“Say My Name” is a short film and contemporary Black gay love story. Set amidst a gritty urban backdrop of ‘street’ reality, the story kicks off when ‘rude-bwoy,’ Ricky, ignores his undercover lover, Chris, while hanging ‘on road’ with his crew because he is afraid of being ‘outed’ as a black gay man.
Whether this new organization would ultimately lead to the emergence of a new religion that embraces gay rights, or a strong political lobby group, is immaterial. Either way, the time is right for gay Africans to get actively involved in their immediate political, religious and socio-economic environment.
Montego Bay, Thursday April 8, 2010: Around 100 people took part in Jamaica’s first public Gay Pride march, which was headed by Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson, the openly lesbian presiding bishop of the International Movement of Metropolitan Community Churches.
In hostile environments men who have sex with men have always operated under cover. So what’s new about the ‘Down Low’? And can we learn anything from it?
