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Stefan posg wh a very tolerant Laotian fay the pal cy of Laos: Vientiane. This article was wrten by Stefan and Sebastien and first appeared on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. Laos has a mixed attu toward gay people. It appears to be another Asian untry stgglg hard to accept and protect s LGBT populatn. There are no anti discrimatn laws place and marriage equaly is nowhere near beg implemented. Yet, there are no laws crimalizg homosexualy and haven’t really ever been sce pennce. We felt pletely at ease travelg as a gay uple Laos: lols jt didn’t bat an eyelid when they worked out we are not really brothers. We also noticed a very acceptg attu towards ladyboys (jt like Thailand), more so than the Wt. We met a lol gay man named Somphorn, who gave some sight to what ’s like growg up gay Laos.  Somphorn tellg about gay Laos and what was like growg up Luang Prabang. Sabaidi Somphorn! Where are you om and what do you do? Bonjour L Nomadic Boys. My name is Somphorn Boupha. I am 28 years old and I am om Luang Prabang North Laos. I own and manage Lao Lao Garn Luang Prabang, which is a gay-iendly bar and rtrant.  Lao Lao Garn and bar Luang Prabang Are you out to your iends and fay? Y, all my fay and iends know I’m gay. I me out to my fay when I was around 20 years old. My mother said she always spected I was different and was very acceptg, as were all my siblgs. I lost my father om a young age so I never really knew him. CONTINUED, AFTER THE JUMP...

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ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * gay in vientiane *

Has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay. The Government has rmed for many hotels Vientiane and Luang Prabang hang the banners “No sex wh Child” and this movement is approved by the whole Sex Laos Sex tourism Laos is not only between men and women, recently, but many tourists also e to Laos jt only fd “their partners”, one of them, ntas Gay Sex.

When they hire a room a hotel, for gay sex, they n easily share your room wh others.

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

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Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

It is hard for me as a gay this untry. ”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St.

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Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable. ”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

This article was wrten by Stefan and Sebastien and first appeared on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. Laos has a mixed attu toward gay people. Yet, there are no laws crimalizg homosexualy and haven't really ever been sce pennce.

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