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THE MYSTERY OF GAY AMAZONIAWANR THE QUEER STREETS OF IQUOS, THE LARGT CY THE WORLD WH NO ROAD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEFEBARY 23, 2018/2:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2232PX;WIDTH:3968PX;}GTAVO RAMIREZCENTER OF THE AMAZONIAN CY OF IQUOS THE UNTRY OF PEBY MIKE MIKSCHEFEBARY 23, 2018 / 2:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MYSTERY OF GAY AMAZONIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-23T19:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-23T19:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALKG THROUGH THE STREETS OF IQUOS AMID THE HEAT, SMOG, AND BUZZG MOTO-RRIAG, 'S HARD TO IMAGE THERE’D BE A MUNY OF QUEENS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IQUOS LACKS THE QUAT APPEAL OF MORE POPULAR GAY HOTSPOTS: IT’S DIRTY, MBLG, AND WHILE HAS AN TIMATED POPULATN OF MORE THAN HALF A LN PEOPLE, REMAS ACCSIBLE ONLY BY PLANE OR BOAT.DC COLOMBIACYSPE VIEW OF IQUOS, PE WH THE ITAYA RIVER THE BACKGROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON RA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LODGED THE PEVIAN AMAZON OF THE LORETO REGN, IQUOS FEELS MORE LIKE AN EXILE THAN A GAY STATN. BUT ACRDG TO BRISH WRER DILWYN JENKS, WHO WROTE THE ROUGH GUI TO PE, THE FIRST TRAVEL GUI DITED ENTIRELY TO THE UNTRY, IQUOS’ QUEER SCENE IS UNUALLY ACTIVE, FOR A PEVIAN JUNGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOKG AROUND, THERE IS NO SIGN OF A GAY SCENE. PRUMABLY, MT BE HIDN AWAY OM THE PLA SIGHT OF CUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S LTLE EVINCE OF QUEER CULTURE THE CY’S HISTORY EHER, WH ONE EXCEPTN. IQUOS ROSE TO PROMENCE THE 1870S, FOLLOWG A BBER BOOM. IT WAS A PROSPERO TIME FOR THE BBER BARONS, BUT FAR LS SO FOR THE TRAPPERS WHO WERE LOL TRIBMEN AND MIXED INDIGENO-SPANISH SCENTS WORKG, SENCE, AS SLAV. ROGER DAVID CASEMENT WAS TASKED WH VTIGATG THE ILL-TREATMENT OF THE PUTUMAYO INDIANS 1910 AND 1911. THOUGH SUCCSFUL ON MANY LEVELS, CASEMENT WAS LATER HANGED FOR POLIL REASONS AND HIS DIARI WERE LEAKED, WHICH EXPOSED HIM AS A PROMISCUO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO JENKS, THE PRIMARY FLUX OF LGBT PEOPLE N BE ATTRIBUTED TO THEM PG TERRORISM AIMED AT THE MUNY BETWEEN THE MID-1980S TO EARLY ’90S. ESPG OM WHERE EXACTLY, WAS UNCLEAR BASED ON JENKS’ BOOK BUT PRUMABLY OM THE JUNGLE REGN, AND DURG THIS PERD, THEY FACED ATROCI AT THE HANDS OF THE ERNMENT AND GUERRILLA GROUPS SUCH AS SENRO LUMOSO AND MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCNAR TúPAC AMA (MRTA). GAY, TRANSGENR PEOPLE, AND PROSTUT WERE KIDNAPPED, EXECUTED, AND SOME S, MUTILATED. THIS CLUD THE MURR OF EIGHT TRANSGENR WOMEN TARAPOTO ON MAY 31, 1989, WHICH IS NOW BEEN MARKED BY A NATNAL DAY AGAST TRANSPHOBIA AND HOMOPHOBIA PE.EVANS/THREE LNS/GETTYCIR 1955: IQUOS ON THE BANKS OF THE AMAZONAS RIVER. (PHOTO BY EVANS/THREE LNS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EVINCE OF TERROR AIMED AT THE LGBT MUNY IS DOCUMENTED, BUT FDG OFFICIAL REPORTS OR STATEMENTS THAT TRACE THEIR ROUTE