Victori for gay rights some parts of the world have provoked a backlash elsewhere | Lears
Contents:
- THE GAY DIVI
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- WE N THANK GAY ACTIVISTS FOR TODAY’S EPIMIC OF TRANS NFN
THE GAY DIVI
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Victori for gay rights some parts of the world have provoked a backlash elsewhereTHERE was a teenager Arizona the 1970s who “uld no more image longg to touch a woman than longg to touch a toaster”. But he nvced himself that he was not gay.
Yet now he is married to the man he lov and livg a Virgia suburb where few thk this change attus to homosexualy many untri—not jt the Wt but also Lat Ameri, Cha and other plac—is one of the wonrs of the world (see article). This week Ameri’s Supreme Court gave gay marriage another big boost, by rejectg several challeng to ; most Amerins already live stat where gays n wed. But five untri still execute gay people: Iran hangs them; Sdi Arabia ston them.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * gay leaders in europe *
Gay sex is illegal 78 untri, and a few have recently passed laws that make gay life even grimmer. The gay divi is one of the world’s wist (see article).
In the 1950s gay sex was illegal nearly everywhere. In Bra, on the orrs of a home secretary who vowed to “eradite” , unrver police were sent out to loer bars, entrap gay men and put them jail. In Cha the 1980s homosexuals were round up and sent to labour mps whout trial.
WE N THANK GAY ACTIVISTS FOR TODAY’S EPIMIC OF TRANS NFN
Up to 2,000 protters stormed a gay pri ftival, a untry where anti-LGBT prejudice is mon. * gay leaders in europe *
All around the world gay people lived furtively and fear. Laws banng “sodomy” remaed some Amerin stat until gay sex is legal at least 113 untri. Gay marriag or civil unns are regnised three dozen and parts of others.
In most of the Wt is no longer socially acceptable to be homophobic. Gay life Cha is now both legal and, ci, undisguised.
As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * gay leaders in europe *
Lat Ameri is even more gay-iendly: 74% of Argent and 60% of Brazilians believe that society should accept homosexualy.
South Ai’s nstutn is remarkably pro-gay. The young have tend to lead the way: although only 16% of South Koreans over 50 thk that homosexualy should be accepted, 71% of 18-to 29-year-olds there are still parts of the world where is not safe to be homosexual.