Gay Antigua Guatemala 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• GAY IENDLY? - ST. JOHN'S FOM
• GAY LIFE ANTIGUA - ANTIGUA FOM
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY ANTIGUA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY ANTIGUA GUATEMALA TRAVEL GUI
• ARE THERE ANY GAY IENDLY PLAC ANTIGUA? - ANTIGUA FOM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS ANTIGUA ISLAND
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS ANTIGUA GUATEMALA
• ANGUA & BARBUDA ATTUS TOWARD GAYS
• TOP GAY DTATNS: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
• JOLLY BEACH RORT ? AND GAY IENDLY - ANTIGUA FOM
• GAY GUATEMALA TRAVEL GUI
• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY CENTRAL AMERI

GAY IENDLY? - ST. JOHN'S FOM

Me and my partner want to vis Halcyon Cove By Rex Rorts - Antigua, we are a gay uple so we are unsure of the laws this area.

I have met Gay upl on Barbados but l thk is a more social island, the nightlife n be hoppg there if you want and everyone mix. I n’t say that l have ever noticed any Gay upl on Antigua but l tend to socialise ls there is to me a more upl/ fay place.

I had heard Antigua was extremely unwelg to gay travelers while rearchg, so I lled the rort and asked. I was jt rearchg Hawksbill Rort bee they have the only clothg optnal beach on Antigua, and I’m not sure if they are gay iendly. We were adset on bookg our Antigua vatn but chanced upon an article sayg that homosexualy there is a crime (!

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I have been travelg to Guatemala for several years and I have been surprised om the begng at the large gay muny Antigua and at Lake Atilan. While the make up of Guatemala is such that you would thk they wouldn't be tollerant of the gay populatn this seems to be far om realy.

I have numero gay iends Guatemala and there appears to be a tightly nnected group the untry as well.

But, bee of fears of beg misunrstood or mistreated I thk the gay muny is more unrground Guatemala than you would fd here the Uned Stat. At Lake Atlan there is one muny that has the name 'gay mounta' but isn't openly lled that except among the open md (om what I see).

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Every gay person I've met Guatemala is the closet, except for one--and when he told his fay, his father wrapped his hands around his throat and tried to kill him.

I will add this though, the Guatemalan culture isnt very acceptg those few gays that have e out have gone through a lot of troubl.

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There have been stori of the southern parts of the untry, ls touristic areas, where gay men have been attacked- by random people and fay members. 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 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.

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“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.

ARE THERE ANY GAY IENDLY PLAC ANTIGUA? - ANTIGUA FOM

“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.

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See the entire world rankgs and important safety tips is at the top of the list for gay travel safety. 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.

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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.

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

“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.

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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.

JOLLY BEACH RORT ? AND GAY IENDLY - ANTIGUA FOM

“This nservative Mlim untry means bs when to rejectg homosexualy, both s laws and general public sentiment. “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. “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.

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“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.

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“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.

“Unr state terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy Malaysia rults up to 20 years prison, whippg and f. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry spot #10 on our list, ” 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.