OM DANGERO REGNS TO IQUOS PROVED TO BE ULS. BY ALL ACUNTS, JENKS IS A RELIABLE SOURCE, BUT ’S CUR THAT THERE IS NO OTHER KNOWN RERD OF THIS MIGRATN. JENKS DIED UNEXPECTEDLY 2014, AND THE LLEAGUE REFERENCED HIS OBUARY WAS UNFAIAR WH THIS B OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEVIAN LGBT ACTIVIST, GEE HALE WHO IS THE FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR PROMOTN AND DEFENSE FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (PROMOSEX), KNOWS NOTHG ABOUT THIS MIGRATN:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SOME PEOPLE OM THE MOUNTAS E TO JUNGLE, MAYBE,” HALE SAYS OF A MIGRATN. “BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ME TO THE AST, TO LIMA, TO AREQUIPA, TO PIURA, NNG OM TERRORISM. MAYBE SOME OF THEM WENT TO THE JUNGLE, BUT TERRORISM WAS THE JUNGLE AS WELL. I DON’T THK THEY WOULD REALLY GO TO LORETO OR TO ALL THOSE PLAC BEE THEY KNEW THAT TERRORISTS WERE THERE AS WELL.”BRENT STIRTON/GETTYIQUITOS, PERU - JUNE 08: A VIEW OF THE RIVERSI ON JUNE 8, 2007 IQUOS, PE. THIS PRISTE RIVER AND MASSIVE RART IS UNR THREAT OM ASTCTURE VELOPMENT PE. THE ACHUAR INDIAN PEOPLE OF THIS NORTHERN REGN RECENTLY WON A LEGAL BATTLE WH ARGENTIAN OIL GIANT PLPETROL TO STOP THEM DUMPG WASTE OIL WATER, SO LLED "HOT-WATER" TO THEIR WATER SUPPLY. THE AMOUNT IS TIMATED AT AROUND 500 000 BARRELS A DAY OVER A PERD OF 30 YEARS. THIS HAS PLAYED HAVOC WH THE E-SYSTEMS AROUND THE TOWN OF TROMPETEROS. THE OIL PANY HAS YET TO MAKE GOOD ON S PROMIS FOR PAYMENT AND TRANSPARENCY. THE OIL PANY PROVIS THE BULK OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POLLUTED TOWN OF TROMPETEROS AND TH HAS THE LOL ACHUAN POPULATN UNR PRSURE TO NOT PAY ATTENTN TO THE POLLUTN LEVELS. THE ACHUAN PEOPLE ARE FACED WH A CHOICE BETWEEN A CENTURI OLD STAABLE LIFT...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE’S NOT A LOT OF RMATN ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY,” DANNY CORZO NFIRMS. HE’S A REPRENTATIVE OM K’UYCHI AYLLU, AN LGBT YOUTH ANIZATN C, WHICH PROMOT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS G TN AND POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE AMBIGUO HISTORY OF THE LGBT MUNY MAK IQUOS SEEM ALL THE MORE MYTHIL, CORZO NFIRMS JENKS’ ACUNT THAT QUEER PEOPLE DID FLEE TO IQUOS. HE CLAIMS TO KNOW THIS NOT OM A REPORT BUT OM WORD OF MOUTH, OM PEOPLE WHO’D PED, OR PEOPLE WHO KNEW PEOPLE WHO’D DONE SO. HE ALSO OFFERS A LOGIL EXPLANATN AS TO WHY: “IQUOS IS A VERY LARGE CY SO WAS EASIER TO HI THERE AND WAS EASIER TO GO UNR THE RADAR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO THIS PIECE OF HISTORY, CORZO SAYS THAT PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STORI BEE ’S A NTROVERSIAL TOPIC; THERE ISN’T REARCH ABOUT EHER FOR THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IQUOS IS NO DOUBT NDUCIVE TO GAY LIFE. LORETO, WH IQUOS AS S PAL, WAS THE FIRST REGN TO TRODUCE ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS EXCLIVELY FOR LGBT PEOPLE BACK 2010. THE CY ALSO HAS S OWN PRI CELEBRATNS AT THE END OF JUNE, GOG TO S THIRTEENTH YEAR. ACRDG TO HALE, PRI IS WELE