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Two security guards at a university in Jamaica have been released from duty as police investigate accusations that they assaulted a student believed to be gay.

Portia Simpson-Miller was recently elected and sworn in as Jamaica’s new prime minster. Despite the country’s views on homosexuality are extremely poor, Simpson-Miller says she will allow gays to serve in her cabinet and will possibly support gay rights.

Coral Gables, Fla., lawyer Grace Gomez helps LGBT Jamaicans and others seek asylum in the United States.

The State Department’s annual Human Rights Report documents pervasive anti-LGBT discrimination, harassment and even violence in Uganda, Honduras and other countries around the world.

Buju Banton, whose American tour was rocked by cancellations and protests because of his homophobic lyrics that advocated anti-gay violence, faces the prospect of time behind bars for carrying a firearm and allegedly dealing over 5 kilograms of coke.

Jamaica has garnered a reputation as one of the world’s most homophobic nations. But on April 7, religious and GLBT equality leaders sought to change that impression with a first-in-the-nation march for tolerance.

A handful of Jamaican dancehall artists have had their U.S, visas canceled and will reportedly not be coming into the country.

A shopkeeper in rural Jamaica is reportedly refusing to sell goods to people infected with HIV. Meanwhile in Jamaica, the killer of a British diplomat has been caught in what is being called a hate crime.

GLBT online news sources have picked up on a story about a Jamaican town where a "Gay Eradication Day" had been proclaimed expelled all gay and lesbian residents on Apr. 26, 2007.

Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton has made killing gays a central part of his repertoire and performance for years. Now that his U.S. tour has been affected, he’s claiming a truce--but he continues his rants.