GAYS and lesbians in the US have targeted Jamaican products Red Stripe beer and Myers Rum in a boycott of the Caribbean island to support local homosexuals who they said were being oppressed.
Last Tuesday, gay advocates at a New York City inn - the self-styled birthplace of the gay rights movement - dumped the Jamaican liquor products in the sewer and called for continued support to send "a clear message to Jamaican people and their government".
According to the group, through their website boycottjamaica, international human rights activists have labelled Jamaica "the most homophobic place on Earth" because homosexuals were being beaten and murdered on the island, while authorities do little to stop the violence.
As a reZsult, the US group said they were calling for a boycott of the island's products, including tourism.However, Jamaican homosexual group Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, and Gays (J-Flag) in a release posted on the Internet disapproved of the position taken by their counterparts in the US.
Source:Observer