BY THE RINTS OF THE TOWNCY ISY THAT ISN’T MOST OTHER REGNS OF THE UNTRY. AS A WHOLE, HE NOT HOW NIGHTLIFE THE CY IS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU N GO TO ANY DIS AND JT BE PART OF THE SOCIETY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE THAT SEPARATN BETWEEN GAYS AND LBIANS, TRANS—EVERYTHG IS QUE THE SAME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREDDY REVOREDO HAS LIVED IQUOS HIS WHOLE LIFE AND HAS, AT TIM, WORKED AS A GAY GUI FOR TOURISTS VISG THE CY. HIS PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRS APPEARED AT THE BOTTOM OF AN ONLE FOM ABOUT GAY IQUOS. IT WAS THE ONLY REAL ENTRY. THOUGH HE HASN’T HAD ANY CTOMERS LAST YEAR, PREV YEARS HE’S WELED VISORS OM CANADA, THE UNED STAT, ATRALIA, AND CHA.MIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REVOREDO EXPLAS THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS S OWN GAY AREA WH GAY CLUBS. PUNCHANA IS THE FANCIT OF THE LOT, WHICH HE DUBS AS THE “CALIFORNIA AREA,” SCE ’S SO HIGH CLASS. HE ALSO MENTNS “PAMPAGAY,” A QUEER NICKNAME FOR PAMPACHI, THE LARGT GAY BEACH PE. REVOREDO BELIEV THAT IQUOS IS GAY-IENDLY BEE OF THE WEATHER THE ARY PRENCE THE AREA, THE CLOST I ULD GET TO AN EXPLANATN GIVEN FOR THIS MUNY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS NIGHT FALLS, THE QUEENS BEME VISIBLE SEVERAL BLOCKS OM THE SHORELE AT GAY BAR LLED, COPABANA. THE BAR DO NOT APPEAR ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT DO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE WH 770 LIK. THE CROWD WAS YOUNG—MOSTLY MEN THEIR 20S, SOME 30S, AND ONE OR TWO OLR THAN THAT. NOBODY SEEMED TO BE CISG, AT LEAST NOT OVERLY LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE NORTH AMERI. INSTEAD, CLTERS OF IENDS WERE DRKG AND DANCG TO MASH-UPS OF WTERN POP AND LAT AMERIN TUN. TWO MCS HOVERED ABOVE ON THE MEZZANE OVERLOOKG THE DANCE FLOOR. ONE ENURAGED THE PATRONS TO MOVE. HIS VOICE MUFFLED THE MIC THROUGH THE SPEAKERS TO THE POT THAT SOUND MORE LIKE A MS THAN A MASHUP, BUT WH ENOUGH DRKS SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.COPABANA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER MC WAS DRSED AS A NAVY OFFICER AND WEARG LIPSTICK. HE ME AROUND AT ONE POT TO SHOW REVEALG PHOTOS ON HIS SMARTPHONE OF “SAN FERRARI,” A VOLUPTUO LATA WHO TURNED OUT TO BE HIS DRAG ALTER EGO. HE SEEMED PROUD OF HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WAS EVINT THAT THE QUEER SCENE WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE, THE EVENG DIDN’T OFFER ANY SIGHT AS TO WHY IQUOS IS SO LGBT-IENDLY. IF ANYTHG, JT ADD TO THE MYSTERY SCE THE CROWD WAS SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME OBSERVATN WAS MA WHEN G HOOK-UP APPS THE CY. GROWLR, AN APP GEARED TOWARDS BEARS, HAD ONLY ONE OTHER ER ONLE. SCFF, WHICH TENDS TO HAVE AN OLR, FURRIER CROWD, SHOWED A HANDFUL MORE THE CY PROPER. THERE WERE SO FEW PEOPLE LOGGED ONTO SCFF THAT GUYS BRAZIL SHOWED UP ON THE GRID. GRDR, HOWEVER, SHOWED A SEEMGLY ENDLS NUMBER OF MEN NEARBY. AND THE MAJORY WERE YOUNG; DADDI WERE VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHY