Brazilians learned they have a gay ernor; LGBTQ acceptance is expandg some untri; and Chile adopted full marriage equaly.
Contents:
- THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
- I'M A GAY TRAVEL WRER AND THK THE ARE THE 5 SAFT, MOST QUEER-IENDLY CARIBBEAN TRAVEL STATNS
- THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS
- GAY PRI PARA DOMIN REPUBLIC: SHIFT THE UNTRY’S CULTURE?
- GAY CARIBBEAN
THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
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13, 2019Venue: The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, New York Cy (208 W 13 Street, New York, NY 10011)Organizatn: Caribbean Equaly Project (CEP). The exhib ntribut to New York Cy’s immigrant history by expandg on Caribbean immigrant and first-generatn Caribbean-Amerin experienc, through explorg Queer, Transgenr, and Genr non-nformg multimedia retrospective shows the pneerg work of Caribbean activists, anizers, and artists who set the foundatn for victori wh the Caribbean LGBTQ+ diasporic muny, and their ntributns to the broar LGBTQ+ liberatn movements of New York Cy, cludg Caribbean Pri, Sistas of Caribbean Anctry (SOCA), Curry Club NYC, Chutney Pri, Urban N' Out, the Gay Caribbean USA Pageant, and Caribbean Equaly "Queer Caribbeans of NYC" exhibn documents 30 years of racial and cultural tersectn of Caribbean LGBTQ rights activists wh an extensive reposory of never-before-seen photographs, news footage, posters, oral histori, and vios featurg terviews wh well-rpected Caribbean LGBTQ rights advot.
The timele nclus wh a look to the future of LGBTQ+ rights the Caribbean diaspora, through the lens of Tridadian photographer and filmmaker Masheka Joseph’s origal portras of over twenty notable LGBTQ activists, artists and amics of Caribbean herage and/or pneerg exhibn opened on September 7, 2019, at the inic Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center New York Cy and is on view until October 13, 2019. Organizatn OverviewThe Caribbean Equaly Project (CEP) is a Queens, New York-based anizatn that empowers and strengthens margalized voic of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people of Caribbean orig and scent through advocy, muny anizg, tn, and cultural and social programmg. Am and Assistant Kaem Robson of the Caribbean Equaly Project, this exhibn is ma possible through the genero support of The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center of New York Cy, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archiv at LaGuardia Communy College/CUNY, the New York Cy Council, through the office of Daniel Dromm, the Queens Memory at Queens Public Library, and NAWS Central Queens.
Homophobia is still rampant, and some sectors and ernments, may be tensifyg. A new report documented the enomic sts of homo- and transphobia the Caribbean, and the numbers are staggerg. On the posive si, Brazilians learned they have a gay ernor; evince is surfacg that LGBTQ acceptance is expandg some untri; the stat of LGBTQ people sports ntu to make posive headl; and Chile adopted full marriage equaly.
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(Homophobic) Culture is Not Static.
In those untri, mpaigns by homo- and transphob seem not to make huge roads.
THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS
In the ls-acceptg untri, the mpaigns by homo and transphobic movements may have a greater impact than elsewhere.
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GAY PRI PARA DOMIN REPUBLIC: SHIFT THE UNTRY’S CULTURE?
One of the report’s novatns is to study the st of homophobia and transphobia by surveyg the diasporic muny, among other mographics. Many English-speakg Caribbean natns have LGBTQ-uniendly ndns, cludg bans on homosexualy, non-regnn of civil unns, and high-levels of public tolerance. 71K) held s first Gay Pri July.
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LGBT activists hailed this lg as a landmark se that uld prompt the ernment to crimalize homosexualy. State-Led Homophobia Contu to Be Another Vis of Our Time.
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