The Caribbean participants at the MSM GF conference attended different sessions in the very broad programme. There were a few persons affiliated to CVC who did presentations, and one poster presentation was submitted by Pride in Youth about their project in Jamaica with LGBT youth.
Robert Carr in his presentation in the panel "Always Left Out: Queer African and Caribbea Black Diaspora Populations Navigating Sexuality and HIV/ADIS through Migration" celebrated the progress being made in Jamaica and the Caribbean - given the complex challenges of dealing with homsexuality in the region. Robert noted the most recent Stand for Silence as a symbol of that progress. Reginald Dupont's presentation of SeroVIE's work in Haiti was also well received.
Mark noted that people were interested in the work being done by PRIDE In Action ( mail indefenceofequality (at) gmail.com ) with LGBT youth. This poster presentation was about the project in which LGBT youth from Jamaica worked in camp retreats in the Jamaican countryside to learn leadership and team skills. A component of the project is the building of relationships with the camp owners and other staff.
[This blogger missed the afternoon session since he had to negotiate the Vienna metro to find a mall which sold adaptors]
The Caribbean people attended different presentations and workshops. Some had mixed views saying that the quality was not what they expected while others found the content interesting and relevant to their work. A few people admitted to dozing off during some of the sessions, the heat and jet lag of the long travel from the Caribbean.
Most people felt the same as the trans person from Guyana said, that the day was arite.
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