I can't find further words than just ... horrific.

can still vacation there.

Sorry if I'm pissed off, but that's the way I feel.

Why should anyone avoid vacationing in Jamaica because LGBTIs there are being persecuted when there are people right here on a progressive forum debating which anti-gay state that persecutes its own LGBTI citizens should be awarded the National Democratic Convention and all those tourist dollars? Can we spell cognitive dissonance? Yes, we can.

Not everyone, but this sort of thing doesn't get highlighted in the "mainstream" media...everyone I know knew about Uganda eons before the MSM picked up on it.

There is a long history of homophobia in that country. Every now and again, stories like this surface as a reminder of how bigoted a place it actually is.

They are a sarcastic, mean culture, anyone who listens to the locally popular music will hear songs praising acid attacks, corrective rape, laced with anti gay and also anti Jewish language. The newspapers there are openly bigoted.
I used to love Marley, now when his music plays I leave the room. His family is part of all of this hate and they really know better.

I had a problem with Jamaica about my mother's death & my HIV status. What I have to say about Jamaica would blow the roof off this place.