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Contents:
- WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
LGBTQ rights still lag Pacific regn spe Cook Islands’ move to lift gay sex ban. This article appeared the Bra sectn of the prt edn unr the headle "Orkx"Bra July 15th 2023The Conservative Party fac a muty MetrolandMany Brons have changed their mds on gay marriageBrish pensn funds agree to vt more private marketsBra’s doctors are on strike, agaWhy the Orkney Islands are nsirg jog NorwayThe strange succs of the Tori’ schools policyFrom the July 15th 2023 ednDisver stori om this sectn and more the list of ntents Explore the edn.
That is why IDAHOT – the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia – is so important. Much of the recent media verage of the persecutn of LGBTI people has foced on Rsia due to s hostg of the Sochi wter Olympics, and Ain untri such as Uganda and Nigeria bee of their passg of anti-homosexualy legislatn that imposed harsher penalti for LGBTI “crim” and created even more offenc, cludg “aggravated homosexualy”. There are ne Pacific untri that still crimalise homosexualy.
And LGBTI dividuals many of the untri are regularly subjected to homophobia, discrimatn and persecutn. For example, Papua New Guea, gay sexual activy is punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment. Classifyg homosexualy as a crime, even if is not strictly enforced, has a chillg effect on LGBTI muni, for signals to them that they are not tolerated by society and n still be arrted at any time.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
It forc gay men to live fear and rema closeted. One lol gay activist observed that "Men who have sex wh men or who are transgenred tend to be 'hidn' by beg married and hidg behd their wiv, 'laplaps' or their own beards. If PNG ref to crimalise homosexualy on the grounds that is a breach of human rights, then should nsir dog so as a means of improvg health.
Opposn lear, Dame Carol Kidu, has lled for such actn, notg that crimalisg homosexualy driv same-sex acts ‘unrground’ and enurag risky behavur, and to crimalise homosexualy will help to rce the HIV rate, which will benef the entire untry.
The Solomon Islands is another Pacific untry that crimalis homosexualy and has eply entrenched homophobia. In 2008, the Law Reform Commissn proposed removg crimal sanctns for homosexualy, but the plan did not proceed after fierce public objectn. One opponent of the reform stated that "Legalizg gay and lbian the untry would only enurage the breed of more, " and the Solomon Islands is a "long time Christian untry" that should never thk of legalisg gay sex.