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I really don't think there's any meaningful level of tourists not traveling somewhere because they're scared of too many LGBT+ community members. LGBT+ members

I really don't think there's any meaningful level of tourists not traveling somewhere because they're scared of too many LGBT+ community members. LGBT+ members need/want a site like this because they want to be safe while traveling and exploring the world. Bigoted fools don't have any real risk going somewhere with LGBT+ rights.

JordanFarmer 7y ago
It's not about risk. It's about the type of place they want to spend time at or live in.
- herbstein 7y ago
  No. But this site is created to help people that don't want to face discrimination being themselves. If one or two bigots don't go to Canada because they don't discriminate enough then I don't think anyone is going to miss a night's sleep.
- cultus 7y ago
  Scaring away bigots is a good thing, not a bad thing. Your blatant homophobia has no place here or anywhere.
smoyer 7y ago
I've only been to two places that I deemed (at least) kid-unfriendly ... in general, you never know who in the crowd of tourists might be part of the LGBT+ community. And while the federal government (in the US) provides accurate assessments of travel risk in general (you should use the STEP program for any travel abroad - https://step.state.gov/ https://step.state.gov/) it doesn't consider laws and the social climate risks for minority populations.
- herbstein 7y ago
  Yes. If you're going somewhere with a higher-than-usual risk to yourself compared to more traditional tourist locations you should definitely register yourself with STEP (or the equivalent for your home country). I don't see the usefulness of this site being whether you should go to a deeply religious country engulfed in civil war, as is unfortunately the case in some countries. I think this is far more valuable when considering countries that some people might not know too much about. Like if you want to go to Kiev for a week. I've been there and as a straight guy I couldn't tell you if going there as an LGBT+ person would be safe or not. That's where I see the real value.

JordanFarmer 7y ago

It's not about risk. It's about the type of place they want to spend time at or live in.

herbstein 7y ago
No. But this site is created to help people that don't want to face discrimination being themselves. If one or two bigots don't go to Canada because they don't discriminate enough then I don't think anyone is going to miss a night's sleep.
cultus 7y ago
Scaring away bigots is a good thing, not a bad thing. Your blatant homophobia has no place here or anywhere.

smoyer 7y ago

I've only been to two places that I deemed (at least) kid-unfriendly ... in general, you never know who in the crowd of tourists might be part of the LGBT+ community. And while the federal government (in the US) provides accurate assessments of travel risk in general (you should use the STEP program for any travel abroad - https://step.state.gov/ https://step.state.gov/) it doesn't consider laws and the social climate risks for minority populations.

herbstein 7y ago
Yes. If you're going somewhere with a higher-than-usual risk to yourself compared to more traditional tourist locations you should definitely register yourself with STEP (or the equivalent for your home country). I don't see the usefulness of this site being whether you should go to a deeply religious country engulfed in civil war, as is unfortunately the case in some countries. I think this is far more valuable when considering countries that some people might not know too much about. Like if you want to go to Kiev for a week. I've been there and as a straight guy I couldn't tell you if going there as an LGBT+ person would be safe or not. That's where I see the real value.