THERE’S AN ABSENCE OF THE OLR GAY MEN THE CY, HALE SAYS, “BEE MOST OF THEM ARE AD. YEAH. THEY ARE AD BEE OF AIDS AND THEY ARE AD BEE OF TERRORISM. IT’S SAD TO SAY THAT BUT ’S TE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO CLD AMPUERO, THE MANAGER OF TSANWA, AN LGBT NGO IQUOS, THE MA PROBLEM THE CY IS THAT GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE AREN’T GETTG AQUATE SEX TN, IF THEY’RE GETTG ANY AT ALL. WHOUT PROPER SEX TN, THE MUNY ISN’T LEARNG ABOUT ALL THE WAYS TO PROTECT THEMSELV.JSE KRAFT / EYEEMPHOTO TAKEN IN PE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH ACCS TO TTG AND TREATMENT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE LORETO FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS DON’T NECSARILY MEAN THAT ’S EFFECTIVE. THEY’VE HAD ISSU DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT AND SPEND GRANTS. ALSO, TTG AND TREATMENT ARE ONLY ACCSED THROUGH REGULAR HOSPALS THE CY, SO ISSU OF PREJUDICE AND STIGMA E TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE THE REASON FOR THE GAP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT MAK IQUOS SO GAY-IENDLY? ANYBODY WHO WOULD HAVE OFFERED SIGHT IS NOW AD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S YET ANOTHER THEORY TO ADD TO ALL THE RT. IT’S PERHAPS FAR-FETCHED TO THK THAT EVERY LAST LGBT PERSON WHO WOULD’VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL THE STORY OF THEIR MUNY IS NOW AD BUT UNTIL THERE ARE SER STUDI NDUCTED ABOUT THE LGBT MUNY OF IQUOS, ONLY SUCH THEORI AND ORAL HISTORI WILL EXIST. SOME ARE MORE CREDIBLE THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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THE MYSTERY OF GAY AMAZONIAWANR THE QUEER STREETS OF IQUOS, THE LARGT CY THE WORLD WH NO ROAD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEFEBARY 23, 2018/2:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2232PX;WIDTH:3968PX;}GTAVO RAMIREZCENTER OF THE AMAZONIAN CY OF IQUOS THE UNTRY OF PEBY MIKE MIKSCHEFEBARY 23, 2018 / 2:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MYSTERY OF GAY AMAZONIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-23T19:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-23T19:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALKG THROUGH THE STREETS OF IQUOS AMID THE HEAT, SMOG, AND BUZZG MOTO-RRIAG, 'S HARD TO IMAGE THERE’D BE A MUNY OF QUEENS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IQUOS LACKS THE QUAT APPEAL OF MORE POPULAR GAY HOTSPOTS: IT’S DIRTY, MBLG, AND WHILE HAS AN TIMATED POPULATN OF MORE THAN HALF A LN PEOPLE, REMAS ACCSIBLE ONLY BY PLANE OR BOAT.DC COLOMBIACYSPE VIEW OF IQUOS, PE WH THE ITAYA RIVER THE BACKGROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON RA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LODGED THE PEVIAN AMAZON OF THE LORETO REGN, IQUOS FEELS MORE LIKE AN EXILE THAN A GAY STATN. BUT ACRDG TO BRISH WRER DILWYN JENKS, WHO WROTE THE ROUGH GUI TO PE, THE FIRST TRAVEL GUI DITED ENTIRELY TO THE UNTRY, IQUOS’ QUEER SCENE IS UNUALLY ACTIVE, FOR A PEVIAN JUNGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOKG