Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• GAY MI TRAVEL GUI
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF MI!
• MI GAY BARS AND HOTELS
• GAY RIGHTS
• GAY HAWAII
• GAY HOTELS MI
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

GAY MI TRAVEL GUI

The day marks the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. Cafe La Plage – Gay owned an operated bistro at Dolph Plaza Kihei by a very fun ench uple. Betty’s Beach Cafe – Gay-owned and operated Lahaa, directly behd Feast at Lele.

Gay and lbian upl enjoy the same rights, benefs and treatment as oppose-sex upl, cludg the right to adopt.

The term aikāne refers to homosexual or bisexual relatnships, which were wily accepeted pre-lonial Hawaiian society, and the term māhū refers to a third genr alongsi male and female. As a rult, the first ever anti-gay law was enacted 1850, prohibg sodomy wh 20 years hard labor. “The proclamatn regniz that every cizen has rights to experience equaly and eedom om discrimatn and that Pri Month supports Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer (LGBTQ+) muni that ntribute to Mi County’s cultural, civic and enomic succs, ” acrdg to rmatn provid by the County of Mi.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF MI!

And now, the years sce same-sex marriage has bee legal across the Uned Stat, queer travelers are nsirg Mi more than island don't have a huge gay astcture, due to s smaller populatn. Steven, a gay lol hikg gui on Mi, said that the Pri mtee aniz a monthly hike / get together, but there's not a lot more than that for the lol queer muny, small as is.

So, if gay bar hoppg and drag shows are what you're lookg for, Mi won't su you. Or if you're lookg to stay at an all-gay hotel or rort, you're probably out of luck.

-- TAD CRAIG photo Mi is the send-most vised island for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr travelers om the Uned Stat, but is top amongst Canadians and third amongst Atralians, acrdg to a study released by the Hawai’i Tourism Authory March. Mi is the send-most vised island for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr travelers, a recent Hawai‘i Tourism Authory study showed.

MI GAY BARS AND HOTELS

) However, Mi was almost equally vised by gay/bisexual men at 42 percent and lbian/bisexual women at 40 percent. “As a gay man married 43 years to the same man, our attractn to Mi as a gay uple was that was a betiful place, ” Wadll said.

“You have to open your bs to a larger dience bee every other hotel on this island and the world is gog after that gay dollar, ” he said. ) But sce gay marriage beme legal, “the first wave of same-sex upl gettg married is now plete, ” and the LGBT weddg and honeymoon bs Hawaii is ls of a “new bs wave” than before. The days, people (pecially youth) who intify themselv as queer seem to balance the entire LGBTQQIAUP (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng, Intersex, Asexual, Unsure and Pansexual) spectm on their shoulrs and have to stand up for themselv and their muny.

GAY RIGHTS

We’ve been open for three and a half years and we have, sce the start, promoted Betty’s as a gay-owned and gay-iendly tablishment.

GAY HAWAII

The stronger the support and the visibily of gay people and more importantly of the straight people who love and support , the better our liv will be. In small towns and muni all over the untry there will be a number of young, sred and secure gay kids. Not only for young gays to feel supported by others, but for other straight people to feel fortable showg support and beg a part of the muny.

This year San Diego, all active ary gays and lbians were allowed to march the para their full uniform.

GAY HOTELS MI

Only an ignorant person would assume you have to be gay to be a part of the LGBTQ muny. Some people uld go as far as sayg that we’re flntg to people who aren’t “gay. Whether you’re born gay, straight, short, tall, etc., ’s acceptance.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

Pri is a place and opportuny to nnect wh other gay people lolly and have a sense of muny and promote the gay muny to visors to make Mi another reason why gay visors should e to our island. I thk Mi Pri is important so that everyone knows there is a gay muny.

One of the other issu is that we don’t have a PFlag (Parents of Gay and Lbians) Mi for the LGBTQ youth for group ssns wh the LGBTQ muny to talk about stigma and acceptance. Even changg the way people speak, such as not sayg the phrase, “That’s so gay, ” or llg someone a “fag” is a big hurdle that still needs to be overe.

One of my favore moments where I experienced gay pri was marchg the Phoenix Pri Para wh my aterny llege. Public knows several gay or transgenr people and realiz we are jt like they are.

I gus you n say that I was one of the few lucky gay persons who has an acceptg fay. I hear about this big fear that if gay marriage is legalized, the law would force religns to wed gay upl.

Back then, Utah high schools didn’t have GSAs (Gay Straight Allianc).