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| In 2006 '']'' claimed that Jamaica was ] people and one of the most ] places in the world.<ref name="time">{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1182991,00.html |title=The Most Homophobic Place on Earth? |author=Tim Padgett |date=April 12, 2006 |website=] |publisher=time.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref name="jamaicaobserver">{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/allwoman/117107_A-glimpse-inside-the-lifestyle-of-a-male-prostitute |title=A glimpse inside the lifestyle of a male prostitute |author=Janice Johnson |date=December 25, 2006 |website=] |publisher=www.jamaicaobserver.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://madikazemi.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/homophobia-in-jamaica.html |title=Homophobia in Jamaica |author=Diane Abbott |date=August 2, 2009 |website=] |publisher=www.jamaicaobserver.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref> Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail.<ref name="time"/> | In 2006 '']'' claimed that Jamaica was ] people and one of the most ] places in the world.<ref name="time">{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1182991,00.html |title=The Most Homophobic Place on Earth? |author=Tim Padgett |date=April 12, 2006 |website=] |publisher=time.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref name="jamaicaobserver">{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/allwoman/117107_A-glimpse-inside-the-lifestyle-of-a-male-prostitute |title=A glimpse inside the lifestyle of a male prostitute |author=Janice Johnson |date=December 25, 2006 |website=] |publisher=www.jamaicaobserver.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://madikazemi.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/homophobia-in-jamaica.html |title=Homophobia in Jamaica |author=Diane Abbott |date=August 2, 2009 |website=] |publisher=www.jamaicaobserver.com |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref> Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail.<ref name="time"/> | ||
| Certain Jamaican music, which features hostility to homosexuals, such as in a ] song "Chi Chi Man" which |
Certain Jamaican music, which features hostility to homosexuals, such as in a ] song "Chi Chi Man" which contains violent lyrics against homosexual men (although not meant literally),<ref name="jamaicaobserver"/> employs the term 'batty boy' to disparage LGBT people. One notorious song, "Boom Bye Bye" written by ] musician ], advocates violence against ''batty boys'', including shooting them in the head and setting them on fire. Though this however is symbolic in meaning, it has been taken literal by homosexuals from the ] and the ], which has resulted in the song been banned in these countries. | ||
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In Jamaican English and creole, batty boy (also batty bwoy, batty man, and chi chi bwoy/man) is a pejorative term for a gay or effeminate man. The term batiman (or battyman) is used in Belizean Creole.
In 2006 Time Magazine claimed that Jamaica was the worst place in the Americas for LGBT people and one of the most homophobic places in the world. Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail.
Certain Jamaican music, which features hostility to homosexuals, such as in a T.O.K. song "Chi Chi Man" which contains violent lyrics against homosexual men (although not meant literally), employs the term 'batty boy' to disparage LGBT people. One notorious song, "Boom Bye Bye" written by dancehall musician Buju Banton, advocates violence against batty boys, including shooting them in the head and setting them on fire. Though this however is symbolic in meaning, it has been taken literal by homosexuals from the United States and the United Kingdom, which has resulted in the song been banned in these countries.
Post-World War II Jamaican immigrants brought the term 'batty boy' to the United Kingdom. Contemporary usage has been boosted partly by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, and his portrayal of the character Ali G. The term is also used in North America.
In the episode "Who I Am" of the Fox television show Empire, character Black Rambo calls Jamal Lyon 'batty boy' twice.
See also
References
- Scott, Julia (May 22, 2015). "The Lonely Fight Against Belize's Antigay Laws". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- Cayetano, Isani (April 9, 2014). "Transgender woman is stoned and beaten by an angry mob". News 5. Belize. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ Tim Padgett (April 12, 2006). "The Most Homophobic Place on Earth?". Time. time.com. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ Janice Johnson (December 25, 2006). "A glimpse inside the lifestyle of a male prostitute". Jamaica Observer. www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- Diane Abbott (August 2, 2009). "Homophobia in Jamaica". Jamaica Observer. www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
