Events

At present, J-FLAG has no events organised and none planned for the immediate future.

For about two years, until August 2001, J-FLAG had organised regular monthly lymes for the lesbian, all-sexual and gay (LAG) community. These were mostly successful events, which drew a regular crowd of up to 350 people from a diverse cross-section of the LAG community. Jamaica has no public spaces, in which LAG people are free to be themselves, and very few private spaces. The lymes sought to offer a safe space where we could meet and express ourselves as LAG people, without fear or prejudice, and for their duration we were indeed successful in providing such a well-needed social space.

Unfortunately, these events were not without troubles. Increasingly, they were marred by violent incidents involving a small minority of people from the very same community for whom we were trying to create a safe space. We realised that we no longer had sufficient resources to ensure the safety of all attending, and it was with heavy heart that the decision was taken to discontinue the lymes.

Apart from the loss of safe space, the lymes had also provided our only source of sustainable income. We hope that in the future we will again be able to provide such a space, but this will depend on the support of all members of our community.

J-FLAG often receives information about other events which happen in the LAG community, including social events, workshops, groups, etc. You can check us on our Helpline for further information about these (876) 978-8988.