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• HOPE IS TH AS GAY ACTIVISTS JO BELAS PROTTS FOR CHANGE
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY & LBIAN
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• "I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE THE CY KNOWG THAT I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A GAY CLUB"
• PRI SEPTEMBER (PHOTOS: , GETTY IMAG) SOFIA, BULGARIA: A WOMAN WAV A RABOW FLAG DURG THE ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA CENTRAL SOFIA ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 AS GAYS, LBIANS AND TRANSSEXUALS MARCH THROUGH THE BULGARIAN PAL TO PROTT AGAST DISCRIMATN AGAST HOMOSEXUALS AND LL FOR THEIR BETTER TEGRATN TO SOCIETY. SOFIA, BULGARIA: PEOPLE TAKE PART THE ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA CENTRAL SOFIA ON SEPTEMBER 21. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATORS TAKE PART THE RABOW PRI PARA, A MARCH FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF NON-HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE AND THE CELEBRATN OF LGBT PRI ON SEPTEMBER 21. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: TWO WOMEN KISS DURG THE RABOW PRI PARA. PARIS: DEMONSTRATORS WEARG MASKS PICTG RSIAN PRINT VLADIMIR PUT KISS AS THEY TAKE PART A RALLY ONT OF THE RSIAN EMBASSY PARIS ON SEPTEMBER 8, TO PROTT AGAST ANTIGAY RSIAN LAWS. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATORS TAKE PART THE RABOW PRI PARA. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: TWO MEN KISS DURG THE RABOW PRI PARA. BALTIC PRI 2013, VILNI (PHOTOS: BP ORGANIZERS)

HOPE IS TH AS GAY ACTIVISTS JO BELAS PROTTS FOR CHANGE

(Eds: attentn language para 35)Sept 24 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - LGBT+ activists Belas hope mass protts for mocratic le Belas will also help liver long-awaed gay rights and rid the former Soviet state of they nce such hop might be far off their eply nservative untry, wh no anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBT+ some of their fellow protters are homophobic, they say, expectg a long fight before glimpsg equaly. Lashenko ni the electn was THE MARCHThe protts have featured women learship rol, joed by stunts, teachers, cizens young and old, as well as gay people have tradnally lacked visibily Belas - clost to Rsia of all ex-Soviet republics - but have marched the hope of wng equaly law and daily life. “We want a public announcement that LGBT people exist, ” said Dasha Churko, who works for women’s rights centre ‘Her Rights Msk’ rights Belas are among the worst Europe, says the advocy group ILGA Europe, wh homophobia only about 30 LGBT+ people marched openly, Bredova said many more monstrated whout rabow flags or helped behd the scen, aidg the taed and monorg urts.

”After his abpt swearg on Wednday, was not clear whether Lashenko would stay; the EU said he lacked EXISTSame-sex relatns have been legal Belas sce 1994 but there are no anti-discrimatn laws that protect LGBT+ people and some state officials openly exprs homophobic 2012, Lashenko famoly said was “better to be a dictator than gay” after a German mister lled him “Europe’s last dictator”. Earlier this year, the Catholic church and some members of the Orthodox church supported a petn llg on the print to ban the “promotn of homosexualy” among print’s prs service did not rpond to a requt for ment. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters.

In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory. In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends. Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck.

As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on.

Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg!

In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.

The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more.

GAY & LBIAN

“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom. “Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson.

Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe.

Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson. It was ranked so highly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law, ” says Fergson. “This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

“In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson. “Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson. “In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry.

“Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.

“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson.

Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist. “In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson.

“Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society.

"I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE THE CY KNOWG THAT I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A GAY CLUB"

Currently, Kenyan law stat that same-sex terurse between mal rults 14 years prison, while all other homosexual acts between mal are punished wh five years imprisonment, ” says Fergson. In fact, Jamai was lled ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’ by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Rankg 19th on our x, Ethpia outlaws same-sex relatns and ‘cent, ’ or homosexual, acts rult up to 15 years prison, ” says Fergson.

“Recently, there have been ath threats by Ethpia’s Orthodox Christian muny over gay tourism to the untry, puttg LGBTQ+ tourists at risk.

PRI SEPTEMBER (PHOTOS: , GETTY IMAG) SOFIA, BULGARIA: A WOMAN WAV A RABOW FLAG DURG THE ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA CENTRAL SOFIA ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 AS GAYS, LBIANS AND TRANSSEXUALS MARCH THROUGH THE BULGARIAN PAL TO PROTT AGAST DISCRIMATN AGAST HOMOSEXUALS AND LL FOR THEIR BETTER TEGRATN TO SOCIETY. SOFIA, BULGARIA: PEOPLE TAKE PART THE ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA CENTRAL SOFIA ON SEPTEMBER 21. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATORS TAKE PART THE RABOW PRI PARA, A MARCH FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF NON-HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE AND THE CELEBRATN OF LGBT PRI ON SEPTEMBER 21. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: TWO WOMEN KISS DURG THE RABOW PRI PARA. PARIS: DEMONSTRATORS WEARG MASKS PICTG RSIAN PRINT VLADIMIR PUT KISS AS THEY TAKE PART A RALLY ONT OF THE RSIAN EMBASSY PARIS ON SEPTEMBER 8, TO PROTT AGAST ANTIGAY RSIAN LAWS. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATORS TAKE PART THE RABOW PRI PARA. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA: TWO MEN KISS DURG THE RABOW PRI PARA. BALTIC PRI 2013, VILNI (PHOTOS: BP ORGANIZERS)

“Same-sex acts rult up to three years prison wh a fe, and posssn of homosexual materials rults up to two years prison wh a fe. Acrdg to a report published by the Uned Natns High Commissner for Refuge (UNHCR), is easier to "openly live as a homosexual" Msk, than ral areas and small towns which homosexuals n "face discrimatn by the lol populatn" (ibid.

Homosexuals are generally "socially stigmatised" as homosexualy is "owned upon" by the Belasian Orthodox Church and by the nservative Belasian society at large (UN Oct. In the same year, an Internatnal Moonbow Human Rights and Homo Cultural Ftival that was to take place at a nightclub Msk was ncelled after the club owner received threateng phone lls om the thori (ILGA 25 Aug.

Neo-Nazi groups "add[ed] to the threats" and plead wh the thori to stop the event, clarg that homosexualy should be "totally extermated Belas" (ibid.