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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+ comm
by 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 agoYes. 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.