A church minister has claimed that the hatred of gay people
endemic on the island of Jamaica is directly related to the rape
of male slaves by white English masters.  In an article in the
Jamaica Observer John Hardy, of the New Testament Church of God
in Kingston, said he thinks it will be hundreds of years before
gay people are accepted on the island.  Homosexuality is illegal
in Jamaica, a former British colony, and the culture is deeply
homophobic.  “The black slaves and most of their descendants
developed this hatred for homosexual activities because of the
painful experiences that their forefathers endured during
slavery,” Mr Hardy wrote.  “It is alleged that if and when a
white slave master suspected that black male slaves were showing
any sign of resistance to their enslavement, the most cruel and
brutal treatment would be meted out to them.  “One such
treatment would be sodomisation.”        Jamaica’s gay rights
movement, J-Flag, is forced to operate underground and
anonymously.  They told PinkNews.co