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Contents:
- THE 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
- TOP TEN LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
- 15 LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI THE WORLD
- GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
THE 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
* least gay friendly countries *
A new report om the Pew Rearch Center asked people 39 different untri one qutn: "Should society accept homosexualy? " The 37, 653 who took part the survey rpond wh "Y, " "No, " or cled to untri wh the hight percentage of "Y" or "No" vot show which untri are the most and least tolerant of the survey certaly leav out some of the world's most and least gay-iendly natns, a trend do surface wh the data. Gay uple Kai and Michael Korok and their dghter Jana, 4, attend the openg of Germany's first gay parent unselg center on March 15, 2013 Berl, Germany.
Two men kiss durg a monstratn support of the legalisatn of gay marriage and LGBT parentg France at the Plaza Francia Buenos Air, on January 27, 2013. Italian gay rights supporters take part a ceremony to prott agast an creasg number of homophobic attacks throughout Italy ont of Rome's Colossm, on September 4, 2009. Supporters take part an annual gay pri march llg for equal rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Manila on December 3, 2011.
People leave after listeng to a statement livered by Mlim relig lears at Cheikh Oumar Foutiyou Tall mosque Dakar on April 29, 2009 cricizg the liberatn on April 20 of 9 men allegedly jailed on charg of homosexualy and announced the creatn of Islamic ont for the fence Islamic valu. A man looks on December 11, 2012 at an advertisg by mpaign group Avaaz the state-owned Ugandan newspaper The New Visn, prottg agast an anti-homosexualy bill. A member of Hizbuth Tahrir Indonia attends a prott agast sexual viant acts which they believe to be acts such as homosexualy, bisexualy, loose sexual morals, and transgenr, Jakarta on December 1, 2010.
TOP TEN LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI
Fd out what untri are nsired the least gay-iendly. * least gay friendly countries *
In Kenya, homosexualy is regard as a crime and though a growg phenomenon, the movement is still secretive and the subject of numero discrimatns. 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 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.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce.
20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
“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. “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. 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.
15 LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI THE WORLD
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. Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson.
It was ranked so highly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law, ” says Fergson. “This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy. “In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson.
“Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.
GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
“In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry. “Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.
“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus. Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are also banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims.
That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist. “In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson.