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Contents:

• BARBADOS’ TOP URT STRIK DOWN LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX
• IS BARBADOS GAY-FRIENDLY? | UPDATED JANUARY 2023
• GAY LIFE BARBADOS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY DATG BARBADOS
• GAY BARS - BRIDGETOWN FOM
• GAY UPLE VISG BARBADOS - BARBADOS FOM
• GAY BARBADOS - BARBADOS FOM
• ON BEG GAY BARBADOS: "BULLERS" AND "BATTYBOYS" AND THEIR HIV RISK A SOCIETAL NTEXT OF STIGMA
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• MOUNT GAY VISOR CENTRE

BARBADOS’ TOP URT STRIK DOWN LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX

A top urt Barbados has stck down lonial-era laws that crimalize gay sex, beg the third natn the nservative Caribbean regn to do so this lg issued Monday by the Barbados high urt is a pivotal moment for activists and non-prof anizatns who have long fought agast such laws on the eastern Caribbean island, cludg one that mands up to a life sentence for gay men found guilty of havg sex. However, when you Google Barbados and gay, the first thg that pops up, other than Mount Gay Rum (the world’s olst mercial m distillery), is “illegal, ” “life imprisonment, ” and that LGBT people Barbados do not enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people. Barbados has tradnally been known for beg anti-gay and not very gay welg, pecially sce they still have anti-sodomy laws that punish “buggery” wh a life sentence.

[ PLEASE SEE our December 30th 2022 Update Below]That said, LGBTQ visors generally do not face any physil danger Barbados, but they may face prejudicial treatment om people that aren’t que ready to embrace the gay muny. You n fd out more about Pri and other gay events Barbados on the LGBT Barbados Facebook group. Alex St John, a Barbadian currently livg Toronto, mented that Barbados is fe wh the gays, jt like lots of plac the world, but ’s important to rpect their relig culture, and to be rpectful of the people around you when you are exprsg yourself to your partner.

IS BARBADOS GAY-FRIENDLY? | UPDATED JANUARY 2023

There is also a relatively rich gay nightlife, but you need to know where to go and when.

GAY LIFE BARBADOS

Tony Chanthavong, a Canadian who lived there for ne months on a work assignment, mented that there were no gay bars and that he only knew where the popup “bh parti” were after he ma some gay islanr iends. Rodney really tak pri welg each gut personally, gay or not, wh the same Barbadian hospaly.

The long standg tradn of rejectg homosexual behavr was iated by the Brish when Barbados and many other islands were small Caribbean loni. Ironilly, is now the Brish of a very different generatn who are ercg all former UK terrori to change urse and remove anti-gay laws om the books. Brish Prime Mister David Cameron has announced if Barbados expects to ntue receivg fancial aid om Bra laws that discrimate agast homosexuals will have to be reversed.

(In severe ntrast the French Empire–cludg s overseas loni–legalized homosexualy 1791. A gay visor n easily walk around Barbados (not hand hand) and not be disturbed bee sexual orientatn is visible. One Barbadan has claimed “ Barbados we are known to be tolerant of homosexuals although our laws say otherwise.

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

Gay murr (honor killg) is not mon but do happen certa suatns such as mob hysteria that n ept quickly and unpredictably, as has Jamai. Death n also e om an extremely disturbed fay member, such as happened to my iend Ahmet Turkey when his father murred him 2009 for beg gay.

(I would list Iran, Sdi Arabia, Iraq and Palte as ser danger spots for gays, followed by Nigeria, Somalia, Errea and numero small wt central Ain untri such as Cameroon, Gambia, Guea). Aga, is the native gays who suffer most while tourists n skip and out whout beg noticed. The prejudice here is ep and mostly silent but rears s ugly head on ocsn such as the torchg of a hoe owned by a known gay man.

GAY DATG BARBADOS

“Mr Darcy Dear of Uned Gays And Lbians Agast AIDS Barbados fears someone will try to burn down his hoe aga, jt as they did five years ago wh his three-bedroom hoe. There are gay iendly venu that do not md LGBT ctomers but even here you will not see anythg overtly gay such as rabow flags or posters for upg parti. Dpe the generalized homophobia on the natn-island, there is (perhaps) phback om the prence of Barbados Gays & Lbians Agast Discrimatn (BGLAD), an “unofficial group of ncerned cizens”.

This anizatn has or had a missn of beg: “dited to the promotn of human rights for all persons wh the Barbadian society and particular lbians, gays and bi-sexuals. Lackg any apparent anized pro-gay activists or tors Barbados there is ltle hope for policy change the near future.

GAY BARS - BRIDGETOWN FOM

But given the generally lm manner of life Barbados there is ltle need to raise a storm agast homophobia.

GAY UPLE VISG BARBADOS - BARBADOS FOM

More likely to ntue is the followg attu: “I have at least three homosexual acquatanc whom I have known for many years.

They are not predators, and I suggt that homophobia Barbados is down to the fact that many men doubt their own sexualy and even a ltle aaid that they, too, may have homosexual tennci. It do not lead to thoughtful and telligent unrstandg of the phenomenon of homosexualy. Beg disgted or fearful or chosen or labeled as s–all of the subjective approach make ltle ratnal sense and do not lead to clear-md examatn of homosexualy.

“Homophobia is irratnal and riv om this lack of clear-md unrstandg of human nature s diverse forms. “The way forward is wh an open md that thriv on disvery of new phenomena and new unrstandgs of the world around … otherwise we would be still ridg around ox-rts, engaged slavery, believg that pharaohs are gods, that homosexualy is evil or that men are superr to women.

GAY BARBADOS - BARBADOS FOM

Anyone terted the ndn and circumstance of LGBT people the Caribbean should read the report issued by the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn 2011. It is a plete report that lists the gay-iendly as well as homophobic stat the Caribbean. Also, see this LGBT report on eleven Caribbean statns that clus some gay owned and gay-iendly venu:.

ON BEG GAY BARBADOS: "BULLERS" AND "BATTYBOYS" AND THEIR HIV RISK A SOCIETAL NTEXT OF STIGMA

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.

The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here. 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. Toppg the LGBTQ+ Danger Inx is Nigeria, which is nsired the worst untry for vlence agast gay travelers.

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. 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.

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

“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. Has ma great progrs wh legalized same-sex marriage, worker protectns and crimalizatn of homophobic vlence.

MOUNT GAY VISOR CENTRE

“One reason for that is that there is a great al of variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re , ” says Fergson.

You n see the entire rankg of the 150 untri here and also get 37 safety Swen, the saft untry the world for gay. Prime Mister Jt T promoted clivy by marchg Toronto’s Pri Para and beme the untry’s first Prime Mister to vis a gay bar. Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe.