Equalx is a llaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) movement, visualizg LGBTQ+ rights through maps, timel, and data.
Contents:
- BT GAY IENDLY UNTRI OF THE WORLD - LGBT TRAVEL LAWS AUGT 2023
- GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
- THE ARE THE 10 MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
BT GAY IENDLY UNTRI OF THE WORLD - LGBT TRAVEL LAWS AUGT 2023
* gay friendly countries map *
Equalx's Equaly Inx is a ratg om 0 to 100 (wh 100 beg the most equal) to help visualize the legal rights and public attus towards LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex... The LGBT legal x measur the current legal stat of 13 different issu rangg om the legal stat of homosexualy, same-sex marriage, transgenr rights, LGBT discrimatn protectns, LGBT censorship laws, and more.
GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
Bt gay iendly untri clu Canada, Portugal, Swen and Atria. Fd gay and LGBT+ travel rankg across the world. This rankg is based on 14 different paramters like civil rights, discrimatn and persecutn by Spartac LGBT+ Travel. See a visual map of travel eedom rankgs on the world map. * gay friendly countries map *
Each topic is assigned a "total possible sre" and a "sre" is assigned based the stat of the law g a ratg sle that rang om 0% to 100% (for example, if homosexualy is legal, would would receive a sre of 100, but if 's illegal, would receve a sre of 0. A untry is nsired gay-iendly based on how accepetg they are to the gay muny and whether or not the laws their muny are supportive of gay issu. While a untry may legally support gay dividuals, laws alone are not a sole ditor of beg gay-iendly.
Addnally, gay-iendly untri are ranked based on how members of the gay experience their liv the natn. Canada was one of the first untri to pass signifint anti-discrimatn laws to protect gay dividuals. The ci of Toronto, Montreal and Vanuer are home to the largt gay and queer populatn North Ameri.
New Zealand was one of the first untri to offer gay iendly travel cerfitns for the hospaly dtry 1998. The untry has also embraced gay-ienly legislatn, providg the right to gay marriage, the right for gay upl to adopt, the right to serve openly the ary, and equal hog and employment protectns. Over the s that followed, Iceland has passed several gay-iendly laws such as those that target anti-discrimiatn, fair adoptn, equal age of nsent, and gay marriage.
THE ARE THE 10 MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI
That tradn has rried over to the morn world makg Greece and wele statn for the LGBTQ+ muny, Mykonos particular along wh several other major ci and islands are the centers of Grecian gay nightlife. Portugal is one of the most nonchalant untri when to same-sex PDA and is very progrsive when to gay marriage and genr inty.
A 2019 Eurobarometer poll showed that 80% of Portugal’s populatn support equal rights for lbian, gay and bisexual people. 79% of people Atralia feel society should accept homosexualy, makg the fifth mosy acceptg untry the world. It’s a qutn that’s top of md for many gay travelers as they nsir where to go and evaluate the world’s saft and most dangero plac.
Sourc clu Human Rights Watch, the Gallup World Poll and ILGA (the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Associatn), jt to name a few. The Fergsons started trackg the saft and most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019 and have been updatg the story annually sce then.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
“They were one of the first untri to legalize same-sex marriage, they have nstutnal anti-discrimatn protectns and the majory of Canadians report that is a safe place to live for gay and lbian people. Acrdg to the LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx, Bnei is the most dangero untry for gay travelers 2023, followed by Sdia Arabia and Nigeria. “Neverthels, there are other stat where gay, trans and non-bary people are targets, both legislatively and their day-to-day liv, ” he says.
Some of the notable chang sce Fergson started dog this report 2019: 15 new untri have eher legalized gay marriage or allowed same-sex upl to register as civil unns. And the past 12 months alone, Swzerland, Slovenia and Cuba have legalized gay marriage, while Sgapore, Sat Kts & Nevis, Barbados and Antigua & Barbuda crimalized same-sex relatnships.