BUJU BANTON UP FOR GRAMMY AWARD

Jamaican gay-hate singer, famed for lyrics that promote torturing and killing gay men, has received a Grammy nomination. Jim Key, Chief Public Affairs Officer of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (LAGLC), said: “We’re shocked that Buju Banton, a singer with a long record of performing a song...

December 7th, 2009 | International, Music | Read More

VIDEO: BATTY MAN

Great documentary on 4OnDemand about being black and gay. Here’s the blurb: “Comedian and actor Stephen K Amos uses his own experiences as a black gay man to explore why homophobia still exists in his own community. This observational documentary – the title of which is a derogatory...

November 18th, 2009 | Latest videos, News | Read More

BEENIE MAN CONCERTS AXED IN NZ

All of Beenie Man’s Australian and New Zealand concert dates have been cancelled. This follows protests by gay rights groups, including the Australian Coalition for Equality. It also follows representations to the tour organisers by Peter Tatchell of OutRage!, acting on behalf of the international...

November 16th, 2009 | News | Read More

GAY HATE BEENIE MAN TO PLAY AT FESTIVAL

Listen to this. Beenie Man – the nutcase Jamaican “artist” famed for such lyrics as “I’m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays” and “Hang chi chi gal [lesbian] wid a long piece of rope” – has been invited to play at New Zealand’s...

November 12th, 2009 | International, Music, News | Read More

COMMENT: FROM JAMAICA, WITH HATE

Last year, Bounty Killer – one of the hearty proponents of Jamaican Murder Music – performed some of his homicidal hoedowns at the Stratford Rex, with the full blessing of the London Met Police Force. This July, Buju Banton (he of ‘Boom Bye Bye’ fame) did the same at the Hammersmith Apollo....

October 21st, 2009 | International, Music, News | Read More

GAY HATE SINGER BUJU BANTON MEETS GAY GROUPS

Buju Banton – the singer famed for lyrics that boasts of shooting gays with Uzis and burning their skin with acid “like an old tyre wheel” – has met with a San Francisco gay group yesterday. “It was a good meeting. It was cathartic, I think for the artiste because he had...

October 14th, 2009 | News | Read More

TATCHELL CHALLENGES CAMERON

In a statement released today, Peter Tatchell challenges Conservative leader David Cameron over gay rights saying that so far he’s been all talk and no action over homophobia. He adds: “I challenge him to back up his gay-friendly words with concrete policies to end the remaining vestiges...

October 5th, 2009 | News | Read More

JAMAICA HATES YOU

A twenty three year old man has been arrested over the murder of UK diplomat John Terry, whose body was found in his Jamaican home. What the BBC fail to mention in their feature is that Terry’s body was found partly clothed, he’d been beaten around the head and a handwritten note on the...

October 5th, 2009 | News, Travel | Read More