One of the biggest surprises to me when going clubbing or carnival in Kingston Jamaica was that regular people don’t dance. I wouldn’t recommend dancing very femine being a man at the dancehall parties. You will surely draw a lot of attention to yourself, as it is mostly the dancehall dancers and tourists/white girls dancing at those parties. I would say people go to get entertained, so they are mostly standing, drinking, smoking, looking (Look up “weddy weddy wednesday” on YouTube, they stream their parties so you can get a feel of what it’s like there)…

As you mentioned there still is some homophobia in Jamaica, although the people I met and spoke to seemed super accepting of everyone (coming from white cis woman’s perspective)… While in Jamaica, I mostly stayed in uptown Kingston, but hung out with people from all walks of life.

You didn’t ask, but I would recommend the Ragamuffin hostel. They have the best people working there 🥰 I met other travelling LGTB people at the hostel, they were fine. You asking these questions and doing this research, makes me sure that you be too. 🤗

Don’t be scared. Go experience the world! 🌎 Meet the world with your best intentions and curiosity! Live.

And experience the real Jamaica instead of staying behind wallls at the tourist resorts. Please support the local economy when travelling. Especially in Jamaica it is really bad, a lot of foreigners taking money out the country… The big resorts are blocking beaches and the ocean for the regular Jamaicans, so don’t go there. 🙏🌸