Feb 25, 2020 - Revised JoCo Cruise 2021 Itinerary

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:45
Subject: Revised JoCo Cruise 2021 Itinerary
From: JoCo Cruise Info
To: booked cruisers and the full mailing list

We have revised our JoCo Cruise 2021 itinerary. The ports of call are now Half Moon Cay, St. Croix (USVI), and Nassau (Bahamas).

St. Croix replaces our original port stop in Falmouth, Jamaica. After learning of the particularly troubling legacy of LGBTQ+ discrimination and violence in Jamaica, we considered all of your feedback, and consulted with cruise industry experts and with J-FLAG, Jamaica's largest LGBTQ+ rights organization. Although we received assurances that tourist groups visiting Jamaica have historically been physically safe, our concerns remained. Furthermore, it’s against our values that LGBTQ+ individuals would feel jeopardized in Falmouth if they expressed their identities.

We should have been aware of these issues with Jamaica before we announced, and we are very sorry that we were not. This was a blindspot on our part, and we will work to do better in the future when vetting ports.

We’re currently working on plans to hold our Land Concert in St. Croix, and we’ll update you when we have more information.

The JoCo Cruise Management

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