This chart shows the saft and least safe untri for LGBTQ+ travelers acrdg to the Gay Travel Inx 2023.
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THE 15 WORST UNTRI TO BE GAY EUROPE
It jt got a ltle b better to be gay the US. But what about the rt of the world? A recent study shows which untri have gay pri and which close their doors to the LGBT muny * least gay friendly european countries *
Some untri are acceptg, even gay-iendly, and have strong LGBTQ+ protectns such as safeguards that prerve dividuals' rights to marriage and employment.
THE 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
In the world's most homophobic untri, LGBTQI+ liftyl may be illegal and punishable by prison sentenc, lashgs, or the ath penalty. Bee of this breadth, termg each untry's level of LGBTQI+ support requir the parison of many ditors, rangg om whether gay marriage is legal to whether LGBTQI+ dividuals are accepted by the general populatn or subjected to discrimatn and possible vigilante vlence. As of 2022, six untri' legal s specifilly prcribe the ath penalty for the "crime" of homosexualy and another five untri allow for the possibily of the ath penalty.
LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr). Two of the most notable advancements LGBTQI+ rights the US recent s are the legalizatn of gay marriage and the legalizatn of adoptn of children by same-sex upl. Gay marriage legalizatn expand om one state 2004 to all fifty stat 2015 through feral urt lgs, state urt lgs, state legislatn, and direct popular vot.