If the Tmp admistratn won’t protect gay people, we’re at the mercy of our ZIP s.
Contents:
- THE WORST (AND BT) PLAC TO BE GAY AMERI
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
- MAP SHOWS WHERE IT’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY – 30 YEARS SCE WHO DECLASSIFIED HOMOSEXUALY AS DISEASE
- WHERE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT PLAC THE WORLD TO BE GAY OR TRANSGENR?
THE WORST (AND BT) PLAC TO BE GAY AMERI
* bad places to be gay *
In 1974, the cy beme the first the untry to elect an openly gay polician: Kathy Kozachenko, who served on s cy uncil for two years. As far as advocy and velopment go, the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce works wh lol ernment and cy officials to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people have as many opportuni as possible.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
The five stat are the worst plac to live if you're a gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr Amerin. * bad places to be gay *
"The progrsive cy, often jumbled together wh Boston, is home to a thrivg gay- and lbian-owned bs scene which many belong to the Greater Boston Bs Council, " wrote The Advote 2016. "Attend a gay-iendly event at Porter Square Books or book a room at the gay-owned and super-stylish Clarendon Square Inn. Over the past few years, LGBTQIA+ stunts at the universy have voiced their ncerns about safety, cg an cint 2011 which a gay stunt was btally beaten off-mp, acrdg to Inpennt Mail.
Rock Sprgs is only a few hours om Laramie, which was the se of the gome murr of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay hman at the Universy of Wyomg who was btally beaten and left to die after beg targeted for his sexual orientatn 1999. Dpe Tmp’s happy mpaign talk about how fond he was of gays (and, Tmp beg Tmp, how fond they were of him), his rerd as print has been hurtful and hateful. We’re at the mercy of our ZIP s: Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are often affected most by their municipaly, not their state.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
He told me about Piyune, Miss., where an 86-year-old gay man passed away last year, leavg behd his 82-year-old hband. Such a small thg — and yet so credibly big for many gay upl nservative environments and even for some upl more liberal areas that n nohels seem threateng.
(Only 22 stat have such laws erng all gay and lbian workers, both the public and the private sectors, while only 20, cludg New York, have them for transgenr workers as well. “I don’t take this for granted, ” he add, notg that he grew up Kansas and knows gay men ci ls smopolan than New York.
In May, unr the aegis of “relig eedom, ” s ernor signed a law that allowed taxpayer-fund adoptn agenci to ny the placement of children hom wh gay parents. Watch Frank Bni's Facebook Live wh Tommy Starlg and Patricia Todd about their experienc as gay people nservative stat. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law.
MAP SHOWS WHERE IT’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY – 30 YEARS SCE WHO DECLASSIFIED HOMOSEXUALY AS DISEASE
In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce.
“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.
WHERE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT PLAC THE WORLD TO BE GAY OR TRANSGENR?
“Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson.
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“One reason for that is that there is a great al of variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re , ” says Fergson.