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 its 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 its 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 Americas 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 Trumps attempts to curtail transgender rights in the military as the main reason for the drop.
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That certainly seems to be the case.
I’m still confused at what at what an LGBTQ looks like. Like smiley Face Cortez?
It isn’t less safe under Trump, but if they think that, that’s their business.
If they want to feel angst and unsafe every time they go somewhere, the truth isn’t going to change their minds, so go ahead...swim in it.
Who cares?
Wholeheartedly agree! Hollyweird is trying to normalize perversion and by taking a left turn at every opportunity they are succeeding in their indoctrination of society.
So when Booker yelled that he was ‘Spartacus’... perhaps this was what he was referring to?
I saw that an my first thought was Cory was signaling something that is apparent with fully functioning gaydar.
Trump has done NOTHING to hurt these people. Nothing.
I suggest they got to the Middle East or India or Pakistan. I’m sure travel is easy there
I know a lesbian couple who have a MAGA hat hanging on their coat rack, and are very proud of it. My liberal sister said I can’t believe they would support Trump, and I told her they get the fact that just because their gay doesn’t mean they have to support higher taxes, higher regs, illegal immigration, etc.
So Holiday Inn is no longer required to provide complimentary butt plugs and vibrators?
This is a bad thing? We have our own home grown crazy without importing more.
They say it like it’s a bad thing we haven’t become the mental-illness-induced sexual confusion capital of the world...
Do other countries allow gay sex in airplane bathrooms? Who knew?
Where do they get that it’s “Trump’s fault?”
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