Where Gay Is Crimal: The Defive Gui to Countri Where Homosexualy Is Illegal | Hor, the Queer Social Network

Contents:

• WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
• WHERE GAY IS CRIMAL: THE DEFIVE GUI TO COUNTRI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• COOKS BILL PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON PACIFIC'S ANTI-GAY LAWS
• SOLOMON ISLANDS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE

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Current statSce Jul 7, 1978No protectns Homosexualy is illegal adoptn Solomon Islands? Current statSce Jul 7, 1978N/A Homosexual activy is illegal the Solomon Islands. Concern for US leveragg 'weaponised' LGBTQIA+ issu Solomon Islands is an extremely relig natn, wh an timated 92 per cent of the populatn intifyg as there is a small queer muny the untry, homosexualy is illegal, as is other Pacific natns such as Samoa and the speech, Mr Sogavare said he wanted to addrs a "very ser matter" and spoke about how he was "creasgly uneasy" about LGBTQIA+ said had gaed promence the US and a bizarre asi, qutned how would "shape" US foreign policy.

WHERE GAY IS CRIMAL: THE DEFIVE GUI TO COUNTRI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

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”. 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. 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.

COOKS BILL PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON PACIFIC'S ANTI-GAY LAWS

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. There are unlikely to be advanc LGBTI rights the Pacific until such time as homosexualy is no longer classified as a crime.

Pal, N and the Cook Islands, all told the UN Human Rights Council, 2011, that they are willg to repeal their laws that crimalize homosexualy (although this has not yet happened). Neverthels, a mment to the crimalizatn of homosexualy by three Pacific untri suggts reform is begng this regn. "LGBTQI rights Oceania LGBTQI Pacific Islanrs have fewer eedoms than those who are straight, and experience higher levels of vlence, margalisatn and eight of 14 stat the Oceania regn have crimalised same-sex acts, acrdg to a report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn.

SOLOMON ISLANDS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

In the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu, homosexualy is jt how difficult is to e out the Pacific and live an thentic life?

"The prence of gay, effemate men, of third-genr folks as a natural part of our environment Fiji absolutely allowed me to be who I am, " she was this example that enuraged Tagi to explore her own sexualy.

(Supplied: Sha Ongelungel)"It's been a betiful experience for my younger gay s to jt e out to me. Solomon Islands ought to be aware of what is gog on around on the issue of same sex marriage or homosexualy.