Activists nmn vlence agast LGBTQ muny St. Vcent, where gay sex is illegal | AP News

Contents:

• A MALAYALI GAY'S REVELATNS
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

A MALAYALI GAY'S REVELATNS

Opn on homosexualy. I'm a 17yo gay guy. Jijo Kuriakose cid to reveal to his parents that he was gay when they started lookg for a bri for him.

In Kerala, people belongg to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny have so far been “visible”.

The Supreme Court lg that recrimalized homosexualy has been a big setback for LGBTs. How is life for openly gay or lbian people who liv kerala?

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Is there anyone r/kerala or anyone who knows someone who are openly gay or lbian livg their life peacefully kerala. How is the work life, datg scen, and the cln by their immediate social circle, jt cur to know bee i have never met an openly homosexual person kerala irl.

Jt knows about a Mlim lbian uple and a gay uple through sta reels and that's . Nived and Rahim would probably be the first gay uple om the State to get married after the Constutn Bench of the Supreme Court.

” In s epoch-makg judgement, a five-member Bench of the apex urt crimalised nsensual sex between adults of same urt held that the sectn would not apply to nsensual same-sex acts between homosexuals, lbians, and other sexual mori. Every day, we get phone lls om gay people who are facg unimagable societal and faial prsure to get married to a woman, ” he lbian marriagNo lbian marriag have taken place Kerala so far. A majory n’t accept gay marriag even now.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

It is important to brg about equaly the rights of cisgenr-heterosexuals and transgenr-homosexual muny Prijh P K, founr of Queerythm The Queer Pri March India began after the 2009 judgement of Delhi High Court, which cid to strike down Sectn 377, statg vlat our fundamental rights to life, liberty and equaly. For example, the recently married Malayali gay uple Sonu and Nikh has no adoptn rights, and n’t claim anythg as per our laws of herance.

We need more polil engagements Chju Aswathy, Intersex rights activist Queer Pri March puts forward an ia lled 'polics of happs' and has been addrsg homophobia and patriarchy. This story happens at a time when terms like LGBT and gay rights were not so easily ed – Kerala. He read about gay men other parts of the world but didn't know what to do wh his own feelgs.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

He didn't want his words changed, even a slight misquote uld offend, for homosexualy is still a very sensive topic Kerala. I was lerally nng away om the evable arranged marriage, which is one of the biggt headach for Indian gays and lbians.

But you slowly realise that you nnot give up your Indian inty or Malayali inty jt bee you are gay. It's an tegral part of your gay inty. "Wt has progrsed a lot on LGBT rights and gay marriag are legalised Ameri.

So, gay rights mastream Ameri do not tomatilly trickle down to immigrants there. It is his tobgraphy – perhaps the first by a gay man om Kerala – that an Indian rear would fd trigug, his gay life spanng through Kerala, Bengalu, Kanpur, Delhi and the US. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”In July 2019, two gay men om St.

Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. ”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

It is hard for me as a gay this untry. ”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable. ”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici. Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers  the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep.