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On Being Queer in the Caribbean

Started by iKate, October 31, 2015, 04:22:10 PM

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October 31, 2015, 04:22:10 PM
On Being Queer in the Caribbean
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/on-being-queer-in-the-caribbean.html
By GABRIELLE BELLOT, OCT. 31, 2015 - New York Times

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — "LISTEN. Dead people never stop talking." So begins Marlon James's novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings," which last month won the Man Booker Prize.

The statement has a particular resonance both in the book and outside it. In March, Mr. James, who was raised in Jamaica but now lives in the United States, came out as gay in a piece for The Times Magazine. "Whether it was in a plane or a coffin," he wrote, "I knew I had to get out of Jamaica."

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October 31, 2015, 04:23:06 PM
This was written by none other than Susan's member Gabrielle_22.

It is a good read and gives a small glimpse of what it is like for LGBT People in the Caribbean.
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