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and other tobago clergymen to enforce the law against elton john in 2007 trinidad tobago was lampooned by us television comedians chief secretary orville london declared we in the tobago house of assembly are very clear that we do not support any ban on any individual on these grounds and the central government issued john a waiver to enter and perform at the tobago jazz festival but no bill has been introduced to amend the law which continues to be an international embarrassment and to stigmatize lgbti and other people and 8 1 e could potentially be invoked by any zealous immigration officer this is not the first time a caricom national has petitioned the ccj for redress for violation of treaty rights the court recently ordered barbados to pay jamaican national shanique myrie bds 77 240 as compensation for violation of her right to free movement when barbados immigration authorities detained her upon entry subjected her to taunts and cavity searches kept her overnight and deported her to jamaica the following day all caricom nationals share these rights within the region under the treaty posted on 12 november 2013 author caiso sex and gender justice categories belize caricom courts human rights international jamaica laws people s partnership leave a comment on gay day at the ccj pt 1 joshua hamlet an unlikely voice for lgbt rights on an unlikely platform we re always talking about young people taking the lead on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and politicians acknowledging that the lgbt community needs protection against discrimination in trinidad tobago just this week we might ve got both at a people s national movement rally in st barb s laventille youth speaker joshua hamlet went on the podium to say that lgbt people need the equal opportunity act and that we cannot make it about people individuals it needs to about the issues of the everyday person not only does this mean that people especially young people are taking stands in their own ways to speak out against discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation but that politicians at least within the pnm can t ignore that this is a real issue in our country remember in 2009 when their then gender minister and current chief whip marlene mcdonald said that they were quite categorically against dealing with our issues now these same issues are coming back on their own platform in a completely different way caiso has its own fair share of young members and i speak not only as one of those youth but as someone who knows mr hamlet personally as a student and activist and a friend joshua has always been the kind of guy that i thought our country needed on gender and sexual orientation issues because of his insight and willingness to put himself out there for a cause no matter the arena much like he has done here caiso believes that every political party here in trinidad tobago should be focusing on the issues of every single member of its society and that the human rights of those members should not be ignored and that is why it feels so good that a young man would stand from within a party of his own accord and say what he said with the country approaching its 50 th birthday we should be talking about ways our country and democracy truly include every single person regardless to creed race or sexual orientation and it may very well be happening in some small way now we at caiso salute you mr hamlet for the courage to speak up on these issues in one of the places it matters the most we truly hope that people in the pnm and in fact every politician is listening posted on 27 july 2012 4 august 2012 author caiso sex and gender justice categories allies children youth community voices equal opportunity act gender policy government politics pnm 1 comment on joshua hamlet an unlikely voice for lgbt rights on an unlikely platform put change into your hands caiso is recruiting for a community organiser to join our staff team the job is to build hope and capacity for making change in our communities to help forge alliances with others and to manage training meetings and advocacy campaigns actions and communication you ll have to coordinate logistics coach and inspire community advocates travel build your political knowledge and analysis be savvy about computer and communications technology keep up with administrative tasks and work flexible hours that means thinking ahead having people and team skills and being self starting and adaptive candidates should have done organising and mobilisation work in t t or elsewhere in the caribbean understand political processes know how to get around our communities and have a depth of knowledge and comfort working with glbt issues the strongest candidates will have managed volunteers have existing ties to issue and political work be competent at facilitation and training and bring new skills and diversity to the caiso team email us a resume and at least two references who can speak to your ability to meet the criteria above feel free to call us to chat about your interest 758 7676 posted on 10 june 2012 10 june 2012 author caiso sex and gender justice categories allies community organizing gender policy government politics human rights media protest leave a comment on put change into your hands caiso is recruiting for a community organiser to join our staff team one letter can make a change in the coming weeks our community will either make a difference in our own lives or we will lose an opportunity of a lifetime parliament will come the closest ever in history to outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation they ve made it clear this can happen but only if you speak up for yourself people with hiv and five old people have one letter can make a change send the letter below or at this link to the prime minister s office fill in your name and the area or constituency you live or vote in get people who love you to do the same or you can speak up in other ways of your choosing please forward and repost this one letter can make a change watch this video office of the prime minister 13 15 st clair avenue port of spain dear madam prime minister and members of parliament at the june 2011 opening of parliament our president said our policies and practices must reflect a determination to ensure equal opportunity for all of our citizens regardless of political affiliation or any other subjective consideration what s your position should legal protection from discrimination in employment education housing health care and services be denied to any citizen of trinidad and tobago based on whether they re young elderly or middle aged hiv negative or not heterosexual or not very shortly you will have a bipartisan opportunity to take an important and overdue step to advance government protection of human rights in trinidad tobago and bring our 49 year old developing nation further into the 21st century when the equal opportunity act eoa comes before parliament for amendment in the coming weeks you can help add age hiv status and sexual orientation to statuses it protects from unfair discrimination in employment education and the provision of accommodation goods and services please don t pick and choose which one s to add add all three discrimination is a cancer tolerating it against any group means politicians get to decide which minorities have rights and which do not which human beings are worth less than others all three statuses are used daily as