The question of whether civil rights activists should pursue changing laws or changing hearts and minds is a pretty old question -- Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison parted ways over this (Douglass supported political action). I think both are necessary approaches, but I think, at least initially, political action is absolutely necessary and more effective. The shift in laws in the United States with regard to race may have not fully evened the playing field, but it gave blacks and whites a chance to work and study side by side and helped start the dissolution of fears and prejudices, though we still have a long way to go.

The situation in Jamaica is similar. If Jamaicans who fear an LGBT-friendly nation were given the chance to interact on a regular basis with LGBT Jamaicans (who could be more open because of protective laws) I believe we would begin to see a shift in attitudes.