Venezuela's shrkg enomy has sparked an exod of LGBT+ people as the enomic crisis has put the brak on the untry's growg tolerance towards s gay and trans muny, activists told the Thomson Rters Foundatn.
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- IN VENEZUELA, A SOLDIER N BE SENT TO PRISON FOR BEG GAY. THE URTS ULD CHANGE THAT.
- VENEZUELA GAY: THE FOTTEN PARADISE FOR THE MOST ADVENTURO TRAVELLERS
IN VENEZUELA, A SOLDIER N BE SENT TO PRISON FOR BEG GAY. THE URTS ULD CHANGE THAT.
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Arellano ped Venezuela wh a bullet his spe, fleeg across vlent and treachero terras, to have a chance of survival a place providg no guarante of a better last year, when the panmic first began s lethal asslt upon the world, Arellano, a 30-year-old gay man, was walkg home om a iend's at dk.
VENEZUELA GAY: THE FOTTEN PARADISE FOR THE MOST ADVENTURO TRAVELLERS
Arellano says lol police, wh ltle fundg and few rourc, told him they are unable to follow up and are unlikely to do so the Gomez, a gay Venezuelan refugee livg Cucuta, Colombia, ss down after a long day at the hospal where he is currently trag to be a is a mon occurrence Venezuela. In May 2016, the Natnal Assembly unanimoly approved a rolutn tablishg May 17 as the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.
"I was eer to be gay Venezuela, " Enmanuel Perez, one of HIAS's new social workers, explas of livg Pe, where homophobia n be worse than at home. "This was ma abundantly clear when watchg Perez work wh a young gay Venezuelan migrant who had e to HIAS after beg physilly asslted by his Pevian boyiend.
"Unfortunately, many police Pe are homophobic and threaten members of the Venezuelan LGBTQ+ muny wh portatn if they report abe. At all tim of the day, " Gtavo Asta, a gay Venezuelan migrant who is currently out on bail om ICE tentn, tells Out.