Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.
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.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
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. 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.