Activists nmn vlence agast LGBTQ muny St. Vcent, where gay sex is illegal | AP News

Contents:

• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• WOMAN RELLS BEG HELD AGAST HER WILL DURG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY AS TEEN: 'I WANTED TO DIE'
• ARE YOU GAY? (FOR GIRLS)
• AM I GAY/STRAIGHT? ?️‍? (FEMALE EDN)
• WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat. While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

WOMAN RELLS BEG HELD AGAST HER WILL DURG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY AS TEEN: 'I WANTED TO DIE'

”In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.

Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. It is hard for me as a gay this untry.

ARE YOU GAY? (FOR GIRLS)

”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.

”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

AM I GAY/STRAIGHT? ?️‍? (FEMALE EDN)

It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.

WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?

The teen, who was raised Mormon, didn’t plan on tellg her parents that she was gay jt yet, but the obv mark on her neck forced the nversatn. “I didn’t f to the relign beg gay, but I didn’t expect my parents’ reactn to be as drastic as was. She quickly learned that her parents were forcg her to gay nversn therapy.

She says she would also receive beatgs and was forced to wear a backpack filled wh rocks “to feel the physil burn of beg gay. “He was also the print of the gay-straight alliance and he put me touch wh Salt Lake Cy attorney Pl Burke, ” she says. A judge allowed her to go home, but orred her parents to allow her to date girls, attend danc and jo her school’s gay-straight alliance.

“The ia that homosexualy needs to be cured or fixed the first place is misreprentatn, ” says Stt McCoy of the Southern Poverty Law Center.