The Bt Countri Ai for Gay Travelers - LGBTQ and ALL

Contents:

• PRATIQUE. L 15 PAYS L PL “GAY-IENDLY” POUR S’EXPATRIER
• GUI GAY L'AIQUE
• LA CôTE D’IVOIRE, UN PAYS «GAY-IENDLY» ?
• DéUVREZ LE CLASSEMENT 2019 S PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY
• TOP 5 COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS
• L TOP STATNS GAY
• GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
• MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

PRATIQUE. L 15 PAYS L PL “GAY-IENDLY” POUR S’EXPATRIER

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GUI GAY L'AIQUE

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LA CôTE D’IVOIRE, UN PAYS «GAY-IENDLY» ?

L’année rnière, six jn la munté LGBT avaient été nviés à l’ambassa s États-Unis en Côte d’Ivoire pour rendre hommage x victim la tuerie d’Orlando qui ava fa 50 morts et 53 blsés dans une boe nu gay la ville. Résultat: ux c jn avaient été victim vlence par une foule hostile, et quatre d’entre x ont dû quter lr foyer so la prsn pairs et lr fale qui ignoraient jque-là qu’ils étaient gays. En octobre 2016, c’t l’arrtatn et l’emprisonnement pour homosexualé ux amants à Sassandra, Yann, 31 ans, et Abdoul, 19 ans, qui a provoqué la stupr et l’dignatn s associatns et s médias ternatnx.

Yao: «C’t un projet quel j’ai pris part en juillet, et je nfirme qu’ils ont enlevé cette partie qui fa d’une relatn homosexuelle une suatn aggravante l’attete à la puur». L multipl ateliers et eri ont permis x gays, lbienn et tr personn LGBTQ se renntrer et parler ouvertement sexe, libérant asi un nouve disurs vis-à-vis la sexualé, mêlant inté, orientatn sexuelle et sexualé.

DéUVREZ LE CLASSEMENT 2019 S PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY

Njaboué: «On a s ssns travail avec s personn la prse et puis on lr a d que ntrairement à ce qu’ils croyaient on ne cherche pas la promotn l’homosexualé, mais à montrer que l’homosexualé t jte une tre manière vivre sa sexualé». To help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartac has published a new report for lbian, gay, trans, and queer travellers about how gay-iendly a untry is.

TOP 5 COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS

In the 2021 edn, the rankg pared 202 untri and terrori based on the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer people the lotns.

HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS

LGBTQ+ and gay travellers n e this rmatn as a guile to prepare for their gaytn and take the x rankg as an ditor for choosg the holiday statn regardg the lol LGBTQ+ rights. The rankg of the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2020/2021 is based on diverse sourc such as Human Rights Watch, the UN mpaign Free & Equal, and llected rmatn about human rights vlatns of members of the LGBTQ+ muny throughout the past year. Regardls of why you want to head to Ai, we unrstand that planng your getaway as a gay uple, parents, or group has a whole other layer of ncerns to .

However, the tourist areas Victoria Falls are and have been for years now very welg to gay travellers, and 's not unmon to see gay tourists showg affectn the areas. Stori > Experienc > Holidays to Ai: The bt untri Ai for gay travellersAs a haze of terratta dt kicked up om unr the wheels of our Jeep safari fally dissipat, we tch sight of a magil savannah sunset foreground by baby giraff and their parents, legs splayed and necks bent at a waterg hole.

BOOK WITH US Cape Town, South Ai | Photo: Joshua EarleLGBTQ Travellers AiA big proviso to gay travel Ai is the legal suatn for the LGBTQ+ muny. Sad to say, over half of all Ain untri homosexualy is still nsired a crimal offence, while, a small mory (Mrania, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan) the ath sentence remas place. Capal cy Cape Town, particular, is a hub of all the actn, known Internatnally as the gay pal of Ai for s openns and tolerance of the LGBTQ+ muny.

THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS

Alongsi Johannburg, Cape Town has one of the largt LGBTQ populatns South Ai, wh a large selectn of gay bars and gay-iendly acmodatns ncentrated around Green Pot, Sea Pot and the De Waterkant than that, Cape Town is rich culture both old and new, on display across s world-class mms and historic plac. Instead of havg an official gay village, Johannburg’s gay rabow lours the entire cy, particularly Melville, Parkhurst and Rosebank, as well as wh smaller gay muni Berea, Bloemfonte, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Stellenbosch.

L TOP STATNS GAY

For gay travellers, particular, a Seychell vatn is a top choice owg to the islands’ liberal polici that protect LGBT people followg the crimalisatn of “same-sex acts” 2016.

GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023

Gay travellers who love dty adventur to the wilrns will love Madagasr, where Morondava’s inic Avenue of the Baobabs lks the island’s beach to s trekkg regns, such as the Anja Communy Rerve or the climbg paradise of Tsgy Bemaraha Strict Nature Rerve. South Ai | Photo: RedcharlieOutsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V6.

MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

Outsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V. Today, homosexualy remas outlawed natnwi (and subject to a short jail term) but the realy is that the laws are sporadilly enforced and tourist hubs are given leeway, allowg for a small yet vibrant Marrakech gay scene. After tourg the markets, mosqu and palac of Marrakech, jump off on excursns to the Atlas Mountas of the bt untri Ai has to offer for gay travellers, Marrakech is bt seen the shoulr seasons (March to May; September to November) when the weather is non too srchg (between 22°C and 32°C) and hotels are affordable.

Intrepid gays will be won over by Rwanda’s gged charms as well as s relatively liberal stance on LGBT rights (homosexualy is legal here and the untry is a signatory of the Uned Natn’s nmnatn of vlence towards homosexuals, though discretn is still advisable). Like Rwanda, Mri is a signatory of the anti-discrimatn UN statement and LGBT people are protected the workplace, but outdated laws rema and homosexualy is still illegal spe recent efforts to overturn this. While there is a long way to go and lol gay people are still subjected to stigma, social attus are startg to turn and, as a tourist, you’re unlikely to experience problems other than the absence of any gay your trip the pal of Port Louis, enjoyg the beach by day and the wateront bars, rtrants and shops by night.

Durg the 3, 200 kilometre Namibia Safari trip for example, passengers go om South Ai’s Pretoria, through the diamond-sh town of Kimberley and onwards across the Kalahari Dert to Namibia, where stops the pal of Wdhoek and the Namib Dert preclu the fal stop at the medieval German town of Swakopmund on Namibia’s bety of journeyg through Ai by tra is pecially salient for gay travellers who otherwise might not feel safe enough to tour each untry dividually.