Haiti's first-ever LGBT film festival has been postponed after threats to burn down a building it was to be held in and an order by Port-au-Prince police to ban it, organizers said. The death and arson threats came by phone and in social media, members of leading Haitian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender group Kouraj said. A senator added to the pressure to cancel the Massimadi festival, saying it would promote homosexuality and that impoverished Haiti had other priorities. "We are very worried about the security of the members of the (LGBT) community who live in this country," said Charlot Jeudy, president of Kouraj. Kouraj announced the festival had been postponed.

Source: The Star September 28, 2016 19:07 UTC