Travel Safety Report: 20 Worst Plac For Gay Travelers In 2021

Contents:

• TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL
• “THE WORST PART WAS COMG BACK HOME AND FEELG LIKE CRYG”: EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS STUNTS PORTUGUE SCHOOLS
• MOVG TO LGBT LISBON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• ONE COUNTRY’S BIG GAY LEAP
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY PORTUGAL

TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL

Current statSce Apr 7, 2010Legal In Portugal, blood donatns have l regardg sexual behavur but they are the same for homosexual and heterosexual people. Furthermore, thanks to s recent chang s law regardg the protectn for trans and tersex people, Portugal has moved to number one, ed to be 27th before the Spartac gay travel gui.

While the cy boasts fewer bars and activi for LGBT people than the pal, the muny has built a home for self wh inic plac such as the drag club Invict and the gay fe Pri Coffee. From luxury to affordable rtrants, amazg hotels and gay nightclubs, and the bt beach the untry, the Algarve is the perfect LGBT getaway, havg retreats and hotels tered to LGBT people and found by LGBT people.

Although there are no “official” signated gay beach, there are a few nudist beach Portugal that are particularly popular wh the whole of the LGBT+ muny, such as Praia do Me (Simbra) and Praia da Bela Vista (between Costa da Capari and Fonte da Telha). Lisbon Pri is also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri and is anized by ILGA, the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Portugal, partnership wh the municipaly of Lisbon.

“THE WORST PART WAS COMG BACK HOME AND FEELG LIKE CRYG”: EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS STUNTS PORTUGUE SCHOOLS

The most anised gay scene Portugal is s pal cy Lisbon, particularly the lively Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real districts, and the nearby town of Casis. As of 2022, six untri' legal s specifilly prcribe the ath penalty for the "crime" of homosexualy and another five untri allow for the possibily of the ath penalty. LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr).

MOVG TO LGBT LISBON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

Two of the most notable advancements LGBTQI+ rights the US recent s are the legalizatn of gay marriage and the legalizatn of adoptn of children by same-sex upl. Gay marriage legalizatn expand om one state 2004 to all fifty stat 2015 through feral urt lgs, state urt lgs, state legislatn, and direct popular vot.

Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more.

ONE COUNTRY’S BIG GAY LEAP

2022's iendlit natn for LGBTQ+ travelers is Canada, the first untry outsi of Europe (and the fourth untry the world) to legalize gay marriage, which did on July 20, 2005.

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

Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.

Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years.

This don’t mean that Portugal is anythg but welg to members of the LGBT muny – ’s jt that some plac the gay scene is more “hidn pla sight” than others. School is often a hostile environment for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) youth (Earnshaw et al., 2016; Kosciw et al., 2016; Pizmony-Levy and Kosciw, 2016; Rsell and Fish, 2016; Toomey and Rsell, 2016; Day et al., 2018; Pizmony-Levy et al., 2019). Wh ltle more than two s of active lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) movement, the last 15 years brought neverthels a signifint amount of chang the legal and social ntexts regardg sexual and genr diversy acknowledgment, awarens and rpect.

GAY PORTUGAL

However, a prev work about homophobic bullyg Portugue schools (Antón et al., 2012) revealed that psychologil vlence and victimizatn among LGBTI intified stunts are more prevalent boys; that aggrsive behavrs toward LGBTI stunts are generally unrvalued; that wnsed suatns lack terventn; and that there are signifint psychologil nsequenc for the victims of homophobic bullyg. Furthermore, seemed that most victims of homophobic bullyg were aaid of revealg their sexual orientatn to their fay and they did not report homophobic episos school to their fay.

(2015) found that havg equent experienc of nflict wh parents exacerbated the negative impact of discrimatn episos on adolcents’ mental health, Antón and Moleiro (2015) verified that parental support was a morator of the effects of homophobic bullyg on psychologil distrs. Homophobic and transphobic bullyg clu teasg, name llg and public ridicule, spreadg mors about one’s sexual orientatn or genr inty (also known as outg), timidatn, phg and htg, stealg or damagg belonggs, social isolatn, cyber bullyg (harassment through email, cell phon, text msag, famatory webs, and social media), physil or sexual asslt, and ath threats (UNESCO, 2012).

