~ Activists sounded the alarm this week about the dancehall performer, who they say, is “notorious” for her homophobic lyrics. Rastafest is sponsored in part by the Toronto Public Library and Service Canada. Along with local Jamaican activist Maurice Tomlinson, the Jamaican Association of Gays and Lesbians Abroad (JAGLA) also spoke out, and demanded the government revoke her work visa to stop her from coming to Canada. Then Tomlinson asked diplomat Stephen Lewis to intervene. “We asked to have a dialogue with the Toronto Public Library and the promoters,” Tomlinson says. “So that’s what [Lewis] did, and it was confirmed today that a dialogue took place and her show is now cancelled.”
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:40:09 +0000
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