Jamaica and homosexuality.

So you say gays, whether proven or assumed, are not subjected to harm or fear in Jamaica?
That the "few" occurrences that hit the airwaves are just that.... few and seldom.... and provoked.

I have to pass a business establishment that serves as a hub for men and construction contractors to get to work. For the first couple of months I was met with "baby mi wah sen up inna yuh tightness", among other utterances of such nature. Apparently, it came to realization that I did not respond to such beckoning and almost as if overnight I began being met with "sadomite gyal, yuh can't stay roun yah caus wi ago draw yuh weh and fix yuh"..... and trust me, this was the most subtle of the comments. If I had to pass ten times for the day, best believe I would be verbally assaulted the ten times. Now imagine 25 or more men hurling threats at you, all at once. Would you still say there is no reason to feel threatened or would you disclaim it by saying I deserve the threats because I refused to answer to "baby mi wah dun yuh hole"?

As if that was not bad enough, sometimes I have to move back and forth during peak hours and as I don't drive I have to to take the bus. This establishment happens to be at the corner of a major main road and a minor road. The men, large and unified in their numbers, tend to choose these as opportuned times to belt their disapproval of my presumed sexuality. Coincidentally, the corner is also in the nook of a major intersection. Traffic creeps slowly, buses come overloaded elongating the wait. Stoplights, green, red, stop, go. Cars, buses, trucks, motorbikes, bicycles, pedestrians staring at the spectacle "instigating" this uproar. Conductors take a swipe at the taunting, men desperate to prove "masculinity" yell their input, women too weak to defend a sister stare, point and even laugh. Yet, you say there is no reason for fear?

You, the general society, watch and listen policymakers and entertainers incite intolerance of homosexuals, the same intolerance being gobbled up by the less educated and mindless who find time on their hands to jeer, beat and kill gays, whether proven or merely pressumed. You contibute through such practises.

This is one of my many stories, we all have stories. Stop speaking with half truths and innuendos, stand up, speak out. What is your story?
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