More news comes that a group of Black Jamaican residents growing to over 2000, suddenly and without provocation assaulted and threatend to kill three Black Same Gender Loving people at a Jamaican pharmacy - while other extreme acts of intra race violence and victimization are a common occurrence there. These three Black people only survived through the quick thinking and action by police, while even the law enforcement officers who saved them harassed and beat them in the process.

Only in 2004, a Jamaican Father reportedly accused his son of being Same Gender Loving and urged a group of his school mates to "teach him a lesson." They beat him to unconsciousness as he observed from the sidelines.

The question becomes how would a President Barack Obama, other presidential candidates and the Congressional Black Caucus address deliberate inaction on the part of the Jamaican goverment regarding victimization of so many of its own citizens who are living in fear.

A specific plan is surely required to respond and act to address worldwide assaults upon Same Gender Loving people post an era of overt discrimination and denigration perpetrated by the Bush "Administration" which has sought and crafted political tools designed to further divide an entire Diaspora.

Given Senator Obama's apparent comfort with representatives of the Jamaican goverment (above), and with his being spiritually guided, it is most appropriate that he start right now forging a meaningful dialogue on these matters given so many lives and livelihoods are at stake.

Will the Senator practice what is right and fair, or will he keep politically silent in the interest of his campaign thereby nourishing and supporting widespread discrimination and danger.



IN THE MEANTIME, Gareth - the representative of J Flag who is the young man who was allegedly beaten by police during this incident is in great danger and needs monitary funds to assist him right away. He has been promised on a wing and a prayer that fair minded people in this country will send him finanical help within the next week.

If you would like to offer your support - you can send gifts toward helping him in any amount, (from $1.00 to $100. and beyond) by contacting Kimya Ayodele at oshun_68@hotmail.com or call Kimya Ayodele at (313) 590 5397.

Ms. Ayodele had worked with Amnesty International to bring Gareth and JFLAG to Detroit and to the U.S. in February 2005 and has a trusting relationship with Gareth and members of his organization.

Here is an opportunity for you to give a few dollars relief to a Brotha' who is in immediate danger and who is in immediate need.



Also to complain about this ongoing chain of horrors, please contact the following:

To: Jamaican High Commissionerc/o275 Slater Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario. Canada K1P 5H9
Email: hc@jhcottawa.ca
Tel. (613) 233-9311
Fax (613) 233-0611


The Honorable Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Email: Graham.B@parl.gc.ca

Prime Minister Paul MartinMartin.P@parl.gc.ca

Ambassador Seymour Mullings, OJ
Jamaican Embassy - United States of America
1520 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 452-0660
Fax: (202) 452-0081
Email: emjam@sysnet.net


Ambassador Stafford Neil
Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations
767 Third Avenue, 9th and 10th Floors
New York, N.Y. 10017
Tel: (212) 935-7509
Fax: (212) 935-7907

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"Proud Woman," Courtesy of: African Millennium Foundation, www.african-millennium.com

"Agave2." Courtesy of: John Villinski, Abstract Southwest, www.abstractsouthwest.com

African “Egghead” and Black Man in White
Courtesy of: Gene Pearson, Gene Pearson Studio, www.genepearsonsculpture.com