
Lesbian prisoners in Jamaica are subjected to ‘corrective rape’, a study revealed today (5 February).
Women in prison are raped out of a ploy to ‘cure’ them of their sexuality, according to activists.
Carla Moore, a lecturer at the University of the West Indes, has explored LGBTI experiences in prison.
Moore said: ‘The thing that lesbians have to deal with that we often overlook is corrective rape.
‘It is quite prevalent in Jamaica where people think if you rape a lesbian you turn her straight.’
Continue reading at: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/
lesbian-prisoners-in-jamaica-orrective-rape/#gs.IxIH0rj7 (source)
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I see GayStarNews took down the link. Why?
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Here is another link: http://www.lgbtlife.co.uk/lesbian-prisoners-in-jamaica-raped-in-an-attempt-to-cure-them/
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Thank.you for reporting this..I wish.someone would look up the address of the prison system so We could inundate them with complaints.
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This makes my stomach so upset.
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