Maurice Tomlinson | |
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.jpeg) Tomlinson in 2015 | |
| Born | 9 April 1971 Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies, University of Calgary, University of Turin |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Awards | David Kato Vision & Voice Award 2012 |
Maurice Tomlinson (born 1971) is a Jamaican lawyer, law professor, and gay rights activist currently living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] He has been a leading gay rights and HIV activist in the Caribbean for over 20 years and is one of the only Jamaican advocates to challenge the country's 1864 British colonially-imposed anti gay Sodomy Law (known as the Buggery Law). This law predominantly affects men who have sex with men (MSM) and carries a possible jail sentence of up to ten years imprisonment with hard labour.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Maurice Tomlinson". Pulitzer Center. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Jamaica’s Prime Minister says he’d be open to a gay person serving in his government" Archived 1 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, PinkNews, 20 April 2018.
- ^ "41-year-old Gay Man Was Murdered and Burnt By Unknown Assailants In Jamaica". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Jamaica's Gays: Protection from Homophobes Urgently Needed". Amnesty International, compiled by GayToday.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2013.