Articles Tagged “Gay in the Caribbean”
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Celebrity Party Planner – Preston Bailey Weds In King-Kong Themed Ceremony
Celebrity event planner and Caribbean celeb, Preston Bailey tied the knot to his partner Theo Bleckmann in an extravagant and over-the-top ceremony just after midnight on Valentine’s day. Bailey, 63, whose list of glamorous clients includes Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump and Catherine Zeta-Jones, pulled out all the stops for his own nuptials with his partner [...]
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Sizzla Kalonji rejects Olive Branch from Jamaican Lesbians and Gays
While Sizzla Kalonji may not be one of the artistes gay lobby groups have called ‘reformed’, the reggae crooner has strongly rejected the olive branch from the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), offered to support Jamaican entertainers, who despite toning down their anti-gay rhetoric, have continued to come under attack from gay [...]
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First transgender elected official makes history in Cuba
The landmark appointment of Adela Hernandez as Cuba’s first transgender elected officer has made history in the Caribbean communist country. Forty-eight-year-old Hernandez was elected delegate to the municipal government of Caibarien, in the central province of Villa Clara, earlier this month. Hernandez, who was born genetically male, has traveled a rocky road to reach her [...]
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DOCUMENTARY: Dancehall artistes talk sex, polygamy and homosexuality in “Man A Gallis”
It is estimated that Jamaican men have a average of six sex partners in one year. Thanks to dancehall music, Jamaican men are stereotyped worldwide as “Gallis” the Jamaican term for womanizers. But are these dancehall artists practicing what they preach? From the early 1990s to present day, dancehall has been dominated by sexually charged [...]
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Olympian named UTECH ambassador + University receives backlash for gay attack! (VIDEO)
Double Olympic 100m gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been appointed the first ever Ambassador of the University of Technology (UTECH), and a new assessment center aimed at developing the full potential of children with disabilities, named in her honor. President of UTECH Professor Errol Morrison officially appointed Fraser-Pryce yesterday at the university’s graduation ceremony held [...]
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Supporters rally behind SVG gay facing deportation from Canada & death if he’s returned!
Supporters are speaking out against the scheduled deportation next week of a Toronto man they fear will be killed if he’s returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Augustas Dennie came to Canada two years ago to flee what he says was anti-gay violence that left him in a coma for a week in 2009 [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: What happens when a Caribbean artiste gets caught?
Dear Readers, In this weekend’s article, I wish to touch on a topic not because it is masked with sensationalism but because it is a very true phenomenon which occurs globally. Whether you are in the entertainment industry or the sporting fraternity, the fact remains that once you are in the public’s eye, you are [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Decembre Snowe is Miss Gay Caribbean USA. (PHOTOS)
Decembre Snowe is Queen of the Gay Caribbean USA! St. Lucia’s Decembre Snowe was crowned Queen at the 2012 Gay Caribbean USA Pageant which was held in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday 29th, September. Miss Snowe made history having been the first St. Lucian to win the coveted crown. She battled with seven other contestants [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Three more Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant contestants inside…
With two weeks to go before final night, the delegates of the fourth annual Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant are working feverishly on their routine, talents and speech. Their costumes, as well as their talents, promises to be spectacular for pageant night carded for September 29th, 2012, 8pm sharp at Restoration Plaza, Brooklyn in New York [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Meet two Miss SLU & Miss Jamaica contestants…
Things are heating up in Brooklyn for this year’s Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant, as preparations are put into place and the delegates continue to work towards perfection for final night on September 29th, 2012 at Restoration Plaza in Brooklyn. The 4th Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant promises to be filled with excitement and fierce competition [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant inside…
As promised last week, during the coming weeks I will introduce you to the delegates at this years Miss Gay Caribbean USA Pageant. Now in its fourth year the pageant is scheduled to take place on the evening of Saturday September 29th 2012, at Restoration Plaza Fulton Street, at 8pm. The event is fast becoming one [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Denise introduces you to the Miss Gay Caribbean USA pageant
On September 29th 2012, the annual Miss Gay Caribbean USA pageant will be held at Restoration Plaza in Brooklyn, New York. Now in its fourth year, the pageant is the brain child of Mr Hemish Marlon Gervis. Having organized and executed several Caribbean events, Gervis saw the need for a pageant which brings together Caribbean nationals [...]
