The tale of Gay pal turned homophobic state | Ainews

Contents:

• GAY TRAVEL SOUTH AI
• TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )
• A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
• VATNS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• THE TALE OF GAY PAL TURNED HOMOPHOBIC STATE
• WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH AI
• GAY CY TRIP TO CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AI’S MOTHER CY PART 1

GAY TRAVEL SOUTH AI

The biggt gay scene awas you the untry’s olst cy, Cape Town, dubbed the ‘Gay Capal of Ai’ thanks to s fabulo gay-only tablishments and events. However, we always suggt that you book your trip through a travel agency like Out2Ai, specialisg gay travel to ensure everythg is smooth sailg and there are no surpris.

If you want sultry evengs the hottt gay clubs, fe dg some of the world’s bt rtrants, lazy beach days and adventurg up mountas, you nnot skip this gay mec. As your very own queer Travel Experts, we know all the s and outs of where to go as a gay traveller Ai and have first-hand experience of everythg we plan for you.

We have hand-picked the crème la crème of gay-iendly statns, hotels, and lodg Ai so that your trip will be nothg short of extraordary. Ined, the untri and ci have provid refuge for those who have faced ridicule and nmnatn their own untri and on the whole, the world is a much more amenable to gay visors than ed to be, there are certa statns where gays feel more fortable and wele than others. This article foc on ten top statns that aren’t jt gay iendly; they actively enurage gay visors and go all out to make sure they have the bt time is the Gay Capal of the world?

TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )

Bt Gay Ci the World (acrdg to )Contents San Francis Sydney BrightonAmsterdamBerl Mexi, Puerto Vallarta Chelsea and Greenwich Village (NYC) R Prague BangkokCopenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsToronto: The Bean of LGBTQ Rights San FrancisFor those who have been before, will e as no surprise to see San Francis at the top of the list. BrightonBrighton on the south east ast of England is a long tablished, gay iendly haven havg openly weled the gay muny for over 100 years. Kemptown, or Camptown, is the heart of all, wh numero gay owned hotels, bars, fés, snas and even bookshops, and there is also a ‘Gay’s the Word’ walkg tour to enjoy.

AmsterdamFor many years, Amsterdam has been hailed as the gay pal of Europe, wh the proportn of gay rints timated to be 20-30% of the populatn. On the first Saturday Augt, Amsterdam hosts the only gay pri para the world that is held on the water, and this is somethg everyone should try to experience. Kls Wowere, the openly gay mayor, outed himself wh the immortal words “I’m gay and that’s a good thg”, and beftg the centralised nature of the cy, there is no specific gay ghetto, and there are tablished scen throughout Berl.

A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN

Chelsea and Greenwich Village (NYC)The Chelsea and Greenwich Village areas of New York Cy are synonymo wh gay life, and both boast a thrivg and very ‘out there’ scene.

There are some amazg bars, clubs and galleri, and people om around the world ngregate NYC June for their own take on the Gay Pri para. Durg the annual Carnaval Febary or March, lerally thoands of ex-pat Brazilian gays fly to to jo the fun, where transvt steal the show at many of the balls. There is a general acceptance of same sex partnerships here but the gay scene is segregated, and public displays of affectn are ill advised.

BangkokDpe s associatn wh all thgs gay, there is actually no gay movement Bangkok, simply bee there is no anti-gay movement to challenge. The gay scene is fairly prolific neverthels, wh the heart of beg the bars, which more often than not have baret wh a highly mp Gay Capals than nearly ma the cut!

VATNS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS

Copenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsLong before the equaly qutn me to the nscns of the global muny the early 90s, this cy well-known for s lorful history, s LEGO herage, and s Nordic cuise, pneered champng the rights of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs when , as a natn, was the first to openly regnize same-sex relatnships or partnerships 1989. Fast forward more than a later 2012 and openly gay upl were now able to get wed the Church, although they were only the 8th Europe and 11th the world to do so at the time. Neverthels, no one qutns the historic signifince of Denmark and Copenhagen spearheadg the growg acceptance of gay people the world.

