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Outlook: Gareth Henry: Jamaican gay rights activist

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24/10/2012

Gareth Henry: Jamaican gay rights activist

BBC World Service - Outlook, Gareth Henry: Jamaican gay rights activist

Standing up for gay rights - why Jamaican Gareth Henry had to flee his home.

Gareth Henry was a well known campaigner for gay rights in Jamaica, where homosexuality is illegal. Four years ago, he fled his home and was granted asylum in Canada.

Prominent Jamaican gay rights activist Gareth Henry tells us why he felt he had to flee his homeland. He now lives in Canada, from where he is working  with the Human Dignity Trust to get the law criminalising homosexuality in Jamaica changed. 

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(Image: Two men holding hands at a protest for the gay rights. Credit: Jose CABEZAS/AFP/GettyImages)

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