AROUND, THERE IS NO SIGN OF A GAY SCENE. PRUMABLY, MT BE HIDN AWAY OM THE PLA SIGHT OF CUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S LTLE EVINCE OF QUEER CULTURE THE CY’S HISTORY EHER, WH ONE EXCEPTN. IQUOS ROSE TO PROMENCE THE 1870S, FOLLOWG A BBER BOOM. IT WAS A PROSPERO TIME FOR THE BBER BARONS, BUT FAR LS SO FOR THE TRAPPERS WHO WERE LOL TRIBMEN AND MIXED INDIGENO-SPANISH SCENTS WORKG, SENCE, AS SLAV. ROGER DAVID CASEMENT WAS TASKED WH VTIGATG THE ILL-TREATMENT OF THE PUTUMAYO INDIANS 1910 AND 1911. THOUGH SUCCSFUL ON MANY LEVELS, CASEMENT WAS LATER HANGED FOR POLIL REASONS AND HIS DIARI WERE LEAKED, WHICH EXPOSED HIM AS A PROMISCUO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO JENKS, THE PRIMARY FLUX OF LGBT PEOPLE N BE ATTRIBUTED TO THEM PG TERRORISM AIMED AT THE MUNY BETWEEN THE MID-1980S TO EARLY ’90S. ESPG OM WHERE EXACTLY, WAS UNCLEAR BASED ON JENKS’ BOOK BUT PRUMABLY OM THE JUNGLE REGN, AND DURG THIS PERD, THEY FACED ATROCI AT THE HANDS OF THE ERNMENT AND GUERRILLA GROUPS SUCH AS SENRO LUMOSO AND MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCNAR TúPAC AMA (MRTA). GAY, TRANSGENR PEOPLE, AND PROSTUT WERE KIDNAPPED, EXECUTED, AND SOME S, MUTILATED. THIS CLUD THE MURR OF EIGHT TRANSGENR WOMEN TARAPOTO ON MAY 31, 1989, WHICH IS NOW BEEN MARKED BY A NATNAL DAY AGAST TRANSPHOBIA AND HOMOPHOBIA PE.EVANS/THREE LNS/GETTYCIR 1955: IQUOS ON THE BANKS OF THE AMAZONAS RIVER. (PHOTO BY EVANS/THREE LNS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EVINCE OF TERROR AIMED AT THE LGBT MUNY IS DOCUMENTED, BUT FDG OFFICIAL REPORTS OR STATEMENTS THAT TRACE THEIR ROUTE OM DANGERO REGNS TO IQUOS PROVED TO BE ULS. BY ALL ACUNTS, JENKS IS A RELIABLE SOURCE, BUT ’S CUR THAT THERE IS NO OTHER KNOWN RERD OF THIS MIGRATN. JENKS DIED UNEXPECTEDLY 2014, AND THE LLEAGUE REFERENCED HIS OBUARY WAS UNFAIAR WH THIS B OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEVIAN LGBT ACTIVIST, GEE HALE WHO IS THE FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR PROMOTN AND DEFENSE FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (PROMOSEX), KNOWS NOTHG ABOUT THIS MIGRATN:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SOME PEOPLE OM THE MOUNTAS E TO JUNGLE, MAYBE,” HALE SAYS OF A MIGRATN. “BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ME TO THE AST, TO LIMA, TO AREQUIPA, TO PIURA, NNG OM TERRORISM. MAYBE SOME OF THEM WENT TO THE JUNGLE, BUT TERRORISM WAS THE JUNGLE AS WELL. I DON’T THK THEY WOULD REALLY GO TO LORETO OR TO ALL THOSE PLAC BEE THEY KNEW THAT TERRORISTS WERE THERE AS WELL.”BRENT STIRTON/GETTYIQUITOS, PERU - JUNE 08: A VIEW OF THE RIVERSI ON JUNE 8, 2007 IQUOS, PE. THIS PRISTE RIVER AND MASSIVE RART IS UNR THREAT OM ASTCTURE VELOPMENT PE. THE ACHUAR INDIAN PEOPLE OF THIS NORTHERN REGN RECENTLY WON A LEGAL BATTLE WH ARGENTIAN OIL GIANT PLPETROL TO STOP THEM DUMPG WASTE OIL WATER, SO LLED "HOT-WATER" TO THEIR WATER SUPPLY. THE AMOUNT IS TIMATED AT AROUND 500 000 BARRELS A DAY OVER A PERD OF 30 YEARS. THIS HAS PLAYED HAVOC WH THE E-SYSTEMS AROUND THE TOWN OF TROMPETEROS. THE OIL PANY HAS YET TO MAKE GOOD ON S PROMIS FOR PAYMENT AND TRANSPARENCY. THE OIL PANY PROVIS THE BULK OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POLLUTED TOWN OF TROMPETEROS AND TH HAS THE LOL ACHUAN POPULATN UNR PRSURE TO NOT PAY ATTENTN TO THE POLLUTN LEVELS. THE ACHUAN PEOPLE ARE FACED WH A CHOICE BETWEEN A CENTURI OLD STAABLE LIFT...