Iran most dangero untry for gay travelers - report - The Jesalem Post

Contents:

• IRAN IS THE MOST DANGERO UNTRY FOR GAY TRAVELERS - REPORT
• GAY VISORS NOT WELE IRAN - IRAN FOM
• GUI GAY L'IRAN
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• IRAN GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT

IRAN IS THE MOST DANGERO UNTRY FOR GAY TRAVELERS - REPORT

The fance webse Insir Monkey listed the Islamic Republic of Iran as the most dangero untry for gay travelers followg the regime’s executn of a man last year based on an anti-gay September 13 article said that Iran topped “the list of the 15 most dangero untri for gay travelers, wh the ath penalty imposed for such acts. ”Acrdg to a 2008 Brish WikiLeaks ble examed by The Jesalem Post, Iran’s cleril regime has executed between 4, 000 and 6, 000 gays and lbians sce the untry’s Islamic revolutn Post first reported 2019 that Iran's regime publicly hanged a man for vlatg the untry's Islamic Sharia anti-gay law. US State Department spokwoman Man Ortag tweeted on Sunday: "On what legal basis do Iran execute homosexuals?

Former US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who later beme actg director of natnal telligence, lnched a global mpaign to crimalize homosexualy. Grenell's iative has played a key role ntributg to the elimatn of pal punishment for gays and raisg awarens about lethal homophobia as a global human rights ARABIA was ranked as the send most dangero untry. Addnal Middle East untri that were classified as dangero for their lethal homophobia were Qatar and Yemen.

However, also has Sharia urts which n impose the ath penalty, ” noted the Yemen, “f you're unmarried and engage homosexualy, then you n receive a 100 lash and one year prison. ”The article noted that, " most Mlim untri, homosexualy is outright illegal and sometim even punishable by ath. But their laws, if any, agast homosexualy are not as strict as most Mlim untri and their terpretatn of Shariah, or Islamic law.

GAY VISORS NOT WELE IRAN - IRAN FOM

”The report add that “ Our list is based on the most rtrictive and dangero laws for gay travelers, taken om here, and any updat ma to this, such as the recent change law Sudan removg the ath penalty for homosexuals. ”The other untri that ma the top 15 most dangero natns for gay travelers were Barbados, Malawi, Malaysia, Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia, Bnei and St. By the way many gays live Iran, pecially major ci like Tehran and of urse sce 's unr Islamic ernment's le, they are not openly gay and I don't thk 's a big al sce nobody walks around here shouts and screams public " Hey fellow I'm gay or straight or Ao or Whe or Christian or Mlim.

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 uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here. 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.

GUI GAY L'IRAN

There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law. In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce.

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

“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.

IRAN GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

Has ma great progrs wh legalized same-sex marriage, worker protectns and crimalizatn of homophobic vlence.

“One reason for that is that there is a great al of variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re , ” says Fergson. You n see the entire rankg of the 150 untri here and also get 37 safety Swen, the saft untry the world for gay.

Prime Mister Jt T promoted clivy by marchg Toronto’s Pri Para and beme the untry’s first Prime Mister to vis a gay bar. 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.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

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. “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.

HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT

“This nservative Mlim untry means bs when to rejectg homosexualy, both s laws and general public sentiment.