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I was looking for a way to check a website where I can find Gay-friendly countries when one of my friends asked me as I have built the Visa List. Surprisingly I

by 1hakr 7y ago

I was looking for a way to check a website where I can find Gay-friendly countries when one of my friends asked me as I have built the Visa List. Surprisingly I found very few blogs and they had very few countries and didn't tell me how safe every country is. So I decided to build a full functionality where you can find each and every country with their travel ranking with their civil rights, discrimination, and persecution against gay people. You can sort by most and least friendly and visualize it on a map. I would love to get feedback and improve the travel experience for LGBT+ community.

herbstein 7y ago
This is such an awesome project! Kudos
- 1hakr 7y ago
  Thanks mate! Do share if you found this useful!!
blondin 7y ago
looks okay, but this site is very slow for me. takes seconds to scroll... i have the feeling it could be faster.
- davedx 7y ago
  Yeah on my Macbook Pro scrolling is a little janky too, but it's not that noticeable. Probably that map at the top right, or the big ad on the right?
notahacker 7y ago
I like the design and intent, but I'm not sure mapping the scores to percentages works. I can't see how the UK's equal age of consent [since 2000] works out at '67%' for example. I'm also pretty sceptical of the underlying data anyway: I'm also perplexed by the idea that the UK has a significant negative religious influence, and I'm pretty sure Pride is banned in Saudi Arabia
- DanBC 7y ago
  The Church of England just said that sex is for married hetero-sexual couples only. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51233003 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51233003
  - notahacker 7y ago
    It also said sorry for offending people very quickly afterwards, and more to the point has tiny and declining attendance and minimal impact on attitudes towards homosexual tourists. The idea that it's more hostile and influential on the subject of homosexuality than, say, the Catholic church in most Catholic majority countries doesn't really stack up.
    - DanBC 7y ago
      It's the official state religion and is represented in the house of lords. That's real actual power, albeit moderated by the rest of the HoL. And, while they apologised, they stuck by that announcement. We also have Catholic churches here, who've made similar pronouncements about relationships of gay people. We've had a long running demonstration outside primary schools by Muslim people complaining about age appropriate lessons about relationships. A transwoman was ostracized by her orthodox Jewish community to the point where she was unable to see her children. Despite winning the various court cases she's now given up trying to have contact with her children. Religious intolerance of LGBTQ relationships is widespread in the UK across most religions.
      - notahacker 7y ago
        Nobody is saying that religious prejudice in the UK is nonexistent. What I am saying is the data source's conclusion that the UK has a high level of religious prejudice not found in the rest of Western Europe is palpably absurd. 'But I have to worry about the power of bishops in the House of Lords', said no tourist ever.
        DanBC 7y ago

by 1hakr 7y ago

herbstein 7y ago

This is such an awesome project! Kudos

1hakr 7y ago
Thanks mate! Do share if you found this useful!!

blondin 7y ago

looks okay, but this site is very slow for me. takes seconds to scroll... i have the feeling it could be faster.

davedx 7y ago
Yeah on my Macbook Pro scrolling is a little janky too, but it's not that noticeable. Probably that map at the top right, or the big ad on the right?

notahacker 7y ago

I like the design and intent, but I'm not sure mapping the scores to percentages works. I can't see how the UK's equal age of consent [since 2000] works out at '67%' for example. I'm also pretty sceptical of the underlying data anyway: I'm also perplexed by the idea that the UK has a significant negative religious influence, and I'm pretty sure Pride is banned in Saudi Arabia

DanBC 7y ago
The Church of England just said that sex is for married hetero-sexual couples only. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51233003 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51233003
- notahacker 7y ago
  It also said sorry for offending people very quickly afterwards, and more to the point has tiny and declining attendance and minimal impact on attitudes towards homosexual tourists. The idea that it's more hostile and influential on the subject of homosexuality than, say, the Catholic church in most Catholic majority countries doesn't really stack up.
  - DanBC 7y ago
    It's the official state religion and is represented in the house of lords. That's real actual power, albeit moderated by the rest of the HoL. And, while they apologised, they stuck by that announcement. We also have Catholic churches here, who've made similar pronouncements about relationships of gay people. We've had a long running demonstration outside primary schools by Muslim people complaining about age appropriate lessons about relationships. A transwoman was ostracized by her orthodox Jewish community to the point where she was unable to see her children. Despite winning the various court cases she's now given up trying to have contact with her children. Religious intolerance of LGBTQ relationships is widespread in the UK across most religions.
    - notahacker 7y ago
      Nobody is saying that religious prejudice in the UK is nonexistent. What I am saying is the data source's conclusion that the UK has a high level of religious prejudice not found in the rest of Western Europe is palpably absurd. 'But I have to worry about the power of bishops in the House of Lords', said no tourist ever.
      - DanBC 7y ago