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE’S NOT A LOT OF RMATN ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY,” DANNY CORZO NFIRMS. HE’S A REPRENTATIVE OM K’UYCHI AYLLU, AN LGBT YOUTH ANIZATN C, WHICH PROMOT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS G TN AND POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE AMBIGUO HISTORY OF THE LGBT MUNY MAK IQUOS SEEM ALL THE MORE MYTHIL, CORZO NFIRMS JENKS’ ACUNT THAT QUEER PEOPLE DID FLEE TO IQUOS. HE CLAIMS TO KNOW THIS NOT OM A REPORT BUT OM WORD OF MOUTH, OM PEOPLE WHO’D PED, OR PEOPLE WHO KNEW PEOPLE WHO’D DONE SO. HE ALSO OFFERS A LOGIL EXPLANATN AS TO WHY: “IQUOS IS A VERY LARGE CY SO WAS EASIER TO HI THERE AND WAS EASIER TO GO UNR THE RADAR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO THIS PIECE OF HISTORY, CORZO SAYS THAT PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STORI BEE ’S A NTROVERSIAL TOPIC; THERE ISN’T REARCH ABOUT EHER FOR THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IQUOS IS NO DOUBT NDUCIVE TO GAY LIFE. LORETO, WH IQUOS AS S PAL, WAS THE FIRST REGN TO TRODUCE ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS EXCLIVELY FOR LGBT PEOPLE BACK 2010. THE CY ALSO HAS S OWN PRI CELEBRATNS AT THE END OF JUNE, GOG TO S THIRTEENTH YEAR. ACRDG TO HALE, PRI IS WELE BY THE RINTS OF THE TOWNCY ISY THAT ISN’T MOST OTHER REGNS OF THE UNTRY. AS A WHOLE, HE NOT HOW NIGHTLIFE THE CY IS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU N GO TO ANY DIS AND JT BE PART OF THE SOCIETY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE THAT SEPARATN BETWEEN GAYS AND LBIANS, TRANS—EVERYTHG IS QUE THE SAME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREDDY REVOREDO HAS LIVED IQUOS HIS WHOLE LIFE AND HAS, AT TIM, WORKED AS A GAY GUI FOR TOURISTS VISG THE CY. HIS PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRS APPEARED AT THE BOTTOM OF AN ONLE FOM ABOUT GAY IQUOS. IT WAS THE ONLY REAL ENTRY. THOUGH HE HASN’T HAD ANY CTOMERS LAST YEAR, PREV YEARS HE’S WELED VISORS OM CANADA, THE UNED STAT, ATRALIA, AND CHA.MIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REVOREDO EXPLAS THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS S OWN GAY AREA WH GAY CLUBS. PUNCHANA IS THE FANCIT OF THE LOT, WHICH HE DUBS AS THE “CALIFORNIA AREA,” SCE ’S SO HIGH CLASS. HE ALSO MENTNS “PAMPAGAY,” A QUEER NICKNAME FOR PAMPACHI, THE LARGT GAY BEACH PE. REVOREDO BELIEV THAT IQUOS IS GAY-IENDLY BEE OF THE WEATHER THE ARY PRENCE THE AREA, THE CLOST I ULD GET TO AN EXPLANATN GIVEN FOR THIS MUNY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS NIGHT FALLS, THE QUEENS BEME VISIBLE SEVERAL BLOCKS OM THE SHORELE AT GAY BAR LLED, COPABANA. THE BAR DO NOT APPEAR ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT