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- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH PACIFIC
- WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
- EXPLORG THE GAY ISLAND DTATNS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- SOUTH PACIFIC: A FUN, GAY EXPERIENCE
- TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- HOW MILARY HISTORY WAS CENTRAL TO SAN FRANCIS BEG THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD
TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH PACIFIC
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Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers South Pacific.
Although homosexualy is officially owned upon by lol laws and by some lol relig lears, pecially Fiji, an old Polynian ctom mak the South Pacific a relatively iendly statn for gay men. Some of them grow up to be heterosexual; others bee homosexual or bisexual and, often appearg publicly women's attire, actively seek the pany of tourists.
The Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA) (tel. 800/448-8550 or 954/776-2626; fax 954/776-3303;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay and lbian-iendly travel bs; go to their webse and click on "Members.
WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
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Many agenci offer tours and travel erari specifilly for gay and lbian travelers. 877/844-8055;) recently had a gay cise aboard the Tahian Prcs, while Now, Voyager (tel. 800/397-2681;), a gay Atralia tour specialist, and Olivia (tel.
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The Canadian webse GayTraveler () offers ias and advice for gay travel all over the world.
The followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them onle: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui, 37th Edn (Bno Gmünr Verlag;) and the Damron guis (), wh books for gay men and lbians. That is why IDAHOT – the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia – is so important. Much of the recent media verage of the persecutn of LGBTI people has foced on Rsia due to s hostg of the Sochi wter Olympics, and Ain untri such as Uganda and Nigeria bee of their passg of anti-homosexualy legislatn that imposed harsher penalti for LGBTI “crim” and created even more offenc, cludg “aggravated homosexualy”.
SOUTH PACIFIC: A FUN, GAY EXPERIENCE
There are ne Pacific untri that still crimalise homosexualy.
And LGBTI dividuals many of the untri are regularly subjected to homophobia, discrimatn and persecutn. For example, Papua New Guea, gay sexual activy is punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment.
TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Classifyg homosexualy as a crime, even if is not strictly enforced, has a chillg effect on LGBTI muni, for signals to them that they are not tolerated by society and n still be arrted at any time. It forc gay men to live fear and rema closeted. One lol gay activist observed that "Men who have sex wh men or who are transgenred tend to be 'hidn' by beg married and hidg behd their wiv, 'laplaps' or their own beards.
If PNG ref to crimalise homosexualy on the grounds that is a breach of human rights, then should nsir dog so as a means of improvg health.
Opposn lear, Dame Carol Kidu, has lled for such actn, notg that crimalisg homosexualy driv same-sex acts ‘unrground’ and enurag risky behavur, and to crimalise homosexualy will help to rce the HIV rate, which will benef the entire untry. The Solomon Islands is another Pacific untry that crimalis homosexualy and has eply entrenched homophobia.
HOW MILARY HISTORY WAS CENTRAL TO SAN FRANCIS BEG THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD
In 2008, the Law Reform Commissn proposed removg crimal sanctns for homosexualy, but the plan did not proceed after fierce public objectn. One opponent of the reform stated that "Legalizg gay and lbian the untry would only enurage the breed of more, " and the Solomon Islands is a "long time Christian untry" that should never thk of legalisg gay sex. There are unlikely to be advanc LGBTI rights the Pacific until such time as homosexualy is no longer classified as a crime.