universal health care is a right, not a privilege; and I further affirm the verity that that neither churches nor corporations nor governments own human bodies and women are the ultimate authority when it comes to their own health care and procreative choices.

LBGT people know what is to be judged, marginalized, and vilified for their consensual, adult relationships and gender identities; in other words, the Queer community knows what it means to have their bodies and their sovereignty over them diminished. As a Queer man I object to the colonization of bodies even (and maybe especially) when it is done in the name of religion.

The consciences, needs, and values of workers were ruled to be secondary to the religious opinions of business owners in the June 30th decision. The values of the powerful and privileged were affirmed while the values of workers of modest means were dismissed, and that is not justice.

It is time that people of faith insist that patriarchy and its wayward children: heteronormativity, racism, nationalism, and misogyny cease to be elevated to the position of religious values. It is time that we speak out more passionately than ever before when we see people being punished for their class, gender identity, sexuality, or procreative choices.

Yours in the spirit justice-love,




Rev Dr Durrell Watkins
Senior Minister, Sunshine Cathedral

PS ~ Below are some powerful statement by other faith leaders:

Rev Dr Nancy Wilson, Presiding Elder & Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches:
"The high court of the United States put all of our freedoms at risk today. Conservatives will now seek to deny a range of civil liberties and religion will be an excuse to discriminate."

A statement from The Religious Institute, led by Unitarian Universalist minister Rev Debra Haffner:
"The Religious Institute decries today's U.S. Supreme Court decision undermining true religious freedom--the right of individuals to make their own moral choices."

Unitarian Universalist president, Rev Peter Morales:
"I am deeply concerned by the growing rights granted to corporations by this decision and others of this Court and our Congress. I am also deeply concerned by the growing use of the religious freedom argument as a tool of discrimination and oppression."

Rev Harry Knox of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice:
"The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is dismayed by the Supreme Court's decision...which perverts our nation's historic understanding of religious liberty. As a coalition of denominations and religious organizations, RCRC is gravely concerned about the Court's notion that a for-profit corporation is able to exercise religion."

Dr Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York:
"As a Christian, I believe that God creates human beings individually, and that the mark of our individual blessedness before God is our souls. It is this soul that allows us to be bearers of rights and obligations and rational agents capable of holding religious beliefs. Hobby Lobby would have us believe that corporations, too, have souls. This is not the case. I am horrified by the thought that the owners of Hobby Lobby as Christians think their corporation has a soul, and I'm even more appalled that the Supreme Court agrees."

Bishop Gene Robinson (The Episcopal Church):
"The Jesus I follow always stood with the poor and powerless - and trust me, this struggle is about power. Whether the issue touches women or gays and lesbians, our religion should be about more love, not less; more dignity, not less."

(UWI) Vice-chancellor E. Nigel Harris - UWI Didn't Bow To Gays

Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer

University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-chancellor E. Nigel Harris said the decision to terminate the services of Professor Brendan Bain as the head of Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Centre Network (CHART) was not a response to pressure from the homosexual or any other community but made after careful consideration and wide discussions with a variety of stakeholders.

"The decision was not made as a result of the gay groups forcing us to make a decision," Harris told The Gleaner last week.

Bain has filed a suit in the Supreme Court challenging the termination of his contract as director of the Regional Coordinating Unit of CHART. The professor is contending that the action of the UWI breached his constitutional rights of freedom of expression and thought.

Church and other groups have been protesting against the dismissal of Bain for four weeks, which yesterday culminated in a mass rally in Half-Way Tree following a motorcade from the UWI's main gate on Mona Road, St Andrew.

But Harris has insisted that the decision to terminate Bain's contract was "a very thoughtful one".

Carefully considered

"I think one of the difficulties with the perception with how UWI acted was that we were responding merely to the gay community. That is not true. This was a carefully considered decision and based on the discussion with public health officials dealing with HIV/AIDS, we also spoke with people in the clergy, people who were gay; we spoke a lot of straight people, and several conversations with Professor Bain himself," Harris added.

Bain, who is a retired professor but who wrote the model and was contracted to run CHART has sued the university for his removal as head of the organisation following his expert testimony in a case involving a Belizean homosexual who is challenging the constitutionality of the buggery law in that country.

Following his testimony, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, headed by former Jamaicans for Justice executive director, Dr Carolyn Gomes, wrote Harris calling for the removal of Bain, arguing that Bain had lost the confidence of a significant sector the community he served.

In the meantime, Harris has offered the university's corridors to the various churches, civil society and other individuals as well as organisations to dialogue on the controversy and the wider debate of rights and responsibilities of all citizens, including homosexuals.

"What one would have wanted, and we still want, is that we would be a platform for peaceful discussion for some of the very contentious issues that seemed to be dividing us at this point," he said.

"I believe that the irony of all of this is that the university should be a place where there should be an opportunity for free speech, free debate and discussion of peoples with differing points of view."

ENDS

also see and hear podcasts:

Buggery, Bain, Bullshit & Buffoonery in Jamaican LGBT Discourse 

The Hypocrisy of Jamaican Anti Gay Groups & Selective Actions of Societal Ills 

The Hunt for Blood Continues ..... JFJ/CVCC Children’s Homes Sex-Ed Programme Under Police Investigation part 2

More Overreaction to the Jamaicans for Justice Sex Education Course & Media Senationalism

Why did CVCC & JFJ not Fund a Project/Home for Homeless LGBT Youth in New Kingston instead of the Children’s Home Fiasco that now obtains?

Professor's Bain's Testimony Threatened Foreign Funding (Gleaner letter)

Lessons to learn from The Professor Bain Matter?

Ian Boyne: Bain exercised terribly poor strategic judgement

Anti gay religious voices where are they? .... Pastor charged with sexual assault

'UWI had no choice but to dismiss Prof Bain' says Professor Rosemarie Bell Antoine (OAS Rapporteur)

Pro-Bain Protesters To Meet With UWI Today

Buggery the only thing that makes church butts sore?

Interesting times lie ahead folks

Peace and tolerance

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