DO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE WH 770 LIK. THE CROWD WAS YOUNG—MOSTLY MEN THEIR 20S, SOME 30S, AND ONE OR TWO OLR THAN THAT. NOBODY SEEMED TO BE CISG, AT LEAST NOT OVERLY LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE NORTH AMERI. INSTEAD, CLTERS OF IENDS WERE DRKG AND DANCG TO MASH-UPS OF WTERN POP AND LAT AMERIN TUN. TWO MCS HOVERED ABOVE ON THE MEZZANE OVERLOOKG THE DANCE FLOOR. ONE ENURAGED THE PATRONS TO MOVE. HIS VOICE MUFFLED THE MIC THROUGH THE SPEAKERS TO THE POT THAT SOUND MORE LIKE A MS THAN A MASHUP, BUT WH ENOUGH DRKS SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.COPABANA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER MC WAS DRSED AS A NAVY OFFICER AND WEARG LIPSTICK. HE ME AROUND AT ONE POT TO SHOW REVEALG PHOTOS ON HIS SMARTPHONE OF “SAN FERRARI,” A VOLUPTUO LATA WHO TURNED OUT TO BE HIS DRAG ALTER EGO. HE SEEMED PROUD OF HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WAS EVINT THAT THE QUEER SCENE WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE, THE EVENG DIDN’T OFFER ANY SIGHT AS TO WHY IQUOS IS SO LGBT-IENDLY. IF ANYTHG, JT ADD TO THE MYSTERY SCE THE CROWD WAS SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME OBSERVATN WAS MA WHEN G HOOK-UP APPS THE CY. GROWLR, AN APP GEARED TOWARDS BEARS, HAD ONLY ONE OTHER ER ONLE. SCFF, WHICH TENDS TO HAVE AN OLR, FURRIER CROWD, SHOWED A HANDFUL MORE THE CY PROPER. THERE WERE SO FEW PEOPLE LOGGED ONTO SCFF THAT GUYS BRAZIL SHOWED UP ON THE GRID. GRDR, HOWEVER, SHOWED A SEEMGLY ENDLS NUMBER OF MEN NEARBY. AND THE MAJORY WERE YOUNG; DADDI WERE VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHY THERE’S AN ABSENCE OF THE OLR GAY MEN THE CY, HALE SAYS, “BEE MOST OF THEM ARE AD. YEAH. THEY ARE AD BEE OF AIDS AND THEY ARE AD BEE OF TERRORISM. IT’S SAD TO SAY THAT BUT ’S TE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO CLD AMPUERO, THE MANAGER OF TSANWA, AN LGBT NGO IQUOS, THE MA PROBLEM THE CY IS THAT GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE AREN’T GETTG AQUATE SEX TN, IF THEY’RE GETTG ANY AT ALL. WHOUT PROPER SEX TN, THE MUNY ISN’T LEARNG ABOUT ALL THE WAYS TO PROTECT THEMSELV.JSE KRAFT / EYEEMPHOTO TAKEN IN PE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH ACCS TO TTG AND TREATMENT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE LORETO FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS DON’T NECSARILY MEAN THAT ’S EFFECTIVE. THEY’VE HAD ISSU DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT AND SPEND GRANTS. ALSO, TTG AND TREATMENT ARE ONLY ACCSED THROUGH REGULAR HOSPALS THE CY, SO ISSU OF PREJUDICE AND STIGMA E TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE THE REASON FOR THE GAP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT MAK IQUOS SO GAY-IENDLY? ANYBODY WHO WOULD HAVE OFFERED SIGHT IS NOW AD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S YET ANOTHER THEORY TO ADD TO ALL THE RT. IT’S PERHAPS FAR-FETCHED TO THK THAT EVERY LAST LGBT PERSON WHO WOULD’VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL THE STORY OF THEIR MUNY IS NOW AD BUT UNTIL THERE ARE