Posted on 05/28/2019 5:12:19 PM PDT by Ennis85
When Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions, hundreds of gay people marked the occasion by registering to marry.
It marked a significant change on the island, where the majority of people only relatively recently became supportive of same-sex relationships.
In many other places there has also been a shift - often a rapid one - towards more liberal attitudes.
For example, in 2007, one in five South Koreans said homosexuality should be accepted, -but, by 2013, that figure had doubled.
Attitudes among the public also appear to have softened in other places including Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia, India and many in Western Europe.
But these changes do not always mean full equality. In Taiwan, for example, the government stopped short of granting full adoption rights.
Elsewhere, some nations are bringing in stricter anti-gay laws and same-sex relationships remain illegal in about 69 countries. On Friday, Kenya's High Court upheld a law banning gay sex.
Pockets of opposition
In some countries, opposition towards gay relationships is deeply entrenched and may be growing.
For example, in Ghana, where gay sex can be punished with a prison sentence, attitudes have become even less accepting.
In 2013, a poll suggested 96% of Ghanaians believe society should not accept homosexuality.
Elsewhere, official punishments for gay sex may provide insights into how residents, or at least their leaders, view homosexuality.
For example, Brunei recently made sex between men punishable with death through stoning, although it has since backtracked on this.
Another issue is that while laws and perceived attitudes may appear to have become more relaxed in some countries, the reality may be very different for the LGBT community there. For example, while Brazil's Supreme Court has recently voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes illegal,
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BBC earning badges again?
14 Oct 2018: AOL: BBC issues ‘ally’ badges to heterosexual staff to promote LGBT issues
The BBC is taking action over a perceived “heteronormative culture” at the broadcaster by making LGBT reforms, including forming a network of straight “allies” who could be identified using badges.
Language is to be more inclusive, with non-binary pronouns used by BBC staff where appropriate, as part of internal changes to retain staff and “cut ice” with young viewers...
A network of “straight allies” will be set up to advance the interests of LGBT staff, with “badges or email signatures” to identify them, according to a BBC report...
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/10/14/maajid-nawaz/
Russia is actually quite reasonable. They allow gay people to go about their lives. What they don't do is allow the LGBT mafia to bully everyone else into submission and destroy cherished institutions and values.
They filled up TV with gay characters, gay kissing, feminist super warriors and crying men who get captured and tortured while women slay whole armies. No one watches their garbage. Haven’t read any news articles about needing more gays on TV.
Based on the number of gay-related threads on FR, there seems to be a lot of interest in the topic for some reason.
Agreed. Americans have always had a live-and-let-live attitude, which is exactly the sort of real tolerance you’d expect in a civil society. What’s relatively new is the in-your-face demands for “affirmation” on the part of every fringe element of society on pain of ostracism, if not penalty of law. That’s the exact opposite of tolerance.
No. And it is homosexual, not gay.
For me, never.
“Is the world becoming more gay-friendly?”
I pray not. Their victims are scarred for life.
Queer is a better description...
I respectfully but adamantly disagree:
There is no such thing as homosexuality: Sexuality is inherently reproductive in origin, by definition. Two persons of the same sex cannot naturally reproduce.
They are seldom truly gay, and never homosexual. They are homoerotic.
Saw a story this morning about kids stealing the rainbow flag and how it might be a “hate crime” with potentially serious penalties. Made me wonder if stealing an American flag would also be considered a “hate crime”.
I vote yes, the world is moving farther from God and closer to the end times. Even people claiming to be Christians are becoming overly pro gay. Non Christian religions that pretend to oppose gays get to have it both ways uponcloser inspection.
I guess we don’t know just what percentage of the world is becoming “gay-friendly”. I hope it is not as big a percentage as might be thought, but I don’t know. Anyway, the book of Galatians does explain this perversion & how it will work out in the end.
HOMOSEXUAL, because there’s nothing GAY about it.
Yes, and correspondingly anti-Christian. Do not salute the flag of Sodom.
No. It’s becoming more Christian hostile.
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