Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers.
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Gay Marriage⚭✖ Civil unnsCensorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnnUnknownEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyConversn TherapyAmbiguo. Bermuda is tolerant of gay and lbian travelers, but the island still lags far behd North Amerin and European untri when to laws and polici affectg the LGBTQ muny. Durg a landmark se that was brought by a gay uple, the Court led any ban on such a unn was discrimatory and vlated human rights, so the uple were legally married a month later by the Registry General.
That said, ’s unlikely gay travelers will enunter any overt discrimatn, but public signs of affectn will fely turn heads this über-nservative untry. Gay Bermuda is an easy fd on the ter wh many ments and venu offered on the BBs and travel chat rooms, pecially om LGBT folks who have explored the Caribbean aboard cise ships.
“I have been maybe 50 tim to Bermuda and the island is mega-iendly and has as well a gay scene. “I’ve been to Bermuda many tim and y there is a gay scene…although s not a huge one…heck there aren’t that many people that live there.
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“I went to Bermuda, was one of the most betiful islands I’ve ever been to and everyone was perfectly iendly, I even saw other gay people there that were havg a good time and didn’t appear to be feelg persecuted.
But there is no problem wh gay people Bermuda except perhaps for a small mory of religo nuts. “Homosexualy is legal Bermuda, but the untry has long held a reputatn for beg anti-gay; Discrimatn on the grounds of sexual orientatn is legal… Bermuda has actually been the host of gay tourism for many years. There was a report of a gay bashg cints where lols acsted two ship passengers seen holdg hands and kissg public, which was very unwise thg to do anyhow.
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“There are gay folks who ri there but they are mostly unrground and have random bars they jump to wh no one bar beg all that iendly.
For most gay and lbian tourists only sendarily do they nsir the prevailg lol attus toward the LGBT muny the Caribbean tropics. Few LGBT tourist are aware that ne (out of thirteen) of the pennt Caribbean island-natns homosexual activy is illegal, an actual crime wrten to the law books of those untri. The range of attus and ameni ns the gamut om overt public advertisg and ter webs offerg gay ‘Get Wet’ weekends Dutch ntrolled Curao to the lorful visible scene San Jn, PR and to the upsle style-scene St Barthelemy and down to the palpable and edgy homophobia Jamai (if one ventur beyond the gat of the luxury rorts).
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One n fd a surface appearance of gay iendly bars and clubs and hotels wh happy-hour parti (ually mixed gay-straight) and the rare clothg-optnal beach. Rather there is a steady stream of anti-gay sentiment the prs and om the Christian preachers who are nvced homosexualy is the work of Satan and gay marriage will stroy civilizatn.
There is also a racial fluence the homophobia: “Among the black muny 42 percent support gay cis while the whe muny approv at 64 percent.
The head of the New Ttament Church of God has e out agast any plans to extend human rights to Bermuda’s gay Lloyd Dunn, the pastor at the Herage Worship Center firmly believ gay rights legislatn will be followed by a ph to allow gay marriag Bermuda <followed by the end of the world?!
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While that ia remas a step too far for many Bermuda, seems likely that acceptance of homosexualy Bermuda is advancg as well. ““I am anizg ‘Home is Where the Hatred Is’ orr to raise awarens about discrimatn agast gay people on the island. There are two pro-gay anizatns that advote for gay/human rights and health Bermuda.
“The qutn of what some people to be gay has been a topic of endls bate among the general public and the mental health muny…”. “We want to show that there are people on this island, and abroad, who stand strong behd the LGBTQ muny of Bermuda… we are trated by the discsns around, and treatment of, LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) and queer people Bermuda, g the word “queer” s reclaimed meang as an umbrella term for all sexual mori.
Junr Burchall, Bermuda wrer and father, is puttg his face and words behd an amendment to protect homosexuals unr Bermuda’s Human Rights Act.
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So what appears to be–and is–a smooth cise to a lorful palm-tree port for LGBT tourists is actually, at the same time, a walk a field of tl that stick and stg fed by ignorant fundamentalist relig anti-gay beliefs, legalized homophobia and crimalizatn backed by weak-willed ernment thori who clg to their ch of power and turn a bld eye to discrimatn and human rights ab. From Bermuda the far north of the Caribbean to Tridad & Tobago the far south adjacent to Venezuela (about 1500 ) there are about three dozen islands that entice gay northern visors.