Posted on 03/02/2019 3:44:25 PM PST by Salman
The US is often thought of as one of the most progressive countries in the world, but thanks to Donald Trump it’s not a place LGBTQ+ people are lining up to visit. An annual gay travel index has ranked the US is 47th in a list of the friendliest destinations for queer travelers, falling from it’s 2018 ranking of 39.
Berlin-based Spartacus International Gay Guide is a handy resource for LGBTQ+ travelers, and releases the Spartacus Gay Travel Index annually, measuring countries’ queer accessibility through a set of 14 criteria including anti-discrimination legislation, marriage equality, adoption rights, transgender rights, and religious influence.
Spartacus credits America’s drop to “right-wing conservative governments and their initiatives to revoke LGBT rights that have been achieved, as well as the associated increase in homophobic and transphobic violence.” When the US fell from the 34th position in 2018, Spartacus cited Trump’s “attempts to curtail transgender rights in the military” as the main reason for the drop.
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Just as an aside, the plus sign on the end of "LGBTQ+" is to indicate that they didn't foprget the rest of the alphabet.
Fine, I prefer normal people visiting here.
They should be more concerned about creeping Shariah law in theoretically more “friendly” jurisdictions.
Daphne Bramham: Vancouver Pride float protesting Sharia law acceptable in 2011, but banned in 2017
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vancouver-pride-float-that-protested-sharia-law-was-acceptable-in-2011-but-banned-in-2017
Uh, is that supposed to be a bad thing? Proof please.
Yeah, Trump really shut down the Gay Pride celebrations in San Francisco, Key West, and New Orleans.
As the late Fats Domino sang, “Ain’t that a shame!”
Bunch of Pussies
Wait, what? Spartacus? Isn’t that cora-lee booker?
Spartacus International Gay Guide
Cory Booker sure has a lot on his plate.
According to their own made-up criteria. They can always go to Saudi Arabia if they don’t like it here.
All those homo tourists were just itching to join Trump’s Army and fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. They aren’t feeling fabulous any more and probably won’t join up. Such a shame.
Good! They should stay home. Maybe try visiting an Islamic country and see the religion of peace first hand.
Too bad. That group of people has been horribly hateful towards Christians. What comes around, goes around.
JoMa
Off to Yemen for the Sodomites. See ya.
This clown should try wearing a MAGA hat for a day and see what real hate looks like.
Good. Let’s shoot for 147th.
Their real problem is no one pays any attention to them and it bugs the hell out of them
My apologies for the language - and the image.
Who in hell needs a $3.00 bill Anyway ????
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