'Welg, but not affirmg': beg gay and Christian

Contents:

• GAYS NOT WELE
• WHE GAYS AND JEWS NOT WELE? FIRED DIVERSY OFFICIAL SU LLEGE FOR '-CENTERG WHENS'
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAYS NOT WELE: THE MSAGE OM SHOPS ONE OF SYDNEY'S PKT SUBURBS
• GAY CATHOLICS: WELE THE CHURCH OR NOT?
• GAYS NOT WELE, SAYS ERDOGAN
• NO GAY PEOPLE SOCHI, MAYOR CLAIMS
• GAYS NOT WELE – ERDOGAN
• SUPER BOWL-BOUND 49ER SAYS GAYS NOT WELE ON HIS TEAM
• WELG GAYS: HOW DO I DO THAT?
• GAYS NOT WELE

GAYS NOT WELE

Acrdg to Michaelangelo Signorile, the edor-at-large for the Huffgton Post’s Gay Voic sectn, the worst stat are cltered the Midwt and the Bible Belt South.

Along wh Mississippi, Alabama is one of eight so-lled “No Promo Homo” stat, wh laws that “exprsly forbid teachers om discsg gay and transgenr issu, ” acrdg to GLSEN. Alabama’s laws go a b further than most: The state’s sex tn program mandat that “class mt emphasize, a factual manner and om a public health perspective, that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state. ” Then aga, he’s hardly the bt thory when to matters of health, as Perry recently pared homosexualy to alholism: “I may have the geic dg that I’m cled to be an alholic, but I have the sire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

New Orleans is a highlight of gay culture the south, wh the cy’s six-day Southern Dence ftival among the bt pri celebratns the world. Like Texas, Louisiana ntu to enforce s unnstutnal sodomy ban, votg April (by a wi 66-to-27 majory) to keep s anti-gay legislatn. Gtrex has been orchtratg a “seri of stgs, which an unrver policeman woos an unspectg gay man back to his apartment for sex and then mak an arrt.

WHE GAYS AND JEWS NOT WELE? FIRED DIVERSY OFFICIAL SU LLEGE FOR '-CENTERG WHENS'

” If you’re a gay person livg Oh, Michigan, Kentucky or Tennsee, make sure to thank Louisiana’s urts for helpg set a precent. Tennsee is one of the eight “Don’t Say Gay” stat, as well as rankg high e equaly and poverty and low public support for same-sex marriage.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

Gay Tennseans are also ls likely to know someone like them, as the state has the fourth-smallt percentage of LGBT cizens. While havg more gays than those others, the state has a disproportnately high hate crime rate, wh one survey rankg Michigan as high as send the natn. This wave of anti-LGBT vlence is part of the reason why Detro was named the most dangero cy the natn for gay travelers, and the survey also ced the metro area’s dwdlg number of gay bars and high poverty rate.

“It is still legal to fire people Michigan for beg gay, we n not marry, nnot adopt, and the ernor signed away domtic partner benefs for LGBT public employe, ” Garcia said. MoswA planned party and rally support of gay rights was lled off this week, after protters shouted homophobic slogans and hurled eggs and bottl at workers preparg for the event.

GAYS NOT WELE: THE MSAGE OM SHOPS ONE OF SYDNEY'S PKT SUBURBS

A lear of the anti-gay monstratn lled a “peaceful prott agast s, ” but police said turned rowdy when gays began showg up for their rally. Mosw officials said a major gay pri para planned for later this month would also be nceled bee of the disorr might provoke. A statement on the Saddleback Church webse clar, “someone unwillg to repent of their homosexual liftyle would not be accepted at a member at Saddleback Church.

Do not be ceived: Neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostut, nor homosexual offenrs, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor slanrers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God. Bee membership a church is an outgrowth of acceptg the Lordship and learship of J one’s life, someone unwillg to repent of their homosexual liftyle would not be accepted at a member at Saddleback Church.

GAY CATHOLICS: WELE THE CHURCH OR NOT?

Silin Valley muny llege officials said "Whe gays and lbians" were not wele s LGBT center, lled Jews "Whe opprsors" and refed repeated requts to addrs antisemism, and forced staff to mouth a "land acknowledgment" that misintified lol digeno trib, acrdg to a former diversy official. "I am not tryg to make this a space for Whe gays and lbians" bee they "have the whole mp already, " Franc Caparas allegedly said at a team meetg, and Lee's program ordator, Tony Santa Ana, agreed the "whole center is for people of lor. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.

GAYS NOT WELE, SAYS ERDOGAN

The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law. “In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.

“Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Prime Mister Jt T promoted clivy by marchg Toronto’s Pri Para and beme the untry’s first Prime Mister to vis a gay bar.

Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe. Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson. It was ranked so highly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

NO GAY PEOPLE SOCHI, MAYOR CLAIMS

“This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy.

GAYS NOT WELE – ERDOGAN

“In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson. “Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

SUPER BOWL-BOUND 49ER SAYS GAYS NOT WELE ON HIS TEAM

“In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry. “Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.

WELG GAYS: HOW DO I DO THAT?

“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus. Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are also banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims.

That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist.

GAYS NOT WELE

“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson. “Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society.

Currently, Kenyan law stat that same-sex terurse between mal rults 14 years prison, while all other homosexual acts between mal are punished wh five years imprisonment, ” says Fergson. “However, the crimalizatn of gay sex is beg discsed wh the ernment, which would likely bolster LGBTQ+ travel to the untry.