Lenford Harvey
Encyclopedia
Lenford "Steve" Harvey was a leader in the Jamaica
n HIV/AIDS community, and led several programs to assist people living with HIV
/AIDS
, and to promote safer-sex education and AIDS awareness in Jamaica.
In 1997, Steve Harvey began working for Jamaica AIDS Support (JAS), later Jamaica AIDS Support for Life.
In 2005, he was selected as LACCASO's (Latin America and Caribbean Council of AIDS Service Organizations) project coordinator for Jamaica.
Steve Harvey's killing has resulted in a far-reaching public outcry against the government of Jamaica, which has been accused of ignoring violence against homosexuals. Several organizations, including the United Nations
have demanded a thorough investigation of the homicide. In March 2006, four people were charged with the killing. http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/030906jamaica.htm
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n HIV/AIDS community, and led several programs to assist people living with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, and to promote safer-sex education and AIDS awareness in Jamaica.
In 1997, Steve Harvey began working for Jamaica AIDS Support (JAS), later Jamaica AIDS Support for Life.
In 2005, he was selected as LACCASO's (Latin America and Caribbean Council of AIDS Service Organizations) project coordinator for Jamaica.
Murder
On the evening of November 30, 2005, at approximately 1:00am, Harvey and his roommates were robbed at gunpoint in their home, his roommates were bound, and Harvey was abducted. A gunman reportedly yelled "We hear that you are gay" to the trio.http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/030906jamaica.htm Harvey's body was found two hours later, early the next morning, a few miles in the hills overlooking Kingston, with gunshot wounds in his head and back.Steve Harvey's killing has resulted in a far-reaching public outcry against the government of Jamaica, which has been accused of ignoring violence against homosexuals. Several organizations, including the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
have demanded a thorough investigation of the homicide. In March 2006, four people were charged with the killing. http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/030906jamaica.htm
See also
- LGBT rights in JamaicaLGBT rights in JamaicaLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights in Jamaica are dominated by the prohibition of sexual acts between men. Sexual acts between women are legal, by virtue of the absence of any reference to them in law...