(2008) found out that nearly half of their sample of LGBT stunts Israel, which ranged ag om 11 to 18 years, reported ocsnally hearg homophobic remarks uttered by most of the teachers.

Boys are the ma victims of homophobic bullyg om earlier ag when pared to girls (Antón et al., 2012; UNESCO, 2012; Antón and Moleiro, 2015; Rodrigu et al., 2016) and negative attus and behavrs toward sexual mori and genr non-nformg persons are more prevalent among male than female stunts (Kimmel and Aronson, 2003; Costa and Davi, 2012; UNESCO, 2012; Santos et al., 2017). G., Gay-Straight Allianc) (Rsell et al., 2009; Poteat et al., 2013; Toomey and Rsell, 2013; Ioverno et al., 2016; Marx and Kettrey, 2016; Day et al., 2019) and wh teachers and classmat who are supportive (Kosciw et al., 2013, 2014). Furthermore, low levels of fay support are related wh lower levels of sexual inty tegratn among LGB youth, cludg ls disclosure, more ternalized homophobia, lower volvement LGBT muni (Rosar et al., 2008), and lower levels of school belongg (Watson et al., 2016).

In terms of sexual orientatn, 34 persons fed themselv as gay, 33 as lbians, 42 as bisexuals (of which 31 fed themselv as femal and 10 as mal), 17 as pansexuals, seven as queer, six as heterosexuals, three as qutng, two as misexuals, and two as asexuals. Youth were eligible to participate the study if they were between the ag of 14 and 20, attend school Portugal durg the 2016–2017 school year, and intified themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or a sexual orientatn other than heterosexual; or scribed themselv as transgenr or as havg another genr inty other than cisgenr.

To participate you mt be +14 years; intify yourself as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, tersexual or other non-normative inty; and attend high school or an equivalent tn pathway Portugal.

Th, the most reprented subtheme related to Verbal asslts: “Durg recs and if I was alone was mon to be lled gay” (Male, 19, gay, cisgenr); followed by Non-specified bullyg/discrimatn: “… my last five years of school (…) I was a nstant victim of bullyg…” (Male, 16, gay, cisgenr); Anticipatn of discrimatn: “If I e-out as gay to everybody, probably I would have to hear some sults as fag (…)” (Male, 15, gay, cisgenr); Isolatn: “There was a lot of prejudice, I lost all my «iends» [brackets the origal statement], my class put me asi pletely…” (Female, 19, lbian, cisgenr); and Outg: “Whout my permissn, a school janor (till this day I don’t know who) rmed my parents about my alleged sexual orientatn. The least mentned subthem related to physil vlence, namely physil asslts: “My lleagu ed to strangle my neck 7th gra bee I was gay” (Male, 16, gay, cisgenr); and sexual asslts: “I was a bench talkg wh my girliend and a slightly younger boy approached and stood still one meter away om wh the hand si his pants, as if he was touchg himself” (Female, 17, bisexual, cisgenr).

Concerng the sub-tegory Agents of victimizatn, Teachers emerged as the most equent perpetrators of discrimatn: “My Portugue language teacher [male] was a homophobe and was nstantly makg [homophobic] remarks” (Female, 18, qutng, cisgenr). Male lleagu were the send most equent ced perpetrators of bullyg: “My experienc school were terrible bee was a men’s llege only” (Male, 20, gay, cisgenr).

School environment was mentned as many tim as School curriculum, School staff and Peers: “The school don’t have a very healthy environment terms of diversy” (Male, 15, gay, cisgenr) as agent of victimizatn, which is both nsistent wh ternatnal scholarship (Galliher et al., 2004; Pearson et al., 2007; Swearer et al., 2008; Birkett et al., 2009; Kosciw et al., 2013, 2014; Snapp et al., 2015; Gegenfurtner and Gebhardt, 2017; Day et al., 2018) and the suatn of LGBT youths Portugue schools (Lgbtqi Inclive Edutn Report, 2018). Concerng heterosexual boys who have a non-nformg genr exprsn, they are often perceived as homosexual or bisexual (Rodrigu et al., 2016) and are victims of prejudice and discrimatn: “Remarks such as «queer» and «girlie» are still ed to scribe slightly effemate behavrs of straight boys” (Female, 16, bisexual, cisgenr).