grounds for unfair discrimination that offends the principles of equality on which our nation was founded such discrimination when tolerated or excused by the state robs people of their human dignity and citizenship in profound ways you will have the opportunity to vote and show trinidad tobago s position on these matters to the world right around the time that we undergo our first comprehensive human rights review by the united nations human rights council the prime minister the leader of the opposition and each member of parliament can work and can engage others to ensure all three statuses are included in the equal opportunity amendment bill that parliament passes you will have the gratitude and support of thousands of citizens like me and the people in my life i love who are living with hiv who are young who are gay and who are old many of whom are afraid if they sign this letter they might lose their job family support or public respect the risk for discrimination is quite high for those the equal opportunity act would protect if you add these three statuses yet adding all three statuses to the bill together is hardly risky for a modern parliament to do as an act of human rights leadership it s time we joined other great nations and set ourselves apart from the shameful ones that deny human rights and freedom of expression to their citizens or that use the law to impose the rules of a particular faith on everyone newspaper editorials university researchers legal and human rights professionals leading civil society groups and parliamentarians themselves have all spoken out against discrimination based on these three statuses and urged their inclusion in the eoa i am adding my voice to theirs yours truly name address date posted on 27 january 2012 27 january 2012 author caiso sex and gender justice categories allies attorney general community organizing community voices equal opportunity act human rights kamla persad bissessar opposition 6 comments on one letter can make a change make the yuletide gay to all our followers occupy christmas turn water into wine throw the moneylenders out have yourself a merry little christmas make the yuletide gay and gather friends near who are dear to you it can be a tough season for us so remember it gets better and give us a shout if it doesn t next year we ll make history together we think even if it s a small step look at the jamaica election but that s only if you join with us and guide us the reason for an organization is to things together that we can t do alone look out and sign up for our session early in the new year on how you can make change anyhow go finish paint or bake or wrap or hang curtain be safe and arrive alive even if is not you driving bless posted on 24 december 2011 author caiso sex and gender justice categories community organizing history jamaica leave a comment on make the yuletide gay julian kenny born in woodbrook eight decades ago julian kenny the uwi professor and environmentalist who died yesterday repeatedly stood up for the humanity of glbt people as a senator a journalist and a scientist he spoke out in the senate about the exclusion of sexual orientation from the equal opportunity act most recently from october 18 to november 8 of last year he authored an important four part series of newspaper columns on the natural science of sexual orientation here he is writing in his may 23 2007 express column titled genes for ignorance bigotry given the millennia of occurrence of homosexuality in humans and amongst many mammals and birds it is not unreasonable to assume that there is probably a strong genetic component possibly even of more than one gene interacting with others that express themselves to varying degrees as human homosexual behaviour in all its diversity i have often wondered at the growth of homophobia in the region and the country when homosexuality is being muted understood and accepted in the developed world and reflect back on the debate on the equal opportunities bill in the senate when i spoke in favour of the bill i did question the exclusion of sexual orientation the response on the government side while i spoke was snickering by the front bench even from that champion of the human rights movement rather like first formers hearing their first risqué joke sexual orientation was simply ignored in the final version passed by that house and i reflected also on my childhood observations of the ways in which st mary s college students used to taunt a down s syndrome teenager being walked by a carer in lord harris square 12 year olds shouting chupidee chupidee there is no doubt at least in my mind that any behaviour that in any way differs from what is demanded by convention in society is fair game for discrimination and ostracism and even violent suppression and assault and people use it at all levels historically all religions have used it to control followers or to increase numbers posted on 10 august 2011 10 august 2011 author caiso sex and gender justice categories allies community voices equal opportunity act scholarship 1 comment on julian kenny privacy rights for sexual orientation calmly take a small step forward in t t the president last wednesday june 22 assented to the data protection act a landmark piece of legislation that establishes an ambitious framework to ensure that protection is afforded to an individual s right to privacy and the right to maintain sensitive personal information as private and personal the legislation promulgates rules and standards for all persons who handle store or process personal information belonging to another person in either the public or private sector regulates the authority of public entities to collect personal information its use protection accuracy and access establishes hefty fines and corporate penalties for breaches and includes whistleblower protections it also provides for the development of binding industry tailored codes of practice in the private sector of great significance to gay lesbian and bisexual communities in trinidad tobago the new law provides heightened protections for sensitive personal information which is defined to include one s sexual orientation or sexual life ensuring citizens autonomy in their consensual sexual affairs requires both protecting their sexual lives from unwarranted intrusion and protecting them from discrimination based on their sexuality this is the first piece of legislation recognizing sexual orientation and related rights that we are aware has been enacted in the history of trinidad tobago s parliament originally drafted and introduced in november 2008 by the people s national movement pnm government the bill was reintroduced by the people s partnership in january of 2011 and shepherded to passage with bipartisan support to follow lawmaking in trinidad tobago visit the parliament website http www ttparliament org the sexual orientation provision was never hidden from the public and was reported on in the media both times the bill was debated it is an important lesson about the ways in which our parliament should be legislating on sexual orientation soberly fairly and without appeals to politics division manufactured hysteria and controversy or imaginary verses from leviticus it also demonstrates how legislators can integrate questions of sexual orientation into a broad approach to rights and protections for everyone and frame them in relationship to matters of broad public and political 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