Caleb Orozco may be taunted and routinely ridiculed in Belize, but tonight he's gone stratospheric as the cover boy for the prestigious and widely circulated New York Times Magazine. Orozco is profiled in the May 22nd edition of the magazine, in a five thousand word article called, "The Lonely Fight Against Belize's Anti-Gay Laws."
In the article, writer Julia Scott visits with Orozco around Christmas of 2014, and walks the streets of Belize City with him, experiencing the relentless insults and humiliations reserved for Belize' most public gay man.
It speaks about the quiet culture of persecution that less public gay persons face, and notes that 24 months after the constitutional case on Belize anti-sodomy law, the decision on the case has been, quote, "unusually delayed." The article notes that,
Orozco's supporters hoped, that his case would establish a precedent across the Caribbean and, quote, "even create a domino effect, putting pressure on other governments to decriminalize sodomy." End quote. It notes that ten Caribbean countries still have anti-sodomy laws.
The New York Times magazine has a history going back to 1896 and is a supplement to the Times Sunday paper which has a circulation of more than 2.5 million.
You can find a link to the article at 7Newsbelize.com.
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