Batty boy

In Jamaican English and creole, a batty boy (also batty bwoy, batty man, and chi chi bwoy/man) is pejorative term for a gay, bisexual, or effeminate. In 2006 Time Magazine claimed that Jamaica was the worst place in the Americas for LGBT people and one of the most homophobic places in the world. Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail. In the episode "Who I Am" of the Fox television show Empire, character Black Rambo calls Jamal Lyon 'batty boy' twice.

Batty boy

In Jamaican English and creole, a batty boy (also batty bwoy, batty man, and chi chi bwoy/man) is pejorative term for a gay, bisexual, or effeminate. In 2006 Time Magazine claimed that Jamaica was the worst place in the Americas for LGBT people and one of the most homophobic places in the world. Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail. In the episode "Who I Am" of the Fox television show Empire, character Black Rambo calls Jamal Lyon 'batty boy' twice.