Bahamas gay pri weekend cut short by ath threats - LGBTQ Natn

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• U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS MENU EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS U.S. VISAS U.S. PASSPORTS U.S. CIZEN SERVIC NOTARIALS NEWS & EVENTS JOB OPPORTUNI BS EDUTN & EXCHANG CONTACT SEARCH×SEARCH COUNTRY/AREA AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTAARMENIAATRALIAATRIAAZERBAIJANBAHAMASBAHRABANGLASHBARBADOSBELASBELGIUMBELIZEBENBERMUDABOLIVIABOSNIA & HERZEABOTSWANABRAZILBNEIBULGARIABURKA FASOBURMABUNDICABO VERCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACENTRAL AIN REPUBLICCHADCHILECHACOLOMBIACOMOROSCOSTA RICôTE D’IVOIRECROATIACUBACURAOCYPSCZECH REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGODENMARKDJIBOUTIDOMIN REPUBLICECUADOREGYPTEL SALVADOREQUATORIAL GUEAERREAESTONIAESWATIETHPIAFIJIFLANDFRANCEGABONGEIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAGUEAU.S. VIRTUAL PRENCE GUEA-BISSGUYANATHE GAMBIAHAIHONDURASHONG KONG AND MAUHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONIAIRANIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAIJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREAKOSOVOKUWAKYRGYZ REPUBLICLAOSLATVIALEBANONLOTHOLIBERIALIBYALHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASRMALAWIMALAYSIAMALDIVMALIMALTAMARSHALL ISLANDSMRANIAMRIMEXIMICRONIAMOLDOVAMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIRAGUANIGERNIGERIANORTH MACEDONIANORWAYOMANPAKISTANPALPALTIAN TERRORIPANAMAPAPUA NEW GUEAPARAGUAYPEPHILIPPPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLIC OF CONGOROMANIARSIARWANDASAMOASAN MAROSDI ARABIASENEGALSERBIASIERRA LEONESGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOLOMON ISLANDSSOMALIASOUTH AISOUTH SUDANSPASRI LANKASUDANSURAMESWENSWZERLANDSYRIAAMERIN INSTUTE TAIWANTAJIKISTANTANZANIATHAILANDTIMOR-LTETOGOTONGATRIDAD & TOBAGOTUNISIATüRKIYETURKMENISTANUGANDAUKRAEUNED ARAB EMIRATUNED KGDOMUGUAYUZBEKISTANVANUATUVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEU.S. MISSN TO ASEANU.S. MISSN TO THE AIN UNNU.S. MISSN TO THE EUHOLY SEEU.S. MISSN TO THE ICAOU.S. MISSN TO NATOU.S. MISSN TO OSCEU.S. MISSN TO THE OASU.S. MISSN TO THE OECDU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-GENEVAU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-ROMEU.S. MISSN TO THE UNED NATNSU.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS VIENNA EMERGENCY INFORMATN FOR AMERIN CIZENSPREVNEXT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCELOL EMERGENCY INFORMATN AND CONTACTS ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENSREAD ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS VIS FOR MORE INFORMATN PREVNEXT U.S. EMBASSY CELEBRAT LGBTQI+ PRI MONTH JUNE BY U.S. EMBASSY NASS 6 MINUTE READJUNE 1, 2022 PRI FLAG FLYG AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD DRIVE | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS)   NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 ON JUNE 1, 2022, THE UNED STAT EMBASSY NASS RAISED THE RABOW PRI FLAG TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQI+ PERSONS THE BAHAMAS AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE EMBASSY JOS U.S. EMBASSI MORE THAN 100 UNTRI FLYG THE RABOW FLAG. AS PRINT BIN SAID, PRI MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNY TO “REGNIZE THE RILIENCE AND TERMATN OF THE MANY DIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTG TO LIVE EELY AND THENTILLY.” U.S. CHARGé D’AFFAIR USHA PTS UNFURLS THE PRI FLAG AT HER RINCE OFF OF LAKE CUNNGHAM | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS) PRI MONTH MEMORAT YEARS OF STGGLE THE ONGOG PURSU OF EQUALY UNR THE LAW FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX). DURG THE MONTH OF JUNE—CELEBRATED AS PRI MONTH THE UNED STAT—THE INIC RABOW FLAG WILL ONCE AGA FLY OM THE FLAGPOLE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY DOWNTOWN NASS AND AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD ROAD. OPENLY OR NOT, LGBTQI+ PERSONS PLAY AN TEGRAL ROLE EVERY MUNY AND HAVE MA UNIQUE NTRIBUTNS TO SOCIETI THROUGHOUT HISTORY. DURG PRI MONTH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDG NVERSATNS AND HOSTG EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSY SUPPORTG A HEALTHY, THRIVG MOCRACY: FILM SCREENGS AT THE NATNAL ART GALLERY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IS PARTNERG WH THE NATNAL ART GALLERY OF THE BAHAMAS TO HOST THREE FILM SCREENGS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE FOLLOWG DAT. PLEASE VIS THE S BELOW TO RERVE YOUR SEAT, AS PLAC ARE LIMED: MILK (U.S.) – WEDNDAY, JUNE 8 –  THE LAVENR SRE (U.S.) – FRIDAY, JUNE 17 –  CHILDREN OF GOD (BAHAMAS) – FRIDAY, JUNE 24 –  PRI EVENTS THE BAHAMAS: THE EMBASSY WILL JO LOL PARTNERS TO MARK PRI MONTH WAYS BOTH BIG AND SMALL. SEE A LENDAR OF EVENTS ON THE EMBASSY’S FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAG (@EMBASSYNASS) AND FOLLOW FOR UPDAT ON ADDNAL OPPORTUNI TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH AT LOL RTRANTS, BARS, AND ART GALLERI. WE ASPIRE TO A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS SAFE TO LIVE THEIR LIV AS THEY SEE F.  LIKE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, LGBTQI+ PERSONS WANT TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS, LOVE THEIR FAI, AND LIVE A SOCIETY THAT VALU THEM AS EQUALS. GENR ISSU, KEY OFFICIALS, LGBTQI, PRS RELEASE, U.S. AND THE BAHAMAS CHARGé D'AFFAIR, NEWS U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS
• GAY BAHAMAS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A BAHAMAS ERARY
• BAHAMAS GAY PRI WEEKEND CUT SHORT BY ATH THREATS
• THE BAHAMAS SE FIRST GAY PRI EVENT NCELLED DUE TO ATH THREATS
• GAY BAHAMAS TRAVEL GUI
• BAHAMAS SET TO HOST FIRST EVER GAY PRI CELEBRATN
• GAY LIFE THE BAHAMAS
• BAHAMAS GAY BARS

