On Friday, 14 April 2023, the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean decriminalised homosexuality by repealing the law “indecent acts between males”. Time for an update of the list. Both ILGA World and Erasing 76 Crimes count the countries and US states which have laws against gay sex. Spoiler alert: the number of countries criminalising…
Tag: Maldives
71 (68) countries where gay sex is illegal
The 17th of May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia. IDAHOBIT, or more commonly in Belgium, IDAHOT. As it falls on a Tuesday this year and Tuesday is one of our default publishing days with Thursday and Sunday, I’d thought I’d take a look at the state of affairs regarding state-sponsored…
Are you travelling to a hostile destination?
Danny and I just returned from a citytrip to Singapore. A place where gay sex is illegal. Some friends warned to be careful there. Did and does it stop us?
Thierry Hanan Scheers runs Magnificent Earth: travels aren’t necessarily overexpensive
Next to being a colleague at ZiZo, Thierry Hanan Scheers is also a travel journalist and blogger. I decided to sit down with Thierry Hanan to talk about travelling, blogging and audience.
Trip By Trip 