Bahamians
protest Rosie
Rosie O’Donnell’s cruise for gay families and their kids was met by about 100 Christian fundamentalist protesters when it docked in Nassau, Bahamas, July 16.
They carried signs reading, ‘Gay ways are not God’s ways’ and ‘If you are openly gay, stay away.’ Police prevented the demonstrators from getting too close to the gay families.
In a statement, the local U.S. embassy defended the right of American gays to visit the Bahamas unmolested.
Singer fingered in
antigay attack
Buju Banton, one of several Jamaican dancehall-music stars whose lyrics urge listeners to kill gays, will be questioned in connection with a violent attack on several gay men, Britain’s The Guardian reported July 17.
Several witnesses identified Banton as part of a group of armed men who broke into a house in the Jamaican capital of Kingston on June 24 and beat up the occupants while hurling homophobic verbal abuse.
Jamaica is considered to be one of the world’s most overtly antigay nations. The country’s most prominent gay activist, Brian Williamson, was knifed to death in his apartment June 9, in what gay leaders called an antigay hate crime.