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The High Court crimaliz gay sex Antigua and Barbuda. Posive step or the precipice of a culture clash? LGBT lols sound off!

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Claimants this se clud a gay man, whom the urt regnized as beg affected by the discrimatory laws, and Women Agast Rape, a civil society anizatn om Antigua and Barbuda that provis rmatn, tn, general support, and direct servic to the LGBT muny.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: HIGH COURT DECRIMALIZ GAY SEX

Answer 1 of 9: Do anyone have an sight on Gay Life Antigua? Difficult to fd current rmatn. Thanks * gay life in antigua and barbuda *

At least 68 untri the world still crimalize gay sex. Gay Life Antigua. Do anyone have an sight on Gay Life Antigua?

Re: Gay Life Antigua. I have been travelg to Guatemala for several years and I have been surprised om the begng at the large gay muny Antigua and at Lake Atilan.

While the make up of Guatemala is such that you would thk they wouldn't be tollerant of the gay populatn this seems to be far om realy.

GAY LIFE ANTIGUA - ANTIGUA FOM

Answer 1 of 4: I've been told that gay life is que reprsed Antigua.I will be visg April and would greatly appreciate any bars, rtrants, meetg plac etc. that may exist . Thanks for your help * gay life in antigua and barbuda *

I have numero gay iends Guatemala and there appears to be a tightly nnected group the untry as well. But, bee of fears of beg misunrstood or mistreated I thk the gay muny is more unrground Guatemala than you would fd here the Uned Stat. At Lake Atlan there is one muny that has the name 'gay mounta' but isn't openly lled that except among the open md (om what I see).

There is no open gay life Antigua or Atlan (bars, etc. As the prev poster says, there is a gay work, but you have to fd a way . Every gay person I've met Guatemala is the closet, except for one--and when he told his fay, his father wrapped his hands around his throat and tried to kill him.

ANGUA & BARBUDA ATTUS TOWARD GAYS

That's where Guatemala is vis-a-vis homosexualy. I will add this though, the Guatemalan culture isnt very acceptg those few gays that have e out have gone through a lot of troubl.

There have been stori of the southern parts of the untry, ls touristic areas, where gay men have been attacked- by random people and fay members. I heard this om some of my gay iends the untry.

Is closer to a bathhoe (sex party venue) vers a gay muny center... What this guy really wants is a 'gay sex mune' where everyone else pays his bills... But a gay hippie basilly...

ARE THERE ANY GAY IENDLY PLAC ANTIGUA? - ANTIGUA FOM

It don’t take long to discern the public attus of the tw island-natns of Antigua and Barbuda toward homosexualy.

Although persecutn of gay people is exprsly forbidn by the Constutn there are still reports of discrimatn and homophobic vlence. A recent opn article the lol news paper, Caribarena Antigua, tried to rry a balanced perspective about gay cizens.

“…to set the pace that , the smaller, ls fluential Gay Antiguans and Barbudans n follow makg this untry a place where we n all live together peace and harmony, whout fear of prejudice or even ath… everyone is different and we should not try to change an dividual to su ourselv. However, vehement as the flty and clumsy ments were agast LGBT people, the outward public meanor toward gays is more live-and-let live. It unlikely any gay or lbian uple would be turned away om a gut hoe or refed service at a rtrant.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA STRIK DOWN LAW CRIMALIZG GAY SEX VICTORY FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY

But for a native gay or lbian uple their liv would be shroud hidg om neighbors and fay.

Ernment report claimed that native homophobia hibs the operatn of HIV-posive persons to seek treatment. ” He thks the Antigua & Barbuda public is growg more “tolerant of the rights of gays, lbians and transsexuals but dismissed as melodramatic suggtns that they are unsafe here.

Further prsure to reform the law me om a US reprentative at the UN, Charl Blaha, who stated, “we urge Antigua & Barbuda to crimalize homosexual nduct by reformg the penal so that for the purpos of prosecutn, gross cency would not apply to private acts between nsentg adults.

TOP GAY DTATNS: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

So the stggle agast relign-based bigotry and secular ignorance go on as seen this opn ment om an anti-gay rear: “The moral law of God is eply rooted our hearts, and so we will not ndone such acts that are ntrary to the law of God, whose standards we ought to emulate, and not those of men. Anyone terted the ndn and circumstance of LGBT people the Caribbean should read the report issued by the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn 2011. It is a plete report that lists the gay-iendly as well as homophobic stat the Caribbean.

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