Brian Williamson
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Brian Williamson was a Jamaica
n Gay rights activist and co-founder of the Jamaican forum for lesbian
s and gay
s, J-Flag
. He was known for personally housing and looking after gay people in Jamaica.
He was murdered with a machete, suffering multiple stab wounds to neck and face.
Williamson's confessed murderer, Dwight Hayden, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after fifteen years.
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 Gay rights activist and co-founder of the Jamaican forum for lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
s and gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
s, J-Flag
J-Flag
J-Flag, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, is the first LGBT rights organization in Jamaica, founded in 1998, and works for the human rights of lesbians, all-sexuals, and gays in Jamaica and the world...
. He was known for personally housing and looking after gay people in Jamaica.
He was murdered with a machete, suffering multiple stab wounds to neck and face.
Williamson's confessed murderer, Dwight Hayden, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after fifteen years.