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Contents:

• BARBADOS HIGH COURT DECRIMALIZ GAY SEX
• IS BARBADOS GAY-FRIENDLY? | UPDATED JANUARY 2023
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY LIFE BARBADOS
• GAY UPLE VISG BARBADOS - BARBADOS FOM
• GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS BARBADOS - ADULTS ONLY - BARBADOS FOM
• BARBADOS’ TOP URT STRIK DOWN LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX
• BARBADOS’ TOP URT REPEALS LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX

BARBADOS HIGH COURT DECRIMALIZ GAY SEX

Barbados be the third Eastern Caribbean untry 2022 to strike down discrimatory legal provisns and crimalize gay sex, after Antigua and Barbuda and Sat Kts and Nevis. While laws crimalizg same-sex timacy the Caribbean are rarely enforced, they are broad spe, vaguely word, and serve to legimize bias and hostily toward lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people.

A 2018 Human Rights Watch report documented discrimatn, vlence, and prejudice agast LGBT people seven island natns the Eastern Caribbean, cludg Barbados, that crimalized gay sex.

IS BARBADOS GAY-FRIENDLY? | UPDATED JANUARY 2023

Image source, Getty ImagThe High Court Barbados has stck out their laws that crimalised gay prev laws om 1992, while rarely voked, mand a life sentence for those found guilty of havg nsensual same-sex High Court Barbados has stck out their laws that crimalised gay prev laws, while rarely voked, mand a life sentence for those found guilty of havg nsensual same-sex relatns. "In short, [the lg means] we n no longer prosecute persons unr the two sectns, " he said, addg that charg for offenc relatg to nsensual gay sex uld no longer be mataed.

"This "historic" lg was scribed as "a signifint step towards protectg the human rights and digny of LBGT people Barbados, " acrdg to Luisa Cabal, of the jot Uned Natns programme on HIV/ add that "will also strengthen the untry's HIV rponse by helpg to rce stigma and discrimatn faced by LGBT people and creasg the uptake of HIV ttg, treatment and preventn servic" least 66 untri the world still crimalise gay sex, acrdg to Human Rights Watch.

However, when you Google Barbados and gay, the first thg that pops up, other than Mount Gay Rum (the world’s olst mercial m distillery), is “illegal, ” “life imprisonment, ” and that LGBT people Barbados do not enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people. Barbados has tradnally been known for beg anti-gay and not very gay welg, pecially sce they still have anti-sodomy laws that punish “buggery” wh a life sentence.

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

[ PLEASE SEE our December 30th 2022 Update Below]That said, LGBTQ visors generally do not face any physil danger Barbados, but they may face prejudicial treatment om people that aren’t que ready to embrace the gay muny. Alex St John, a Barbadian currently livg Toronto, mented that Barbados is fe wh the gays, jt like lots of plac the world, but ’s important to rpect their relig culture, and to be rpectful of the people around you when you are exprsg yourself to your partner.

Tony Chanthavong, a Canadian who lived there for ne months on a work assignment, mented that there were no gay bars and that he only knew where the popup “bh parti” were after he ma some gay islanr iends. 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. 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.

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“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. 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. “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.

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“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. “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.

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“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. “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.

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.

BARBADOS’ TOP URT STRIK DOWN LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX

“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. In fact, Jamai was lled ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’ by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today.

BARBADOS’ TOP URT REPEALS LAWS THAT CRIMALIZE GAY SEX

I have read about not drawg attentn to is public which is fe but some people have allud to the fact that the staff may treat homosexual upl wh ntempt?

Ironilly, is now the Brish of a very different generatn who are ercg all former UK terrori to change urse and remove anti-gay laws om the books. Brish Prime Mister David Cameron has announced if Barbados expects to ntue receivg fancial aid om Bra laws that discrimate agast homosexuals will have to be reversed.