Closet gays in Montego Bay could be in for a rude awakening soon as their openly gay colleagues, who have been garnering unfavourable media attention within recent weeks, are threatening to blow their cover.
"Some of them (the closet gays) are taking sides against us and it is not fair," said a gay man who identified himself to THE STAR but asked that his name not be published. "We are standing up for what we believe in and they are hiding behind a lie."But the gays say they will not be retreating but, instead, will be fighting back. One such move, the gays claim, is to open the closet and expose their companions.
"We were hoping that local gays in prominent positions would have come out in our defence but they too have turned against us," complained the gay man. "That is why we want Jamaica to know who they are."
Much to the chagrin of those who despise the gay lifestyle, within recent months, prominent young gay men have been openly displaying their homosexuality on the Montego Bay social circuit, drawing much attention to themselves.
However, they have been coming under sustained pressure since the release and wide circulation of a DVD showing them at a party dressed in female apparel performing various sexual acts. The anger against them boiled over at the Montego Bay Carnival on April 2, where they were attacked and stoned by irate revellers.
"We are now living in fear as the public has turned against us," the gay man said. "Even the police who should be protecting us are against us."
