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

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• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• CGHT GAY ‘SEX PARTY’ BSSELS, FISZ MEP RIGNS
• BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)
• THE 10 BEST BSSELS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BSSELS
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• GAY BSSELS · CY GUI
• LA DEMENCE @ FE CLUBONE OF EUROPE'S MOST POPULAR GAY DANCE PARTI.BSSELSMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGESHOPSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPBELGIUM EVENTSLA DEMENCE @ FE CLUB
• GAY PARTI/EVENTS BSSELS

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

Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said. Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law.

Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said. In many of the episos, police allegedly refed to offer assistance, and some s beme openly discrimatory toward gay victims.

Gay workers were also facg job discrimatn a natn already bet by high unemployment.

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Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace. "The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, " said Cristian González Cabrera, gay rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch. Six other Wtern natns -- cludg Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia -- ntue to crimalize gay sex, wh penalti as weighty as a prison for "gross cency wh another person of the same sex.

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Hungarian MEP József Szájer apologised on Tuday (1 December) followg reports that he was ught tryg to flee what was scribed as a 25-man gay y last Friday that was shut down by Bssels police for breachg COVID rtrictns on large gathergs. 2nd the Internatnal Lbians & Gay Associatn-Europe rankgs, Belgium has, for a long time, been mted to the rights and cln of LGBTQIA+ people.

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LGBTQIA+: the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, aromantic muni, their alli and all other muni (+).

Homografia. Jt like any gay venue! A lovely gay bar.

I didn't realise was a gay bar until we entered. We travel often and try to tt gay plac around the is my experience:1.

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Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and. Belgium had s first 'gay day' on March 18, 1978 Ghent. A year later, on May 5, 1979 Antwerp, gay men and lbians were on the street for the 'Internatnal Day of Homosexualy'.

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The followg year, Rooie Vlr joed the Feratie Werkgroepen Homofilie (FWH) and the Bssels associatn CCL to anize Bssels' "Natnal Homosexual and Lbian Day". In 1996, nearly 2, 500 visors attend the event, which then beme the 'Belgian Lbian and Gay Pri'.

In May, on a date close to World Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (May 17), brgs together ftive, polil and cultural events, iativ and activi, not only Bssels, the Belgian and European pal, but also throughout Belgium.

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It's also the pal of the European Unn which therefore Europeans om every member state live and work Bssels, which together wh regular flows of tourists, make for a very smopolan cy has a lively central gay bar and ternatnal club scene.

It is a popular statn wh gay travelers and club goers om throughout Europe and Rights BelgiumSuated the liberal heartland of Northern Europe, Belgium has a long held and well served reputatn as tolerant and acceptg of LGBT rights, and was jt the send untry the world (after the Netherlands) to legalise same-sex marriage - activy has been legal for nsirably longer (sce 1795) and the age of nsent was equalised, to 16, 1985. Adoptn rights for gay upl were equalised to those for straight upl 2006, and there is no ban on gay recs om servg the laws employment and social welfare provisn me to force Belgium 2003, and sce 2007 trans-genr rights have been formalised, grantg Belgians the legal right to change their genr.

In 2014 laws protectg genr inty/exprsn were are several openly gay Belgian MP’s and the LGBT muny generally is well-accepted and tegrated to wir Belgian SceneThe ma gay scene of Bssels is loted the very centre of the cy, behd the Grand Place, and is very nvenient and easy to cy’s biggt and most famo gay dance party is La Demence at Fe club, which attracts guys om all over Europe. Bssels gay Pri ftival tak place every May for one week, leadg up to Pri Day Bssels on the Saturday.

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Do note to always book high speed tra tickets as far advance as you n, as ticket pric reflect Grand PlaceGettg around BsselsIf you are visg Bssels for a few days, you will probably need no more than your own steam to get you where you want to be, wh both the gay scene and the major cy tourist s beg the pact, largely pestrianised central cy explore the wir cy, the bt optn is the reliable, clean and extensive Metro system, which has six l. Bssels Bike Tours is another optn if you want someone else to ci which directn to go to Stay BsselsThe bt tourist sights and most of Bssels gay venu are loted near the Grand Place. There is an excellent choice of hotels this our list of some of the bt hotels Bssels for gay travelers, vis the Gay Bssels Mid-Range + Budget Hotels and the Gay Bssels Luxury Hotels AtomiumThgs to See & DoGrand Place - one of the most imprsive cy squar all of Europe, is a great startg pot and one you will no doubt return to sample the daily flower markets and take the majty of the surroundg 17th century here, the cy’s major attractns are wh easy walkg distance, wh plenty of stops along the way to sample the culary lights which have ma Belgium famo throughout the world – beer, cholate, waffl and msels ( whichever orr tak your preference) Town Hall (Hotel Ville) the Grand Place is tertg to vis (note that tours English are only on Sunday) Horta Mm (Mee Horta) - the hoe of Victor Horta, one of the founrs of Art Nouve.

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) experience Bssels at s gayt, e for Pri week mid-May. For gay dance party fanatics, make sure to time your vis around one of the big La Demence parti - weather won't be an issue this se.

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