Explore our gay travel gui to South Ai featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more!
Contents:
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
- A GAY WHE TEEN STGGL TO EXIST IN APARTHEID SOUTH AI IN 'MOFFIE'
- THE BEST CAPE TOWN GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CAPE TOWN
- JOHANNBURG GAY BARS
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
* gay life in south africa *
Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison. You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene.
The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town.
Gay bars and clubs are found the suburbs of Sandton, Melville, Parkhurst and Illovo.
A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
South Ai is a shg bean for gay travel Ai, and some of the bt gay-iendly acmodatn and bars are found Cape Town. * gay life in south africa *
Homosexualy is owned upon by many, particularly wh the township muni. As such, LGBTQ+ South Ains n and often do face discrimatn and homophobia.
Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October. We packed our bags and left the UK January 2018 and set up our gay travel blog, The Globetrotter Guys. We are currently travellg the globe, documentg the bt luxury gay travel, adventure and liftyle.
A GAY WHE TEEN STGGL TO EXIST IN APARTHEID SOUTH AI IN 'MOFFIE'
Explore South Ai’s thrivg nightlife which also clus several clubs, pubs and venu that ter for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny. * gay life in south africa *
Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab". "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May.
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The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law. Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. "The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of...
Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma says. Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia".
"It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma says. FWI's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai. She c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic.
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"It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy".
South Ai’s 1996 Constutn specifilly protects full and equal rights for the LGBTQ+ muny – all forms of anti-gay discrimatn are banned.
South Ai is an acceptg untry and a shg bean for gay travel Ai. And some of the bt experienc, gay-iendly acmodatn, bars, and hotels are found the untry’s Mother Cy of Cape Town.