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Contents:

• GAYTHER ROURC
• TONGA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• GAY VOLLEYBALL ACH TOLD HE ULD BE SEEN AS A ‘DANGER’ TO CHILDREN BY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
• WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH PACIFIC

GAYTHER ROURC

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Same-sex marriage Tonga is not legal Sce homosexual activy is illegal Tonga, same-sex marriage is not legal. Ambiguo Homosexualy is illegal there.

TONGA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

In 2013, the Supreme Court refed to grant ctody of a child to a gay man.

GAY VOLLEYBALL ACH TOLD HE ULD BE SEEN AS A ‘DANGER’ TO CHILDREN BY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

The ath has sent shock wav through the small untry and through s LGBTQI+ muny, who hope that will spur actn to tackle homophobic attus and to repeal thediscrimatory laws the those who have e to pay tribute is a member of the untry’s royal fay, Prcs Freri Tua, who stggl through tears as she speaks about her close iend of nearly 20 years.

In popular tourist statns like Samoa and Cook Islands, homosexual sex acts are punishable by a prison, which has hosted fa’afafe – unrstood wtern terms as the third, non-bary genr – bety pageants sce the 1970s, only repealed laws crimalisg the “impersonatn” of femal 2013. There’s absolutely nothg for the leī, we’re seen as a lower class of animals such as a dog, ” said Brown, the -secretary of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA World), works hand--hand wh LGBTQ+ groups the Pacific to help lobby for law reform.

WHY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE NO GAY PARADISE

’”Fonua's time R was tated by an article published by the Daily Beast which an edor, Ni H, who is straight, posed as a gay man to engage wh athlet the Olympic Village on hookup apps such as Grdr and Jack’ article was later eded — and eventually taken down — but the origal versn clud potentially intifyg rmatn about the Olympians wh whom H matched, some of whom me om natns where homosexualy is unrstood the damage H’ story uld flict more than most: He was openly gay when he peted R, though homosexualy was at the time — and still is — technilly illegal Tonga, punishable by up to 10 years prison. “As an out gay athlete om a untry that is still very homophobic, @thedailybeast ought to be ashamed, ” he posted, nmng H for “preyg on closeted people who n’t live their tth yet. "Though Tonga’s bans on homosexualy and cross-drsg are seldom enforced, the society is eply Christian and socially nservative.

“We still have people dyg om homophobia, and that’s what happened to Poli, ” he said, though the circumstanc surroundg the killg are still beg vtigated.

”It’s not lost on him that other untri where LGBTQ people are persecuted are reward wh ternatnal sportg, which outlaws “gay propaganda, ” hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. And Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by up to three years jail and Mlims of any sexual orientatn n technilly be put to ath for extramaral sex, will host the World Cup 2022 and the FINA World Aquatics Champnships 2023.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH PACIFIC

When the 2022 soccer champnships were announced 2010, then-FIFA Print Sepp Blatter suggted gay players and fans “rea om any sexual activi” while Qatar.

“We have huge global sportg events untri that have terrible human rights rerds and that discrimate agast or even crimalize gay people, ” Fonua said.

Tonga has a LGBT+ travel rank of 154 wh a total gay travel sre of 27. Adoptg children is not allowed for Gay people Tonga.