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- THE 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
- TOP TEN LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
- 20 MOST GAY FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN THE WORLD
THE 20 MOST AND LEAST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI THE WORLD
It jt got a ltle b better to be gay the US. But what about the rt of the world? A recent study shows which untri have gay pri and which close their doors to the LGBT muny * most non gay friendly countries *
" The 37, 653 who took part the survey rpond wh "Y, " "No, " or cled to untri wh the hight percentage of "Y" or "No" vot show which untri are the most and least tolerant of the survey certaly leav out some of the world's most and least gay-iendly natns, a trend do surface wh the data.
Gay uple Kai and Michael Korok and their dghter Jana, 4, attend the openg of Germany's first gay parent unselg center on March 15, 2013 Berl, Germany. Two men kiss durg a monstratn support of the legalisatn of gay marriage and LGBT parentg France at the Plaza Francia Buenos Air, on January 27, 2013.
Italian gay rights supporters take part a ceremony to prott agast an creasg number of homophobic attacks throughout Italy ont of Rome's Colossm, on September 4, 2009. People leave after listeng to a statement livered by Mlim relig lears at Cheikh Oumar Foutiyou Tall mosque Dakar on April 29, 2009 cricizg the liberatn on April 20 of 9 men allegedly jailed on charg of homosexualy and announced the creatn of Islamic ont for the fence Islamic valu.
TOP TEN LEAST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI
Fd out what untri are nsired the least gay-iendly. * most non gay friendly countries *
A man looks on December 11, 2012 at an advertisg by mpaign group Avaaz the state-owned Ugandan newspaper The New Visn, prottg agast an anti-homosexualy bill. A member of Hizbuth Tahrir Indonia attends a prott agast sexual viant acts which they believe to be acts such as homosexualy, bisexualy, loose sexual morals, and transgenr, Jakarta on December 1, 2010.
On top of that, members of the Ugandan Parliament are workg to brg back the Ugandan Anti-Homosexualy Act of 2014, which ph for life sentenc for homosexualy (and sometim even the ath penalty). While homosexualy was crimalized followg the fall of the Soviet Unn, the Rsian ernment unr Vladimir Put has ntued to discrimate agast members of the LGBTQ muny. LGBTQ people are generally more accepted India than some of the other untri on this list (67 percent of Indians said homosexualy is unacceptable the Pew poll), but there are still risks volved for some visors.
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
The LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Inx ranks the world’s most dangero untri for gay travelers 2021. * most non gay friendly countries *
Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland).
“It was ranked so poorly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law. This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson. Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson.
In fact, Jamai was lled the most homophobic place on Earth by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg gay, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.
20 MOST GAY FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN THE WORLD
* most non gay friendly countries *
“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to ten years prison, ” says Fergson. “Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society. “Iran ma number 15 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson.
Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan print has recently been rampg up the anti-gay rhetoric to help w vot an upg electn. The Netherlands also ranked number one the latt Gallup Poll wh 92% of rponnts sayg that the cy or area where they live is a good place for gay and lbian people. “Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal me send place s bid to host the 2022 Europri which is the biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe.
As of 2022, six untri' legal s specifilly prcribe the ath penalty for the "crime" of homosexualy and another five untri allow for the possibily of the ath penalty.
This chart shows the saft and least safe untri for LGBTQ+ travelers acrdg to the Gay Travel Inx 2023. * most non gay friendly countries *
LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr).
Two of the most notable advancements LGBTQI+ rights the US recent s are the legalizatn of gay marriage and the legalizatn of adoptn of children by same-sex upl.