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Contents:

• WHAT PROVCETOWN’S GAY COMMUNY CAN TEACH US ABOUT CONTAG COVID
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• HOW A GAY COMMUNY HELPED THE CDC SPOT A COVID OUTBREAK — AND LEARN MORE ABOUT DELTA
• GAY BEACH STATNS PLAN FOR SUMMER, WH PANMIC MD
• CDC RELEAS REPORT CONFIRMG LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE AT GREATER RISK OF COVID-19 ILLNS, CALLS FOR MORE DATA COLLECTN
• GAY BARS WERE H HARD BY COVID, BUT MOST HAVE MA IT BACK AHEAD OF PRI WEEKEND

WHAT PROVCETOWN’S GAY COMMUNY CAN TEACH US ABOUT CONTAG COVID

What Provcetown’s Gay Communy Can Teach Us About Contag Covid. In that sense, the succs story of this outbreak is how well was documented and reported by the muny of people, large part gay men, who’d been Provcetown at the time. Disclosg tails about your health, rg for one another your muny, and advotg for your own healthre has been tegral to gay culture sce the HIV/AIDS panmic began the 1980s.

He thks there’s somethg special about the town’s legacy gay culture, too. Daskalakis isn’t surprised at all this group of gay men stepped up. “Gay and other men who have sex wh men’s relatnship wh public health has been tempered by fire to a new kd of tst, ” he says.

But gay travelers face the add plexy of navigatg a myriad of LGBTQ+ laws around the world. And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx.

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

Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland). A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay. The journalists have noticed the Covid-19 panmic negatively affect gay rights around the world.

HOW A GAY COMMUNY HELPED THE CDC SPOT A COVID OUTBREAK — AND LEARN MORE ABOUT DELTA

“Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson. Is gay iendly many ways, there are.

Other stat have ma illegal to exhib advocy for homosexualy schools. The wi variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re certaly ntributed to the Uned Stat’ low rankg of saft untri.

See the entire world rankgs and important safety tips Lekki-Ikoyi bridge Nigeria—the most dangero place for gay. “It was ranked so poorly 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. This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

GAY BEACH STATNS PLAN FOR SUMMER, WH PANMIC MD

Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. “Unr state terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy Malaysia rults up to 20 years prison, whippg, and f. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson.

Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims. Only 3% of Malawians said their cy is a good place for gay and lbian people when asked by the Gallup World Poll. “Homosexual acts this untry will lead to up to three years prison.

In fact, Jamai was lled the most homophobic place on Earth by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Homosexual acts, which their laws refer to as ‘rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, ’ are subject to 20 years prison.

CDC RELEAS REPORT CONFIRMG LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE AT GREATER RISK OF COVID-19 ILLNS, CALLS FOR MORE DATA COLLECTN

“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.

”The Uned Arab Emirat is one of the most dangero plac for gay. Acrdg to the Gallup World Poll, only 1% of rponnts felt their cy was a good place to live for gay and lbian people. “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.

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

GAY BARS WERE H HARD BY COVID, BUT MOST HAVE MA IT BACK AHEAD OF PRI WEEKEND

That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg gay, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. “One possible sign of posive chang the untry is that the print recently pardoned a gay uple who were sentenced to a 15-year prison term. In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry.