Many Ethpians fear that homosexuals and other Wtern tourists are takg advantage of the poverty and the large orphan populatn Ethpia. SOURCE: CAPITAL ETHIOPIA Ever sce the news of the gay nference went public, Ethpians have been discsg the issue maly on digal platforms such as Facebook. Most of the statements on the social…
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- ETHPIA TOUR FOR GAY, LBIAN TRAVELERS JEOPARDY AMID BACKLASH OM FAH GROUPS
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ADDIS ABABA
- ETHPIAN CHURCH OPPOSE GAY TRAVEL PANY'S TOUR PLANS
- ETHPIA RELIG ANGER OVER US GAY TOUR PLAN
- ETHPIA TO BAN GAY TOURISTS OM ANCIENT RELIG S
- ETHPIAN CHURCH OPPOSE GAY TRAVEL PANY'S TOUR PLANS
- RELIG LEARS WARN GAY TOURISTS: ETHPIA MIGHT KILL YOU
- ETHPIA | GAY TOURISTS THREATENED WH ATH
ETHPIA TOUR FOR GAY, LBIAN TRAVELERS JEOPARDY AMID BACKLASH OM FAH GROUPS
Relig groups Ethpia are urgg thori to ban a trip anised by US-based travel pany that ters to gay men and lbians * gay tourism ethiopia *
Chigo-based Toto Tours’ 16-day trip to Ethpia is due to take place at the end of October and clus relig s such as the Debre Berhan Selassie Gondar and the ancient ve monasteri the mountas of relig groups the untry are urgg the Ethpian ernment to ban the pany om visg relig s, warng that gay travellers uld face vlence. Speakg at a prs nference on Monday, Dereje Negash, vice chairman of Silte Mihret Uned Associatn, an Ethpian Orthodox Church anisatn, said that gay travellers wh Toto Tours, “will be damaged, they uld even die”, if they vis Ethpia. It has also n tours to Uganda and Tanzania, both of which currently crimalise homosexual an email to AFP, Toto Tours print Dan Ware said the pany had been “terribly misunrstood”, and lled for protectn for the tour group om both the US State Department and the Ethpian tourism mistry.
”John Tanzella, CEO of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA), said the suatn showed how much work there was still to be done to achieve equaly, and that the travel dtry uld play an important role facilatg change. Earlier this year was crimalised Angola, jog 21 other Ain untri (acrdg to Amnty Internatnal) cludg Burka Faso, Republic of the Congo and Mali, where homosexualy has never been agast the law. You are ls than animals, ” reads one email Ware received this week as print of Toto Travel, which aniz trips for gay and lbian travelers, as well as their close iends and fay.
We are warng those Ethpians who are operatg wh this evil thg, ” Tiguhan Kis Tagay Tale, the secretary general of the Inter-Relig Council of Ethpia, said at a June 3 news nference. Sexual activy by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people is punishable wh jail time, and 97% of Ethpians thk homosexualy should not be accepted by society, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center data.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ADDIS ABABA
CHICAGO (RNS) — A trip to Ethpia planned by a Chigo-based tour pany for gay and lbian travelers is jeopardy amid a backlash primarily om relig groups the Ain untry, where homosexualy is crimalized. * gay tourism ethiopia *
I want say much about sexual orientatn and addn to this much more about the circumstanc of gay people terms of the law of the untry of Ethpia as well as culture and relign. So I want emphasise to Ethpian gays and lbians that ternatnal human rights missns mt force this ernment to rpect and accept each and every persons agendas Ethpia.
ETHPIAN CHURCH OPPOSE GAY TRAVEL PANY'S TOUR PLANS
* gay tourism ethiopia *
I know plenty gays people and outsi of Addis, pecially around Piazza, Arat Kilo, Ambassador Theatre hoe, provce Bahar Dar, Awasa, Nazareth, Dera Dawa, there are many plac that you fd gay people.
ETHPIA RELIG ANGER OVER US GAY TOUR PLAN
LGBT Rights Ethpia: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay tourism ethiopia *
“Y, when I me to South Ai I was thkg that homosexualy is as a disease or abnormaly, but now I unrstand that is natural, so each and every person mt unrstand as this is a part of nature.
ETHPIA TO BAN GAY TOURISTS OM ANCIENT RELIG S
Orthodox relig lears Ethpia on Monday lled on the ernment to block a US gay travel pany om tourg the untry's ancient s. * gay tourism ethiopia *
The maximum sentence n also be applied when the victim is subjected to acts of celty or sadism; when the offenr transms a venereal disease although fully aware of beg fected wh ; when an adult is charged wh mtg homosexual acts wh persons unr 15 years of age; or when distrs, shame or spair driv the victim to mtg suici.
Berhane Mkel Abebe, the Ethpian reprentative on the UN Commtee on Non-Governmental Oganisatns, said his untry voted agast ILGA january bee homosexualy is a crime punishable by imprisonment Ethpia. A 2007 Global Attus survey on the subject revealed that almost all (97 percent) Ethpians believe homosexualy should be rejected by society, which was the send-hight percentage rejectg homosexualy among the 44 untri surveyed, exceed only by Mali wh 98 percent.
ETHPIAN CHURCH OPPOSE GAY TRAVEL PANY'S TOUR PLANS
Ethpian church groups are angry a US-based gay tourist operator plans to vis relig s. * gay tourism ethiopia *
It has been replaced by a meetg between Health Mister, Tewodros Adanom, and relig lears om the Ethpian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, the Ethpian Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelil church that end wh dispute over whether or not to ban the ntental gay nference. Ethpia’s crimal law strictly prohibs any form of homosexualy on grounds that the behavr go agast the untry’s cultural norms and is not a sexual practice or liftyle that should be ndoned. “Homosexual or same sex marriage and uhil activi the untry are nsired crimal and the person who engag the activy would be sentenced to three to 10 years imprisonment.
RELIG LEARS WARN GAY TOURISTS: ETHPIA MIGHT KILL YOU
Toto Tours' missn is to provi small group adventure travel opportuni for gay men, lbians, their close iends and adult fay members, and to promote unrstandg and acceptance through teractn wh fellow travelers and other cultur around the world. * gay tourism ethiopia *
Explore Gay Rooms & Rentals Addis Abababt ratedmisterb&b munyAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn.
ETHPIA | GAY TOURISTS THREATENED WH ATH
ADDIS ABABA - Ethpia's relig lears on Monday urged the ernment to block a US gay travel pany om tourg the untry's ancient s, and one group warned visg homosexuals uld face vlence. * gay tourism ethiopia *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)Censorship✖ State-enforcedNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsConversn Therapy✖ Not banned. The Chigo-based Toto Tours pany is Self-scribed as “the only gay tour pany existence” has been operatg wh the same ownership and management for almost three s.