The Jamaican justice minister has rejected calls for the government to repeal legislation outlawing homosexuality on the island.
K D Knight said the law was based on a moral imperative, which had not changed.
Last week a new group, the Jamaica forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays, was set up to promote the rights of homosexuals in Jamaica, and to press the authorities to change the current legislation.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service