Indonesia has classified homosexuality as a “mental disorder”, as a bill to criminalise gay sex is introduced in the country’s parliament. The country’s Health Ministry on Friday said it was set to publish a medical guide based on two reports from the past two years.
Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia’s Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major victory: outlawing all sex outside marriage. Revisions to Indonesia’s criminal code being considered by Parliament would allow prison sentences of up to five years for sex between unmarried people. Those changes would also criminalise gay sex, the bugbear of Indonesia’s Islamic and secular political parties.
The government of Myanmar gave approval for an LGBT gathering for the first time this weekend, allowing the &Proud festival to be held in a public park in Yangon. Organizers have historically held the film and culture series in secret, given the nation’s ban on homosexuality, a holdover from British colonial rule.
Jamaica has banned a Holocaust-denying pastor from Arizona who has called for gay people to be stoned death, after outcry from activists on the island. Steven Anderson, from the Faithful World Baptist Church in Tempe, said he was about to board a flight to Kingston when he was informed he would not be allowed into Jamaica.
You don’t want to live in a place that doesn’t respect you as a person. Destination Pride, built by PFLAG Canada and ad agency FCB/SIX, rates cities around the world based on the legal rights and protections they give to LGBTQ people. While it’s packaged as a vacation rater, it’s more useful when choosing where to stay longterm.
They have a motto in Key West: “One Human Family.” Coined by James Thompson — an HIV-positive activist, organizer, and designer — it represents Key West, the tiny island best known for its queer inclusiveness.
“Inclusiveness is part of our heritage,” one tour guide told me when I visited last August. Its embrace of diversity and…
With the leading International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and following its first report in 2012, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published a second report on the role of the increasingly important LGBT travel market. According to the report, in recent years the LGBT travel market has experienced a general upturn… Read the full article HERE.
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