Written by Janine Mendes-Franco Does Jamaica recognise its own homophobia? That is the question being discussed by two of the country’s most prominent bloggers, following last month’s murder of transgender teen Dwayne Jones [1]. Active Voice [2]‘s Annie Paul, who was invited to be part of a panel discussing the killing on the BBC’s popular […]
Haiti: Earthquake!
The Caribbean blogosphere is busy tonight, discussing very sad news – an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Haiti, causing major damage and loss of life in the already besieged island nation. Twitter emerged as the fastest, most time sensitive vehicle through which to report on the catastrophe; Facebook […]