The LGBT Travel Gui (A FABULOUS Gui to Gay Travel • 2023)

Contents:

• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

“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. 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.

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. 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 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.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

“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. “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.

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.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

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.

“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. “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.

LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI

“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. 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.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson. “Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society.

Currently, Kenyan law stat that same-sex terurse between mal rults 14 years prison, while all other homosexual acts between mal are punished wh five years imprisonment, ” says Fergson.

LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

In fact, Jamai was lled ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’ by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Gallup World Poll (0 to +100 pots) — In the Gallup poll, dividuals were asked, “Is the cy or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for gay and lbian people? We gave this factor a negative double weightg bee the fact that homosexualy is illegal and n receive the ath sentence means that the laws of the untri are extremely unfavorable for LGBTQ+ people.

While gay marriage is still banned, Japan is makg progrs toward the acceptance of same-sex marriage, and gay upl n now register a domtic partnership as of November 2022. The most homophobic untri (where homosexualy is illegal) are also often severe human rights vlators, ually penalizg male/male sexualy and/or trans women most harshly. For stance, ’s illegal to be gay Jamai; the “buggery law, ” which is leftover om the lonial era, allows for a sentence of up to 10 years prison, cludg hard labor.

Those lookg for trans- and gay-travel-safe untri should rensir popular vatn statns like Malaysia, Sdi Arabia, Moroc, Myanmar, and Egypt as well as some of the more popular beach the Caribbean, like Sat Lucia and Barbados. – All guilty of an act of homosexualy is punished wh imprisonment of two (2) months to two (2) years and a fe of five hundred (500) to two thoand (2, 000) DA. (1) A person who performs wh a person of the same sex an act rrpondg to the sexual act, or any other cent sexual act, is guilty of homosexual nduct, a Class 7 ser offence, punishable wh a fe term of imprisonment of not ls than 5 years and not more than 7 years.