SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2023 | Belgium 17th most gay travel iendly untry; Malta on 1, Canada and Swzerland share 2nd – Trip By Trip

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• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2023 | BELGIUM 17TH MOST GAY TRAVEL IENDLY UNTRY; MALTA ON 1, CANADA AND SWZERLAND SHARE 2ND

LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

In orr to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartac started publishg the Gay Travel Inx 2012. In the 2023 edn, the rankg pared 203 untri and terrori based on the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer people each lotn.Acrdg to the x, Malta ranks first worldwi as the saft and most open untry for LGBT+ travelers 2023. It is the only untry to receive a sre of 13, simultaneoly srg pots for s clive laws and rights - cludg anti-discrimatn laws, s stance on transgenr rights and the fact adoptn is allowed - as well as not losg any pots for discrimatn, such as through anti-gay laws, relig fluenc or pri beg banned.

When lookg at a rankg of US stat, California, New York, Washgton, and Colorado ranked among the most open.At the other end of the spectm, Sdi Arabia, Iran, the Republic of Chechnya Rsia and Afghanistan each received -19 pots, signalg that they are dangero untri for LGBT+ travelers, where homosexuals are persecuted and killed.

SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2023 | BELGIUM 17TH MOST GAY TRAVEL IENDLY UNTRY; MALTA ON 1, CANADA AND SWZERLAND SHARE 2ND

This chart shows the saft and least safe untri for LGBTQ+ travelers acrdg to the Gay Travel Inx 2023. Crimalizatn of Hate-Based Vlence (0 to +50 Pots) — Is anti-LGBTQ+, hate-based, or homophobia-spired vlence nsired a hate crime this untry? Gallup World Poll (0 to +100 pots) — In the Gallup poll, dividuals were asked, “Is the cy or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for gay and lbian people?

We gave this factor a negative double weightg bee the fact that homosexualy is illegal and n receive the ath sentence means that the laws of the untri are extremely unfavorable for LGBTQ+ people.

While gay marriage is still banned, Japan is makg progrs toward the acceptance of same-sex marriage, and gay upl n now register a domtic partnership as of November 2022. Sgapore, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Sat Kts and Nevis crimalized homosexualy 2022. The most homophobic untri (where homosexualy is illegal) are also often severe human rights vlators, ually penalizg male/male sexualy and/or trans women most harshly.