SER STUDI NDUCTED ABOUT THE LGBT MUNY OF IQUOS, ONLY SUCH THEORI AND ORAL HISTORI WILL EXIST. SOME ARE MORE CREDIBLE THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Iquos lacks the quat appeal of more popular gay hotspots: It’s dirty, mblg, and while has an timated populatn of more than half a ln people, remas accsible only by plane or the Pevian Amazon of the Loreto regn, Iquos feels more like an exile than a gay statn. Lookg around, there is no sign of a gay scene.

Though succsful on many levels, Casement was later hanged for polil reasons and his diari were leaked, which exposed him as a promiscuo homosexual.

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Gay, transgenr people, and prostut were kidnapped, executed, and some s, mutilated. This clud the murr of eight transgenr women Tarapoto on May 31, 1989, which is now been marked by a natnal day agast transphobia and homophobia evince of terror aimed at the LGBT muny is documented, but fdg official reports or statements that trace their route om dangero regns to Iquos proved to be uls. Iquos is no doubt nducive to gay life.

You don’t have to make that separatn between gays and lbians, trans—everythg is que the same. ”Freddy Revoredo has lived Iquos his whole life and has, at tim, worked as a gay gui for tourists visg the cy. His phone number and email addrs appeared at the bottom of an onle fom about gay Iquos.

Revoredo explas that each district has s own gay area wh gay clubs.

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He also mentns “Pampagay, ” a queer nickname for Pampachi, the largt gay beach Pe. Revoredo believ that Iquos is gay-iendly bee of the weather the ary prence the area, the clost I uld get to an explanatn given for this muny’s night falls, the queens beme visible several blocks om the shorele at gay bar lled, Copabana. And the majory were young; daddi were virtually nonexistent the asked why there’s an absence of the olr gay men the cy, Hale says, “Bee most of them are ad.

DOZENS OF ANTI-GAY GROUPS ARE MAKG MONEY OFF AMAZON'S CHARY PLATFORM

”Acrdg to Cld Ampuero, the manager of TSANWA, an LGBT NGO Iquos, the ma problem the cy is that gay and trans people aren’t gettg aquate sex tn, if they’re gettg any at all. Also, ttg and treatment are only accsed through regular hospals the cy, so issu of prejudice and stigma e to this possibly be the reason for the gap knowledge about what mak Iquos so gay-iendly?

The photos were also taken agast the backdrop of social stigmas a untry where homophobic hate crim are on the rise and LGBTQ rights appear creasgly unr threat (Brazilian print Jair Bolsonaro, who once told Playboy magaze that he would be “pable of lovg a homosexual son, ” has voiced disapproval of the untry’s same-sex marriage laws). Iquos lacks the quat appeal of more popular gay hotspots: It’s dirty, mblg, and while has an timated populatn of more than half a ln people, remas accsible only by plane or boat. Lodged the Pevian Amazon of the Loreto regn, Iquos feels more like an exile than a gay statn.

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