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In Photos: Remembering Jamaican transgender teenager Dwayne Jones

August 29, 2013

A vigil was held outside the Jamaican Embassy in London on Wednesday afternoon in memory of Jamaican transgender teenager Dwayne Jones.

The 16-year-old was stabbed multiple times and shot at a party in the Jamaican suburban parish of St James in July.

Police have yet to make a single arrest.

The Out and Proud Diamond Group (OPDG), in association with the Peter Tatchell Foundation organised the vigil.

More: Jamaica, Jamaican, LGBT campaigners, lgbt community, London, Out and Proud Diamond Group, Peter Tatchell Foundation, Trans, Trans campaigners, Transgender, transphobia

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