THE TALE OF GAY PAL TURNED HOMOPHOBIC STATE

Wh a functnal yet very edgy fashn scene, Copenhagen has been a perennial favore of world-class gay uturiers, stylists, artists, and signers who fd Denmark’s exceptnally warm and vg hospaly as major reasons for settg up shop the land. Of urse, the Danish enomy and fancial astcture are one of the bt Europe and has been the blueprt for other enomi the are also an exceptnal array of gay-iendly cktail bars and boutique acmodatn that are pecially signed for same-sex partnerships. All year round, queer events pack the lendar, further attractg tens of thoands of foreign gay visors the untry eher to partake the celebratns or to simply make a vow of loyalty and openns to their rpective partners.

More than half a century later, the cy is now pockmarked wh a lot of openly gay bars and entertament tablishments cludg clubs and rtrants that are fast beg the favore of the global y muny. One n always try Café Intime, Osr Bar and Café, Vela, and Jsie at Jolene, jt to name a the tourism partment of Denmark aptly puts s advertisg mpaigns, Copenhagen is where you make iends, fall love, and make tly lastg memori regardls of whether you’re gay or not.

WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!

For the bt openly gay tablishments, head to Queer Wt as has an excg array of bs, f, bars, rtrants, and galleri owned and managed by gays and may not have been the first regnizg same-sex partnerships, but Toronto n hold the distctn of extendg the equaly bate to clu queer dividuals. Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH AI

The Supreme Court of Namibia regnised same-sex marriag between cizens and foreign partners, a historic cisn a natn where homosexualy has been agast the law. In Kenya, Catholic-allied MPs have vowed to mobilise to disband the NGO Board to preempt the imment registratn of a gay rights lobby group.

In Bundi, prosecutors have charged 24 people wh engagg same-sex acts and cg homosexualy others, part of a crackdown on LGBTQI+ rights that has been cricised by the Uned Natns. Lil Nas X, a gay Black artist, was booted om the untry charts when his song “Old Town Road” went viral; he was only allowed back when he rerd a remix of the song wh untry artist Billy Ray Cys.

Homosexualy punishable by ath some Ain natnsAttu ntrasts wh progrsive stanc on women, refugeA member of the South Ain Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr and Intersex muny  Durban, South Ai. (Samantha Rers)The Unfulfilled Promise of LGBTQ Rights South AiThe untry has some of the most progrsive laws the world, but refuge fleeg homophobia elsewhere often fd a untry that is morally nservative, hostile, and profoundly ’s Note: This article is part of a seri about the gay-rights movement and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall TOWN, South Ai—On a recent foggy morng, Ndodana board a mib and traveled more than 20 to the Ivan Toms Centre for Men’s Health to llect his ee HIV meditn.

GAY CY TRIP TO CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AI’S MOTHER CY PART 1

The gay-iendly clic li a predomantly whe neighborhood of Cape Town, wedged between a strip of rtrants, upsle hotels, and the V&A Wateront, a major tourist bimonthly trip is a long one and, on the surface, unnecsary: Mfuleni, the impoverished township where he rents a room, has s own HIV-treatment center. This legal environment is unmatched on a ntent where lonial-era laws agast gay sex are still monplace, and where offenrs some natns face the ath penalty. Cape Town advertis self as Ai’s gay pal, wh dited nightclubs, film ftivals, and pri a rult, many LGBTQ people om across the ntent make their way here.

In 2011, the jtice mistry tablished a task force to tackle the phenomenon of “rrective rape, ” routely meted out to lbian women and trans men to “cure” them of homosexualy. Rearchers and activists say that this unrcuts South Ai’s reputatn as a haven for gay rights, a narrative enthiastilly promoted by the ernment and so-lled pk-tourism operators.

“They’ll ask you to prove that you’re gay, ” said Ethan Chigwada, a PASSOP staffer who ped om Zimbabwe 2015 after sufferg years of physil and sexual abe at the hands of fay members. Even then, the discrimatn ntued—nurs at the neart clic refed to treat him unls he brought his, Ndodana shar a small hoe wh four other refuge, three of whom intify as gay.

“You keep prayg that one day that door will open, ” he told me, speakg of the rejectn by his relig past May, he attend Kumbulani Pri, an annual event to memorate victims of homophobia that this year was takg place around the rner om his hoe. South Ai’s 1996 Constutn specifilly protects full and equal rights for the LGBTQ+ muny – all forms of anti-gay discrimatn are banned. Bra's The Guardian newspaper lled 'one of the 10 most popular gay travel statns the world', while the US publitn Out and About named a 'world-wi favoure'.