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Not safe at home : violence and discrimination against LGBT people in Jamaica / [researched and written by Rhon Reynolds; researched by Rebecca Schleifer; edited by and significant contributions by Neela Ghoshal; edited by Danielle Haas and Graeme Reid].
Reynolds, Rhon author.; Schleifer, Rebecca researcher.; Ghoshal, Neela contributor, editor.; Haas, Danielle editor.; Reid, Graeme editor.; Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
2014
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Author
Reynolds, Rhon author.
Title
Not safe at home : violence and discrimination against LGBT people in Jamaica / [researched and written by Rhon Reynolds; researched by Rebecca Schleifer; edited by and significant contributions by Neela Ghoshal; edited by Danielle Haas and Graeme Reid].
Published
[New York] : Human Rights Watch, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
HQ76.45.J25 R49 2014
ISBN
9781623131999
1623131995
Description
iii, 86 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)894348917
Summary
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Jamaicans face an intolerable level of violence, both physical and sexual, perpetrated on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The July 2013 murder of 16-year-old Dwayne Jones, who was brutally killed for wearing women's clothing, lies at the extreme end of this spectrum. Police investigations into such violence are often inadequate or lacking altogether, in some cases due to homophobia or transphobia within the police force. This report documents 56 cases of such violence, in addition to cases of discrimination from government institutions, including healthcare facilities, as well as in the private sector. The report recognizes recent efforts by police to establish protocols for addressing hate crimes, but calls for improved protection and non-discrimination mechanisms as well as an end to legislation that facilitates abuses, such as the "buggery laws." -- back cover.
Note
"October 2014"
Human Rights Watch report.
"This report was researched by Rhon Reynolds, consultant for Human Rights Watch, and Rebecca Schleifer, former advocacy director of the Health and Human Rights Division, and written by Rhon Reynolds, with significant contributions from Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. The report was edited by Neela Ghoshal; Danielle Haas, senior editor at Human Rights Watch; and Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program." -- page 86.
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Reynolds, Rhon. Not safe at home. [New York] : Human Rights Watch, [2014] 9781623131999 (OCoLC)894348917
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Violence and discrimination against LGBT people in Jamaica
Violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Jamaica
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Schleifer, Rebecca researcher.
Ghoshal, Neela contributor, editor.
Haas, Danielle editor.
Reid, Graeme editor.
Added Corporate Author
Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
Summary
Key recommendations
Methodology
I. Public attitudes toward homosexuality
II. Violence against LGBT people
III. Police failures to act
IV. Police as perpetrators
V. Public and private sector discrimination
VI. Government and police response
VII. Civil society
VIII. Regional and international stakeholders
IX. International human rights law
Recommendations
Annex I. Information request regarding the JCF's policy on diversity
Annex II. Correspondence with the JCF regarding site visits to police stations around the country
Annex III. Information request - JCF's violence attribution assessment form
Annex IV. JCF's incident assessment form
Annex V. JFLAG record of homophobic discrimination and violence, 2009-2012
Annex VI. Association between HIV and vulnerability among 201 MSM in 4 parishes, Jamaica, 2007
Acknowledgements.

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