If you desire reading more articles on the subject, you may apprecite the following •.
New York Times: Dancehall's Vicious Side: Antigay Attitudes
September 2004. Covering a Beenie Man concert (Hammerstein Ballroom), with people inside the venue carrying signs and chanting "No more murder music". The article goes into detail resuming the situation that the dancehall industry is now facing in 2004, with an international boycott organised by OutRage! and other gay and lesbians communities worldwide.
OutRage!: Bounty Killer concert cancelled - Buju Banton next
July 2004. Resume of the Summer 2004 situation, when a great number of dancehall concerts faced protest and cancellation in Europe.
The Voice: Gay rights group tightens screw on dancehall artists
August 2004. Interesting article published in the UK-based ethnic newspaper The Voice that presents the dancehall industry fighting back against the OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaign. Five days later, OutRage! replied in a press release. (The Voice) (OutRage!)
Beenie Manhunt: Can we confront dancehall's homophobia without lapsing into racism as well?
September 2004. Relates the numerous protests organised by the OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaing in 2004 and defends both points of view, to a certain extend. The author plays the "racism card" by criticizing the motivation of white-gay organisations that call for the boycott of black music. He often quote San Francisco based writer and black gay activist Kheven LaGrone (I couldn't locate the article he refers to) and enumerate various "conscious" songs made by the artists target by OutRage! •••
The Month In Dancehall
August 2005. The column of Dave Stelfox, one of the most important reggae writer in Britain may not teach you much about the Chi Chi Man conflict, but his positive way of looking at the picture is shurely refreshing. Always nice to see a reggae/dancedhall music writer that writes: "'equal rights and justice for all' must mean exactly that, regardless of race gender or sexuality" •.
Antigay lyrics become a black-and-white issue
October 2004. This Boston Globe article is a good resume of Automn 2004, when the 'Stop Murder Music' campaign it at it's peak. It introduced the Black Music Council, a British organisation which brings support to the dancehall industry and attack OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaing by qualifying it as a "negrophobic campaign" •.
PeterTatchell.net: The Queer Killing Fileds Of Jamaica
October 2004. Article.
ReggaeFrance.com: La communauté gaie Vs Reggae Stars
August 2004. French article that breifly explains the situation.
New York Times: Dancehall's Vicious Side: Antigay Attitudes
September 2004. Covering a Beenie Man concert (Hammerstein Ballroom), with people inside the venue carrying signs and chanting "No more murder music". The article goes into detail resuming the situation that the dancehall industry is now facing in 2004, with an international boycott organised by OutRage! and other gay and lesbians communities worldwide.
OutRage!: Bounty Killer concert cancelled - Buju Banton next
July 2004. Resume of the Summer 2004 situation, when a great number of dancehall concerts faced protest and cancellation in Europe.
The Voice: Gay rights group tightens screw on dancehall artists
August 2004. Interesting article published in the UK-based ethnic newspaper The Voice that presents the dancehall industry fighting back against the OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaign. Five days later, OutRage! replied in a press release. (The Voice) (OutRage!)
Beenie Manhunt: Can we confront dancehall's homophobia without lapsing into racism as well?
September 2004. Relates the numerous protests organised by the OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaing in 2004 and defends both points of view, to a certain extend. The author plays the "racism card" by criticizing the motivation of white-gay organisations that call for the boycott of black music. He often quote San Francisco based writer and black gay activist Kheven LaGrone (I couldn't locate the article he refers to) and enumerate various "conscious" songs made by the artists target by OutRage! •••
The Month In Dancehall
August 2005. The column of Dave Stelfox, one of the most important reggae writer in Britain may not teach you much about the Chi Chi Man conflict, but his positive way of looking at the picture is shurely refreshing. Always nice to see a reggae/dancedhall music writer that writes: "'equal rights and justice for all' must mean exactly that, regardless of race gender or sexuality" •.
Antigay lyrics become a black-and-white issue
October 2004. This Boston Globe article is a good resume of Automn 2004, when the 'Stop Murder Music' campaign it at it's peak. It introduced the Black Music Council, a British organisation which brings support to the dancehall industry and attack OutRage! 'Stop Murder Music' campaing by qualifying it as a "negrophobic campaign" •.
PeterTatchell.net: The Queer Killing Fileds Of Jamaica
October 2004. Article.
ReggaeFrance.com: La communauté gaie Vs Reggae Stars
August 2004. French article that breifly explains the situation.
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