Cyps is least gay-iendly EU untry, rights group says

Contents:

• CYPS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.
• CYPS'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH WILL HIGHLIGHT LACK OF RIGHTS
• CYPS IS LEAST GAY-IENDLY EU UNTRY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• GAY BEACH CYPS

CYPS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

Gay Marriage⚭✖ Civil unnsCensorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyDonatg Blood✖ Banned (6-month ferral)Conversn Therapy✔ Banned. Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors?

(39%) Mentned homosexualsDid not mentn homosexuals (58. Current statSce May 21, 1998Legal Homosexualy legalised followg the European Court of Human Rights se of Modos v.

Current statSce May 1, 2004Legal LGBT people are allowed to serve openly unr new l brought to place when Cyps joed the European UnnIllegalIllegal due to the Mistry of Defence viewg homosexualy as mental donatns by MSMs Cyps?

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

UnequalAge of nsent for homosexual upl set at 18 vers 16 for heterosexual upl.

15070/89) ECHR 22 Apr 1993, clarified and crimalized private homosexual acts between nsentg adults. Is the public/people pubicly shamg someone se he/she act gay or engage any form of timacy wh another member of LGBT? Are there any openly gay celebri/famo people Cyps?

GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.

Cyps has a LGBT+ travel rank of 55 wh a total gay travel sre of 53. Adoptg children is not allowed for Gay people Cyps.

(New York) – Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. “The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, ” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.

Sat Vcent and the Grenad is one of six untri the Wtern Hemisphere that still crimaliz gay sex.

CYPS'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH WILL HIGHLIGHT LACK OF RIGHTS

The laws sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offenc” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt. While there have been no recent reported nvictns on the basis of the crimal provisns for nsensual gay sex, the laws stigmatize LGBT people and create an obstacle to full equaly.

The other untri the regn that still crimalize gay sex are Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia. As a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent told Human Rights Watch, “People feel they n harass bee of the laws. If people are havg an argument, that’s [their] jtifitn for homophobia.

Some said that fay rejectn was often uched moralistic terms, echog the homophobic rhetoric preached some church, which are a rnerstone of social life and shape social attus Sat Vcent and the Grenad.

CYPS IS LEAST GAY-IENDLY EU UNTRY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Every LGBT person terviewed said they wished to leave the untry and envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry.

GAY BEACH CYPS

In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.

Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.

”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

SummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support. Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.

Homosexual relatns are no longer a crimal offence North Cyps.

A relic of Brish Colonial tim, the outdated laws of homosexualy have been updated by the ernment of north Cyps. homosexual relatns the Northern part of the island.

Seen as a huge step for Gay rights as this was the last European state to update s laws acrdg to the morn tim. The outdated law was sectn 171 of the crimal , which actually punished up to 5 years imprisonment for homosexual relatns, has now been changed. TravellerUntegorizedgay holidays, Gay RelatnsHomosexual relatns are no longer a crimal offence North Cyps.

Homosexual relatns the Northern part of the island.