Gays and Jamaica

[Xwindjammer]

Those preaching tolerance might consider being tolerant of the Jamaicans beliefs.

[Accompong]

Those preaching tolerance might consider being tolerant of the Jamaicans beliefs.

Reminds me of what a friend said about visitors to Jamaica

"The trick is not to see things as they are, but to see them as they could be — as what we might yet make them.
We won't be satisfied until we make-over Jamaica just like home and then we won't want to visit there any more because then
we will want to move there or go change somewhere else."

I am surprised at how they live at all without us being there to tell them how to live. Maybe that is the missionary is us.

Enjoy Jamaica.

[Jaherring]

I agree with windjammer. We as visitors should respect their beliefs.

[bostonguy823]

What do you hope they stay strong on? The fact that being gay and female in Jamaica is ok but being gay and a male is not? IME, having a gay Jamaican female friend, the only issue is gay men. I have observed this after spending days with her in all sorts of settings, just as I have seen numerous locals going off about gay men.

Better off with more intolerance? Just what the world needs......

Well said booger

[Troublemaker_420]

A promotion of hate towards your fellow man will never be seen as positive thing, and only leads to situations like occurred in Orland o only a week ago. I'm not sure how keeping the status quo of hate or intolerance is good for anyone, resident, visitor or anyone else. Can anyone tell me a positive outcome of encouraging, or tolerating, discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation? "let them do as they please" is a perfectly OK response to gay rights, but the criminal underground is something we as tourists are welcome to comment about? I thought we were supposed to let them handle things how THEY best see fit, and keep our noses out of it? Not to point fingers, but its seems a degree of hypocrisy in that regard. Why is it as tourists, or even as long-term visitors or ex-pats, people feel its completely ok to address some shortcomings and dangers on the island, while others are "off-limits" and thats "just how it is" and we're supposed to accept it?

[bostonguy823]

A promotion of hate towards your fellow man will never be seen as positive thing, and only leads to situations like occurred in Orland o only a week ago. I'm not sure how keeping the status quo of hate or intolerance is good for anyone, resident, visitor or anyone else. Can anyone tell me a positive outcome of encouraging, or tolerating, discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation? "let them do as they please" is a perfectly OK response to gay rights, but the criminal underground is something we as tourists are welcome to comment about? I thought we were supposed to let them handle things how THEY best see fit, and keep our noses out of it? Not to point fingers, but its seems a degree of hypocrisy in that regard. Why is it as tourists, or even as long-term visitors or ex-pats, people feel its completely ok to address some shortcomings and dangers on the island, while others are "off-limits" and thats "just how it is" and we're supposed to accept it?

I totally agree with what you are saying in theory. I've learned from all my time in jamaica that when I apply the sense of reason i have learned in the US to the customs and lifestyles in Jamaica that often things don't always align as I'd see
Fit. I wish it were different but that just may take time.

[halfwaytree]

Those preaching tolerance might consider being tolerant of the Jamaicans beliefs.

But what would have happened if those living outside of the apartheid regime in South Africa were merely tolerant of the of the way things were there?

[hackwriter]

There is an interesting program on Vice called "Gaycation", which is about homophobia in around the world. This one is in Jamaica: https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video...8d460f15d3505b

You have to have a cable or satellite subscription to watch, alas...

[TAH]

I feel like this thread is really showing people for what they are.

[cleome]

I feel like this thread is really showing people for what they are.

I think that we have to respect a culture that is different than ours, Their beliefs might seem outrageous to us, just as our beliefs seem outrageous to them. We have to remember that we can't change their beliefs. It's frustrating, but we have to realize that everyone doesn't agree with each other because of culture.