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Contents:
- THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
- ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
- BNEI-OWNED HOTELS HI SOCIAL MEDIA PAG AS OUTCRY GROWS OVER ANTI-GAY LAWS
- BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH
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’s sexualy was a closely guard secret even before Bnei this week enacted the fal phase of s dranian new penal , which clus ath by stong for people found guilty of gay sex or adultery.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
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Homosexualy has long been outlawed the ty, Mlim-majory Southeast Asian natn.
BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
In addn to penalizg gay sex wh ath by stong, Bnei now prcrib the punishment for extramaral sex, abortn and blasphemg the Prophet Mohammed. “I’d hate to be the first gay man to be tried unr the [new] system, ” says Shahrani, who is seekg asylum Canada after he says he was charged by the Bnei ernment for a cril Facebook post.
When the ty, oil-rich kgdom of Bnei first announced 2013 that would adopt strict Islamic laws, cludg ath by stong for gay sex, many the untry’s LGBT muny nsired fleeg.
“It’s really sry, ” says Khail, a young gay man Bnei who spoke to CNN over the phone. It’s not somethg that a human should suffer … jt bee of beg a homosexual. It was only when he got to Canada that he was able to e out as gay.
‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
Beg gay Bnei was difficult enough whout Sharia law. Asian natn set to punish homosexual sex wh ath. “Gay men jt hold hands the supermarket, they kiss, ’s OK.
That’s why they don’t need gay bars; all the bars are gay.
In Augt 2016, openly gay skier G Kenworthy was attendance for one of Azim's glzy star-studd affairs. Clooney noted that Bolikah owned "nice hotels" and that the "people who work there are kd, " but argued that supportg the hotels only aids "puttg money directly to the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to ath their own cizens for beg gay or acced of adultery.
BNEI-OWNED HOTELS HI SOCIAL MEDIA PAG AS OUTCRY GROWS OVER ANTI-GAY LAWS
Dependg on where they’re head, gay travelers n face great risks. Acrdg to Equalx, a range of gay activi are illegal 71 untri.
In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.
BNEI BACKS DOWN ON GAY SEX ATH PENALTY AFTER TERNATNAL BACKLASH
The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here. A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay. The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more.