Pink Group, help for LGBTQ is continually impeded by many factors. One recurring issue is the lack of finances for the few outreach groups in existence.
“ One of the main things is getting funding, because we can do so much and no more if we don’ t have the money to drive what we’ re doing. So that is one of the most cruel, hardest things.” Burton said.
But social stigma also continues to be a persistent shadow looming over the LGBTQ community, preventing the acquisition of funds and other aid. The issue, Dr. Karen Carpenter said, is how society perceives male and female relations.
“ I think we’ re homonegative, and I think we’ re also heteropositive … We’ re not afraid of samesex attraction; we’ re not afraid of any sexual attraction. We are, however, not happy about non-reproductive sex.”
Carpenter stated that this attitude arises from Jamaica’ s cultural perception of children as a source of wealth, and the subsequent desire to have many children. As a result, Jamaicans tend to have a bias against LGBTQ activities.
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