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    to Talk With Gays
The blog of AIDS
    advocate Michael Petrelis is reporting that San Francisco city
    councilman Bevan Dufty has arranged an April 7 meeting
    between local elected officials, concerned citizens, and the
    honorary consul of Jamaica for San Francisco, Newton
    Gordon. 
 Neal Broverman
          
          Mar 30, 2009
          
        
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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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The blog of AIDS
    advocate Michael Petrelis is reporting that San Francisco city
    councilman Bevan Dufty has arranged an April 7 meeting
    between local elected officials, concerned citizens, and the
    honorary consul of Jamaica for San Francisco, Newton
    Gordon.
The meeting came about
    after a group of San Franciscans, including Petrelis, gathered
    on Saturday in the Castro to launch the "Boycott
    Jamaica" campaign. The campaign was launched in response
    to a recent State Department report that said Jamaican gays are
    increasingly being subjected to mob violence and targeted
    shootings.
According to Petrelis,
    the San Francisco group will urge the consulate to take
    immediate action and demand that Jamaica's government
    protect its gay citizens.
Petrelis also claims
    that Dufty promised to get Myer's rum and Red Stripe beer
    -- two imports from Jamaica -- out of Castro bars.
 

        
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Blog: Jamaican Consul to Talk With Gays

The blog of AIDS advocate Michael Petrelis is reporting that San Francisco city councilman Bevan Dufty has arranged an April 7 meeting between local elected officials, concerned citizens, and the honorary consul of Jamaica for San Francisco, Newton Gordon.

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They took time off work, drove hours, and spoke out against Ohio’s anti-drag bill. Many left the statehouse saying that Republican lawmakers treated them with contempt rather than respect.

Critics say the law’s vague language puts events and LGBTQ+ visibility at risk.

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