From gay marriage to transgenr rights, Expati looks at the most LGBTQIA+ iendly untri for those nsirg a reer change abroad.
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20 MOST GAY FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN THE WORLD
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This report scrib updat to the LGBTI (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and/or tersex) Global Acceptance Inx (GAI), which seeks to measure the relative level of acceptance of LGBTI people and issu each untry for a specific time perd.
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The Netherlands crimalized homosexualy 1811; the first gay bar opened Amsterdam 1927; and 1987, Amsterdam unveiled the Homomonument, a memorial for gays and lbians killed by the Nazis. The gay scene extends well beyond Amsterdam, however, wh bars, snas, and cemas several Dutch ci, cludg Rotterdam, The Hague (Den Haag), Amersfoort, Ensche, and Grongen. Valletta don’t immediately sprg to md when you thk of the world’s gay pals, but ty Malta has topped the Europe Rabow Inx for four years a row.
There is also a wi variety of bars, clubs, and gay snas; this is possibly bee of social prsur to nform to tradnal heteronormative mols.
Wellgton and Auckland boast the largt number of gay bars and clubs, but LGBTQIA+ rints Tranga, Christchurch, Duned, and Haton are also guaranteed a good night out.
This statistics shows a rankg of the iendls towards the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny Lat Ameri 2016, broken down by untry. * lgbt friendly countries 2017 *
The Other Foundatn reported that 51% of rponnts a survey on attus and genr non-nformy felt gay people should have the same human rights; 72% thought same-sex activy was morally wrong. Argenta had the most posive attus of all Lat Amerin untri Pew Rearch Center’s 2013 Global Attus Survey, wh 74% of those surveyed sayg homosexualy should be accepted. Sourc clu Human Rights Watch, the Gallup World Poll and ILGA (the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Associatn), jt to name a few.
“They were one of the first untri to legalize same-sex marriage, they have nstutnal anti-discrimatn protectns and the majory of Canadians report that is a safe place to live for gay and lbian people. “Neverthels, there are other stat where gay, trans and non-bary people are targets, both legislatively and their day-to-day liv, ” he says. Some of the notable chang sce Fergson started dog this report 2019: 15 new untri have eher legalized gay marriage or allowed same-sex upl to register as civil unns.
And the past 12 months alone, Swzerland, Slovenia and Cuba have legalized gay marriage, while Sgapore, Sat Kts & Nevis, Barbados and Antigua & Barbuda crimalized same-sex relatnships. “For stance, Bolivia gay marriage isn’t ‘legal’ but a handful of upl have been able to register their marriage by petng the urts, ” says Fergson. Another challenge: While some of the world is tchg up to equal rights for gay and lbian upl, transgenr and non-bary people still have the furtht way to go.