U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS MENU EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS U.S. VISAS U.S. PASSPORTS U.S. CIZEN SERVIC NOTARIALS NEWS & EVENTS JOB OPPORTUNI BS EDUTN & EXCHANG CONTACT SEARCH×SEARCH COUNTRY/AREA AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTAARMENIAATRALIAATRIAAZERBAIJANBAHAMASBAHRABANGLASHBARBADOSBELASBELGIUMBELIZEBENBERMUDABOLIVIABOSNIA & HERZEABOTSWANABRAZILBNEIBULGARIABURKA FASOBURMABUNDICABO VERCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACENTRAL AIN REPUBLICCHADCHILECHACOLOMBIACOMOROSCOSTA RICôTE D’IVOIRECROATIACUBACURAOCYPSCZECH REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGODENMARKDJIBOUTIDOMIN REPUBLICECUADOREGYPTEL SALVADOREQUATORIAL GUEAERREAESTONIAESWATIETHPIAFIJIFLANDFRANCEGABONGEIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAGUEAU.S. VIRTUAL PRENCE GUEA-BISSGUYANATHE GAMBIAHAIHONDURASHONG KONG AND MAUHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONIAIRANIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAIJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREAKOSOVOKUWAKYRGYZ REPUBLICLAOSLATVIALEBANONLOTHOLIBERIALIBYALHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASRMALAWIMALAYSIAMALDIVMALIMALTAMARSHALL ISLANDSMRANIAMRIMEXIMICRONIAMOLDOVAMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIRAGUANIGERNIGERIANORTH MACEDONIANORWAYOMANPAKISTANPALPALTIAN TERRORIPANAMAPAPUA NEW GUEAPARAGUAYPEPHILIPPPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLIC OF CONGOROMANIARSIARWANDASAMOASAN MAROSDI ARABIASENEGALSERBIASIERRA LEONESGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOLOMON ISLANDSSOMALIASOUTH AISOUTH SUDANSPASRI LANKASUDANSURAMESWENSWZERLANDSYRIAAMERIN INSTUTE TAIWANTAJIKISTANTANZANIATHAILANDTIMOR-LTETOGOTONGATRIDAD & TOBAGOTUNISIATüRKIYETURKMENISTANUGANDAUKRAEUNED ARAB EMIRATUNED KGDOMUGUAYUZBEKISTANVANUATUVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEU.S. MISSN TO ASEANU.S. MISSN TO THE AIN UNNU.S. MISSN TO THE EUHOLY SEEU.S. MISSN TO THE ICAOU.S. MISSN TO NATOU.S. MISSN TO OSCEU.S. MISSN TO THE OASU.S. MISSN TO THE OECDU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-GENEVAU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-ROMEU.S. MISSN TO THE UNED NATNSU.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS VIENNA EMERGENCY INFORMATN FOR AMERIN CIZENSPREVNEXT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCELOL EMERGENCY INFORMATN AND CONTACTS ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENSREAD ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS VIS FOR MORE INFORMATN PREVNEXT U.S. EMBASSY CELEBRAT LGBTQI+ PRI MONTH JUNE BY U.S. EMBASSY NASS 6 MINUTE READJUNE 1, 2022 PRI FLAG FLYG AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD DRIVE | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS)   NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 ON JUNE 1, 2022, THE UNED STAT EMBASSY NASS RAISED THE RABOW PRI FLAG TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQI+ PERSONS THE BAHAMAS AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE EMBASSY JOS U.S. EMBASSI MORE THAN 100 UNTRI FLYG THE RABOW FLAG. AS PRINT BIN SAID, PRI MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNY TO “REGNIZE THE RILIENCE AND TERMATN OF THE MANY DIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTG TO LIVE EELY AND THENTILLY.” U.S. CHARGé D’AFFAIR USHA PTS UNFURLS THE PRI FLAG AT HER RINCE OFF OF LAKE CUNNGHAM | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS) PRI MONTH MEMORAT YEARS OF STGGLE THE ONGOG PURSU OF EQUALY UNR THE LAW FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX). DURG THE MONTH OF JUNE—CELEBRATED AS PRI MONTH THE UNED STAT—THE INIC RABOW FLAG WILL ONCE AGA FLY OM THE FLAGPOLE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY DOWNTOWN NASS AND AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD ROAD. OPENLY OR NOT, LGBTQI+ PERSONS PLAY AN TEGRAL ROLE EVERY MUNY AND HAVE MA UNIQUE NTRIBUTNS TO SOCIETI THROUGHOUT HISTORY. DURG PRI MONTH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDG NVERSATNS AND HOSTG EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSY SUPPORTG A HEALTHY, THRIVG MOCRACY: FILM SCREENGS AT THE NATNAL ART GALLERY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IS PARTNERG WH THE NATNAL ART GALLERY OF THE BAHAMAS TO HOST THREE FILM SCREENGS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE FOLLOWG DAT. PLEASE VIS THE S BELOW TO RERVE YOUR SEAT, AS PLAC ARE LIMED: MILK (U.S.) – WEDNDAY, JUNE 8 –  THE LAVENR SRE (U.S.) – FRIDAY, JUNE 17 –  CHILDREN OF GOD (BAHAMAS) – FRIDAY, JUNE 24 –  PRI EVENTS THE BAHAMAS: THE EMBASSY WILL JO LOL PARTNERS TO MARK PRI MONTH WAYS BOTH BIG AND SMALL. SEE A LENDAR OF EVENTS ON THE EMBASSY’S FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAG (@EMBASSYNASS) AND FOLLOW FOR UPDAT ON ADDNAL OPPORTUNI TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH AT LOL RTRANTS, BARS, AND ART GALLERI. WE ASPIRE TO A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS SAFE TO LIVE THEIR LIV AS THEY SEE F.  LIKE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, LGBTQI+ PERSONS WANT TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS, LOVE THEIR FAI, AND LIVE A SOCIETY THAT VALU THEM AS EQUALS. GENR ISSU, KEY OFFICIALS, LGBTQI, PRS RELEASE, U.S. AND THE BAHAMAS CHARGé D'AFFAIR, NEWS U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS

