LGBT Rights Ecuador: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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- ECUADOR: A HIDDEN GEM FOR GAY TRAVELERS
- GAYS ECUADOR FACE TORTURE AT 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CLICS, RIGHTS GROUPS SAY
ECUADOR: A HIDDEN GEM FOR GAY TRAVELERS
Explore our gay travel gui to Ecuador featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more! * ecuador gay rights *
While the laws of Ecuador are firmly support of gay rights, public displays of same-sex affectn are very rare the untry and LGBTQ+ travelers are advised to e discretn when public plac, pecially outsi of major ci where people may not have adapted to the new laws as quickly. As Ecuadorean society ntu to engage a healthy and rponsible bate on lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights, is important for thori to remember that, regardls of their personal posns on the matters, Ecuador is bound to enforce rights provid for the ACHR.
However, remas unknown or the back burner for most gay men, who feel safer wh more tradnal travel choic like gay cis or events different ci of the Uned Stat and Europe. Juan Maldonado, a dual-cizen of USA and Ecuador, and a proud rint of Wilton Manors (Florida’s “gay Mec”), is termed to change this by promotg his home untry as a fabulo statn for gay travelers that is both safe and unplited.
GAYS ECUADOR FACE TORTURE AT 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CLICS, RIGHTS GROUPS SAY
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For the reasons, and the fantastic year-round weather Quo and other ci on The Ans, Ecuador has been regnized for many years as a top statn for retirement, and boasts a growg number of gay expats om North Ameri. As an avid traveler himself, Maldonado acknowledg that male gay travelers’ preferenc and expectatns are unique and don’t necsarily f nned travel packag that are available for the general LGBTQ market. Lastly, the term ‘all-gay’ don’t apply only to our travelers, but our bi-natnal team which clus gay tour guis and ncierge staff, drivers, and gay-owned or gay-iendly acmodatn and service provirs.
The followg untry profil are rived part om sectns of theHuman Rights Watch 2021 World Report that relate to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr and (LGBT) people. * ecuador gay rights *
Ecuador Gay Travel is a proud Member of the IGLTA (Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn), the GFLGLCC (Greater Fort Lrdale Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce) and the Ecuador LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Same-sex relatns are punishable unr article 338 of the penal by up to two years Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced two men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg.
In Febary 2021, a new penal me to effect Angola that no longer crimaliz nsensual same-sex nduct, scrappg lonial-era provisns that characterized homosexualy as “vic agast nature. Human Rights Watch has documented anti-LGBT vlence and threats faced by gay men and trans women Antigua and Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has unrgone LGBTI sensizatn trag to better protect the rights of LGBTI people, facilated by Caribbean 2016, followg s UN Universal Perdic Review, the mister of social transformatn announced that she was willg to troduce to Cabet a remendatn to repeal the buggery laws, but as of 2021, they rema place Antigua and November 2019, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversy and Equaly announced planned to lnch a legal challenge agast the crimalizatn of private, nsensual same-sex sexual activy.
The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. * ecuador gay rights *
In Augt 2020, the Court of Appeal led there had not been a proper vtigatn to a vlent homophobic attack 2018 agast a group of LGBT activists, which left at least six activists jured. In January 2019, Artak (Adam) Arakelyan, 19, a queer activist, was subjected to abe and discrimatn at a ary draft board, where officers varly ed homophobic slurs to scribe him, mocked him, and threatened to out him to his father.
Belas’ 2017 Law on the Protectn of Children om Informatn Harmful to their Health and Development may be ed to rtrict dissematn of ntral or posive rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people as “discredg the stutn of the fay. The Sarajevo Open Center (SOC), a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) and women’s rights group, rmed Human Rights Watch that observed an crease onle threats agast activists around the time of the march.
Three judg voted unanimoly to revoke the laws, fdg them discrimatory toward gay people and vlatn of Botswana’s nstutnal protectns on privacy and dividual liberty.