Jamaica is not only notorious for reggae music and world class sprinters, but also for its hatred of gays.

Yesterday a 17-year-old transvestite was mobbed at a street dance in Irwin, Montego Bay.

According to reports reaching Urban Islandz, the teen cross dressing male was dancing with another male when a female recognized him and told others at the party he was not a female.

A man at the party held the teen and discovered he was in fact a male. Patrons reportedly beaten, chopped and stabbed the teen to death.

His body was dumped in bushes. Police discovered his body at approximately 5 a.m. near the Orange Main Road.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

Last year a male was beaten at the University of Technology for allegedly having sex with another male in the school’s bathroom.

Update:

The name of the teen that was killed is Dwayne Jones and the above photo was taken from his Facebook page.

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