The Bt Countri Ai for Gay Travelers - LGBTQ and ALL

Contents:

• BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023
• THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS
• BT-RATED UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

To help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartac has published a new report for lbian, gay, trans, and queer travellers about how gay-iendly a untry is. In the 2021 edn, the rankg pared 202 untri and terrori based on the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer people the lotns. LGBTQ+ and gay travellers n e this rmatn as a guile to prepare for their gaytn and take the x rankg as an ditor for choosg the holiday statn regardg the lol LGBTQ+ rights.

The rankg of the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2020/2021 is based on diverse sourc such as Human Rights Watch, the UN mpaign Free & Equal, and llected rmatn about human rights vlatns of members of the LGBTQ+ muny throughout the past year. It’s a qutn that’s top of md for many gay travelers as they nsir where to go and evaluate the world’s saft and most dangero plac.

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.

THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS

The Fergsons started trackg the saft and most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019 and have been updatg the story annually sce then. “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. Acrdg to the LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx, Bnei is the most dangero untry for gay travelers 2023, followed by Sdia Arabia and Nigeria.

“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.

BT-RATED UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

“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.

Cape Town, alongsi Johannburg, has the largt LGBTQ+ populatn Ai and enjoys a world-class selectn of gay-iendly acmodatns and bars around Sea Pot, Green Pot, and De Waterkant Village. Johannburg has not jt an official LGBTQ+ village; the entire cy has gay rabow lors, maly Rosebank, Parkhurst, and Melville. Although homosexualy is illegal unr the Kenyan nstutn, the untry is not close to difficult untri for LGBTQ+ people, pecially the pal cy, Nairobi.

The gay muny should be ut outsi the pal cy (where LGBTQ+ activism is rampant) or stay luxury rorts and mps that guarantee their safety.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

However, before you vis any Ain untry as a gay person, rearch the untry, their cultur, and their stand regardg LGBTQ+ people to ensure you know your lims when visg. Crimalizatn of Hate-Based Vlence (0 to +50 Pots) — Is anti-LGBTQ+, hate-based, or homophobia-spired vlence nsired a hate crime this untry? Gallup World Poll (0 to +100 pots) — In the Gallup poll, dividuals were asked, “Is the cy or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for gay and lbian people?

We gave this factor a negative double weightg bee the fact that homosexualy is illegal and n receive the ath sentence means that the laws of the untri are extremely unfavorable for LGBTQ+ people. While gay marriage is still banned, Japan is makg progrs toward the acceptance of same-sex marriage, and gay upl n now register a domtic partnership as of November 2022.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

The most homophobic untri (where homosexualy is illegal) are also often severe human rights vlators, ually penalizg male/male sexualy and/or trans women most harshly. For stance, ’s illegal to be gay Jamai; the “buggery law, ” which is leftover om the lonial era, allows for a sentence of up to 10 years prison, cludg hard labor.