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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VENEZUELA GAY: THE FOTTEN PARADISE FOR THE MOST ADVENTURO TRAVELLERS
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LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - 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 that Venezuela was ever an easy place to be years, Daniel Arzola endured homophobic abe om his neighbors Maray, a cy the north of Venezuela. Homophobic slogans were dbed on the walls of his hoe and he was shouted at the street. ”There are no official figur on the number of gay or trans migrants, but acrdg to the Uned Natns’ refugee agency, three ln people have fled Venezuela, wh the majory headg for neighborg the past three years, the Venezuelan enomy has shnk by a third, rultg what has been scribed as the worst enomic crisis to h the untry s turmoil has phed gay rights to the bottom of the pile of prri, wh fundg for many anizatns and rourc eher rced or cut entirely, a number of LGBT+ Venezuelans told the Thomson Rters Foundatn.