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J-FLAG is the proud holder of a substantial portion of The Gaily News, the infamous underground newsletter that gained notoriety among gay Jamaicans in the 1980s. This invaluable collection is now primarily reserved for persons doing research. As we move to have this collection scanned and stored on compact discs, it will be made available to the wider public through our library.

We also maintain a scrapbook collection of newspaper clippings published in the Jamaican press on sexual minorities to provide a record for our work, but also for researchers, including members of the general public. The collection begins in earnest during 1999 and is now consistently maintained and up to date. Interested persons can also use the search engines of Jamaican newspapers to examine local coverage of issues important to sexual minorities, including www.go-jamaica.com for the nation's oldest and still most influential daily newspaper, The Jamaica Gleaner.

J-FLAG also holds a small collection of popular (fiction and non-fiction) and educational materials in its lending library that serves primarily the sexual minority communities in Jamaica. We always welcome contributions to our lending library, particular video archives celebrating the lives and lifestyles of sexual minorities around the world, the rights achieved by sexual minorities in other countries and the history of their struggles to achieve those rights, or entertainment geared towards sexual minorities.

We welcome the opportunity to work with scholars and allies from around the world as we collaborate to make Jamaica a safe place for all regardless of our sexual orientation.