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| Gays may have overstepped their bounds giving Buju ultimatum – McCalla-Sobers |
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| Sunday, 18 October 2009 | |
 Human rights activist
Yvonne McCalla Sobers is contending that the overseas gay community may have
overstepped its bounds in the demands put to local artist Buju Banton.News came earlier this week that Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie met with representatives of the gay community, following the cancellation of several of his concerts. However Mrs. McCalla-Sobers who was speaking Sunday on RJR's weekly news review programme "That's a Rap!" argued that international gay organizations may have pushed too hard and may have been working at cross purposes to the aims of the local gay community. She said she has spoken with persons in the local gay community directly and through workshops and during these discussions, the rights they were interested in were not those put forward to Buju by the international gay community.  "If discrimination and the
buggery law were some of the issues raised by the international gay community I
would say yes you have been speaking to persons here and this is what matter. But
I'm not sure about any of those issues that they raised and how in fact these
may create the local backlash that the local gay community may not want to experience,"
Mrs. McCalla Sobers said Sunday on RJR's weekly news review programme That's a Rap!.The California-based gay activists reportedly demanded that the DJ hold town hall meetings to profess respect and love for gays, make donations to Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays and sing songs about loving gay people. Buju Banton and his management team reportedly rejected out right all the suggestions put on the table. |