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• Geoffrey Philp: Author, Poet, Proud Jamaican @ My Tropix

  
  
  
  

  “When I was a yute in Jamaica, I fell in love with the girl next door and thought poems would be the way to win her heart. It didn’t work, but it started me on a path for which I am grateful.”

  
  
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• Will Real Jamaican Men Stand Up?

  
  
  Editor's Note: The beating of a gay student in Jamaica, which was videotaped and posted online, has embroiled the island in discussions about Jamaican masculinity, homophobia, and gender roles. These discussions are long overdue. Yet instead of encouraging diverse points of view, the mainstream newspapers in Jamaica have decided' [...]
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