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Contents:

• NIGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN NIGERIA
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY AI TRAVEL GUI
• OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• THE WORLD'S BT GAY TRAVEL GUI
• BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

NIGERIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

Stori > Experienc > Holidays to Ai: The bt untri Ai for gay travellersAs a haze of terratta dt kicked up om unr the wheels of our Jeep safari fally dissipat, we tch sight of a magil savannah sunset foreground by baby giraff and their parents, legs splayed and necks bent at a waterg hole. BOOK WITH US Cape Town, South Ai | Photo: Joshua EarleLGBTQ Travellers AiA big proviso to gay travel Ai is the legal suatn for the LGBTQ+ muny. Sad to say, over half of all Ain untri homosexualy is still nsired a crimal offence, while, a small mory (Mrania, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan) the ath sentence remas place.

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Don’t let today’s realy le out holidays to Ai however, as there are still ways to travel the ntent safely as a gay person, whout fear.

Capal cy Cape Town, particular, is a hub of all the actn, known Internatnally as the gay pal of Ai for s openns and tolerance of the LGBTQ+ muny. Alongsi Johannburg, Cape Town has one of the largt LGBTQ populatns South Ai, wh a large selectn of gay bars and gay-iendly acmodatns ncentrated around Green Pot, Sea Pot and the De Waterkant than that, Cape Town is rich culture both old and new, on display across s world-class mms and historic plac.

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Instead of havg an official gay village, Johannburg’s gay rabow lours the entire cy, particularly Melville, Parkhurst and Rosebank, as well as wh smaller gay muni Berea, Bloemfonte, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Stellenbosch.

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

As the gay scene grows, so too do the cy’s sleek vertil skyspe, where new archecture is styled to f wh the smopolan liftyl of Joburgers.

For gay travellers, particular, a Seychell vatn is a top choice owg to the islands’ liberal polici that protect LGBT people followg the crimalisatn of “same-sex acts” 2016. Gay travellers who love dty adventur to the wilrns will love Madagasr, where Morondava’s inic Avenue of the Baobabs lks the island’s beach to s trekkg regns, such as the Anja Communy Rerve or the climbg paradise of Tsgy Bemaraha Strict Nature Rerve. South Ai | Photo: RedcharlieOutsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V6.

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Outsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V. Today, homosexualy remas outlawed natnwi (and subject to a short jail term) but the realy is that the laws are sporadilly enforced and tourist hubs are given leeway, allowg for a small yet vibrant Marrakech gay scene. After tourg the markets, mosqu and palac of Marrakech, jump off on excursns to the Atlas Mountas of the bt untri Ai has to offer for gay travellers, Marrakech is bt seen the shoulr seasons (March to May; September to November) when the weather is non too srchg (between 22°C and 32°C) and hotels are affordable.

Intrepid gays will be won over by Rwanda’s gged charms as well as s relatively liberal stance on LGBT rights (homosexualy is legal here and the untry is a signatory of the Uned Natn’s nmnatn of vlence towards homosexuals, though discretn is still advisable). Like Rwanda, Mri is a signatory of the anti-discrimatn UN statement and LGBT people are protected the workplace, but outdated laws rema and homosexualy is still illegal spe recent efforts to overturn this.

OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE

While there is a long way to go and lol gay people are still subjected to stigma, social attus are startg to turn and, as a tourist, you’re unlikely to experience problems other than the absence of any gay your trip the pal of Port Louis, enjoyg the beach by day and the wateront bars, rtrants and shops by night. Coral reefs edge the island, makg for fantastic scuba divg and snorkellg, or otherwise, you n tch a boat to the gay-iendly Rnn Island.

Durg the 3, 200 kilometre Namibia Safari trip for example, passengers go om South Ai’s Pretoria, through the diamond-sh town of Kimberley and onwards across the Kalahari Dert to Namibia, where stops the pal of Wdhoek and the Namib Dert preclu the fal stop at the medieval German town of Swakopmund on Namibia’s bety of journeyg through Ai by tra is pecially salient for gay travellers who otherwise might not feel safe enough to tour each untry dividually.

Though the battle for gay rights is well unrway, homosexualy is still illegal across Kenya and subject to 14 years prison if prosecuted.

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

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The post Put signs law banng transn therapy and surgery Rsia appeared first on Washgton Bla: LGBTQ News, Polics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News. To help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartac has published a new report for lbian, gay, trans, and queer travellers about how gay-iendly a untry is.

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In the 2021 edn, the rankg pared 202 untri and terrori based on the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer people the lotns.

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LGBTQ+ and gay travellers n e this rmatn as a guile to prepare for their gaytn and take the x rankg as an ditor for choosg the holiday statn regardg the lol LGBTQ+ rights. The rankg of the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2020/2021 is based on diverse sourc such as Human Rights Watch, the UN mpaign Free & Equal, and llected rmatn about human rights vlatns of members of the LGBTQ+ muny throughout the past year. 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.

BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

“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. “Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “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.