Following the banning of the gay-themed Brokeback Mountain movie, the Bahamas is now also set to be shown as a nation with strong homophobic tendencies in an upcoming cable television documentary.<\/P><\/p>\n
HBO is scheduled to premiere the documentary “All Aboard”, which shows US comedienne Rosie O’Donnell’s gay family cruise to the Bahamas in July, 2004.<\/P><\/p>\n
The programme highlights the protest of more than 200 Bahamians, who were furious that the Norwegian Dawn, carrying 1,600 gay passengers, had been allowed to stop in Nassau.<\/P><\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, the US audience were shown a darker side of the Bahamas in the Fox News show Hannity and Colmes, which showed the poor living conditions inside the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.<\/P><\/p>\n
Now, on April 6, audiences will be able to see hundreds of Bahamians protesting on Rawson Square against homosexuality.<\/P><\/p>\n
In the preview of the “All Aboard” documentary, which is now being aired on the HBO cable channels, Bahamians are shown holding up signs which proclaim “If you’re gay – stay away.”<\/P><\/p>\n
In one sequence a child of one of the gay couples onboard asks her parents: “Why do they hate us so much?”<\/P><\/p>\n
During the 2004 protest, Bahamians also held up placards reading “Even animals have more sense than homosexuals.”<\/P><\/p>\n
The “All Aboard” documentary chronicles O’Donnell and her partner Kelli’s first-ever cruise for 500 gay and lesbian families.<\/P><\/p>\n
O’Dannell’s R Family Vacations, the first gay travel company targeted squarely at gays and lesbians with children, chartered the Norwegian Dawn in July, 2004, for a cruise from New York to the Bahamas.<\/P><\/p>\n
Speaking with the New York Daily News earlier this week, the comedienne said she found the event to be overwhelmingly-positive. However, she said, they were not prepared for the protesters who greeted them upon landing in Nassau.<\/P><\/p>\n
“It was sort of shocking to me,” O’Donnell said, adding other Nassau residents were supportive and apologised for the protest.<\/P><\/p>\n
The protest was organised by the Save the Bahamas Initiative, who expressed their anger over the gay cruise being allowed to make port in the Bahamas.<\/P><\/p>\n
However, there were no repeats of the violent scenes in 1998, when lesbian couples were chased off Bay Street.<\/P><\/p>\n
Members of the gay rights advocate group, the Rainbow Alliance of the Bahamas, were also downtown to welcome the ship and its passengers.<\/P><\/p>\n
By KARIN HERIG Tribune Staff Reporter<\/SMALL><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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