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“Imagine. Gay Pride in Jamaica.” The words of William Urich, the chair of InterPride Committee on International GLBTI Human Rights, on the first public Pride even on the Caribbean island which was staged in Montego Bay, Thursday April 8, 2010.
Officially, it was the Walk for Tolerance from Howard Cooke Park, along Howard Cooke Boulevard and ending on the beach.
Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson and supporters on Jamaica Gay Pride march
“Thursday was an amazing day, here in Montego Bay,” Mr. Urich said. “My eyes well up at the very thought of the day’s outstanding and astounding success.”
“Encouragingly, the walk had police support,” he added.
Around 100 people took part in the walk, which was headed by Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson, the openly lesbian presiding bishop of the International Movement of Metropolitan Community Churches.
One participant commented: “I never thought I would live to see the day that this could happen in Jamaica.”
Jamaica Gay Pride, Thursday April 8, 2010, Montego Bay.
And other ‘buzz phrases’ heard at the event included “I’m exercising my rights,”…“I feel so liberated”…“I have validation,” and “exuberant.”
The Walk for Tolerance was organised by Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Jamaica’s oldest and largest Non-Governmental Organization working in the area of HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and care.
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