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Denise opens up on what it really means to be – GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN (Part 8)
Have you ever thought what it means to be gay? Have you ever thought what it means to be lesbian or transgendered? Have you you ever thought what it would be like if YOU were gay? Think for a second or two, perhaps a few of you need a few minutes…but I would like you [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Denise concludes her reflections of fleeing Trinidad for happiness in NYC. (PHOTOS)
On the evening of Tuesday March 23rd, 2004, with one suitcase, $75 US dollars in my pocket and determination on my my mind, I boarded my flight and headed to the United States of America. As the aircraft taxied down the runway and its speed picked up, a thousand images flashed before my eyes. I [...]
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Human Rights Watch Wants Jamaica to Repeal Buggery Law
A major human rights group in the United States has urged the government of Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era anti-buggery law and protect people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. In a letter to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Human Rights Watch claimed that homophobia is “so bad that human rights [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Facing childhood demons and meeting his mother, Denise reminisces on a painful & promiscuous past. (Part 6)
Growing up, I always imagined my mother to be very Joan Collinsesque. As a matter of fact, looking at the soap opera dynasty, I would always think that it will be nice to have a mother like Joan Collins. Few people spoke about my mother and when they did, they said awful things. I remember [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Denise continues her story of abuse, hatred & beatings for being different. (Part 5)
Last week I began to share my personal journey with you and as promised this week I shall continue to let you into my personal world. One of the ways I was able to cope (with the abuse) was by answering to the names they called me. I figured, if they called me hen I [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: “Denise” confides on being abused as a child by MALE relatives! (Part 4)
In last week column, I indicated that I would deal with the church’s position on homosexuality in Caribbean countries but instead, I want to get a little more personal with you, my readers. I want you to see me, through my world. It’s not a cut and dry clear mirror, but after reading, I trust [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Women Who Unknowingly Sleep With Gay & Bi-Sexual Men (Part 3)
The Oxford dictionary’s definition of is Bisexual – Attracted to the same both sexes. In the mid seventies, what was coined as a sexual revolution began, actually began in the latter part of the sixites with the hippy movement but gained momentum in the mid seventies. With the onset of the Stonewall Riots, which signaled [...]
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GAY IN THE CARIBBEAN: “Denise” talks being gay and being violently beaten!!! *GRAPHIC* (Part 2)
As congratulations poured in over the past few days from friends and well wishers wishing to express how they felt about my first column, I truly felt a sense of pride that it made me even more determined to do the best that I can do and say the best that I can say in [...]
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Diana King comes out of the closet and declares “I AM A LESBIAN” – Read her letter inside…
Internationally acclaimed Jamaican singer, Diana King is a lesbian! But as I tweeted yesterday, should it matter and did you not know? In an unprecedented step, on Thursday the “Shy Guy” singer admitted she was gay in a lengthy letter to her fans posted on her facebook page. Read her letter below: My name is [...]
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JayBlessed.com welcomes our first Gay Writer on Gay Pride Day. Read her story inside…. (Part 1)
Every year, in New York City, on the last Sunday in June, thousands, flock to the city, and the famous Fifth Avenue, and the Avenue of the Americas come alive with the splendor and pageantry of celebrating GAY PRIDE. Yes, to those of you who are not familiar with “Pride,” it is a day that is [...]
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President Obama says U.S. to stand up for gay rights abroad.
President Barack Obama told U.S. diplomats and foreign aid workers today to do more to advance gay rights abroad, a move that promotes U.S. human rights policy and appeals to a key Democratic constituency at home. In a memo released the same day as pop singer and gay rights advocate Lady Gaga visited the White [...]
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