The head of the anizatn that scrib self as “the foremost anizatn advotg and lobbyg ernment and policymakers for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex cizens The Bahamas” exprsed strong support of foreign embassi “breakg wh tradn to enurage their foreign missns to fly the pri flag celebratn of the LGBTQ+ muny”.

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Pri Month memorat years of stggle the ongog pursu of equaly unr the law for members of the LGBTQI+ muny (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex). D’Mar spoke about reachg out to the Bahamas Christian Council wh the aim of startg a dialogue ncerng homosexuals the ngregatns of Christian Council Christian Council acts as the facto mouthpiece of the entire Bahamian Christian muny, although many of the ngregatns throughout the untry are acephalo, om a nomatnal standpot at of the views exprsed by that body are not necsarily those of the entire church.

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Homosexual terurse between nsentg adults was legalized The Bahamas 1991.

THE BAHAMAS SE FIRST GAY PRI EVENT NCELLED DUE TO ATH THREATS

Consequently, the LGBTQI muny is well wh s so-lled nstutnal rights to transgrs biblil laws agast homosexualy, wh eternal ramifitns after church is not attemptg to replace our Wtmster system of parliamentary ernment wh a theocracy. LGBTQI apologists have repeated the centuri-old lie of Kg Jam beg a closet homosexual.

”It was Weldon who first alleged that Kg Jam was gay, whout any ironclad evince to back up his claim.

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But even if Kg Jam was gay, that would have no bearg on the dive stat of the mt bear md that the Kg Jam Bible was translated by 47 Prottant Bible scholars, not Kg any event, I would hope that D’Mar appreciat the Christian Council’s unwillgns to dialogue. Concerng the matter of homosexualy, there n be no promise. Get the most out of any Gay Bahamas trip wh this Mr Hudson approved travel erary.

BOOK WITH US Photo: Renato MarzanLGBT suatn the BahamasThough the Bahamas are, generally speakg, welg of LGBTQ+ travellers, ’s sential to know that this is a untry wh a history of anti-homosexualy laws and where full protectns for the gay muny are yet to be legalized.

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However, a very real stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny means you won’t fd any gay clubs or events, and ’s bt to avoid PDA. On the posive si, gay upl are now weled at all of the large rorts and hotels, so rt assured you n still enjoy an idyllic island pe wh the right preutns to vis the BahamasHurrine season ns om June through to the end of November.

(The longt route is gay Nass to Inagua at about an hour and a half. An gural gay pri weekend the Bahamas was cut short as members of the LGBT muny abandoned the planned events “out of fear” of repercsns om irate members of the public, reported the Nass Guardian. Event anizer Victor Rolls said he received ath threats on his Facebook page after postg pictur Sunday of event atten holdg gay pri flags along wh Bahamian flags on a beach.

Law firm tak ‘immediate and severe’ actn over lawyer’s anti-gay email. A gay pri event that started on Friday on Grand Bahama that was supposed to ntue through tomorrow, was cut short as members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny abandoned "out of fear" of repercsns om irate members of the public, even as police remaed on high alert for any signs of trouble, Victor Rolls, one of the anizers of the event told The Nass Guardian yterday. Rolls said he received ath threats on his Facebook page after postg pictur of event atten holdg gay pri flags along wh Bahamian flags on a beach yterday.

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He said lol talk shows were a particular source of vrl, wh many claimg God would judge The Bahamas for allowg a gay pri event to take place and some people wishg harm on those volved and members of the LGBT muny more generally. The statement said there were several gay pri related parti and events set for the weekend cludg a beach party, pajama party, a gay pri boat cise, and two drag pageants.

Though the webse claimed there would be a gay pri para, Rolls said that was never supposed to take place outsi the private rort and ultimately didn't happen. The Bahamas saw ’s first ever gay pri event ncelled early wh only 11 atten (all foreigners) due to ath threats acrdg to the Nass Guardian.

Victor Rolls, one of the anizers of the event, received ath threats on his Facebook page after postg pictur promotg the event wh featurg gay pri flags along wh Bahamian flags on a beach yterday. He said lol talk shows were a particular source of vrl, wh many claimg God would judge The Bahamas for allowg a gay pri event to take place and some people wishg harm on those volved and members of the LGBT more generally.

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