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Re: Show HN: I made a site that helps you find LGBT+ Travel Rankings and Gay Laws

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Post by 1hakr »

Benneb wrote: post #56

The data seems pretty out of date for Taiwan. LGBT couples can be married, and stepchildren can be adopted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Taiwan

This is based on 2019 report. I will update it on my site. Thanks mate!

Re: Show HN: I made a site that helps you find LGBT+ Travel Rankings and Gay Laws

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Post by 1hakr »

laumars wrote: post #65

Interesting project Does this account for how regional variation within each country? Because even in the UK, peoples attitudes can vary wildly from one town and city to another.

This is now based on country laws only. I haven't looked into how it's perceived in different regions in each country

Re: Show HN: I made a site that helps you find LGBT+ Travel Rankings and Gay Laws

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Post by keanzu »

JshWright wrote: post #57
keanzu wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, he does. It is on the RHS on the "LGBT+ Travel Rankings of the world" page (linked in OP). "This ranking is based on 14 different paramters like civil rights, discrimation and persecution by Spartacus LGBT+ Travel."

Oh, yep I guess it is there. Seems like it could be a little more prominent, since this is basically just their dataset, with some filtering and ads (and a more confusing representation of the score).

> Oh, yep I guess it is there.

Yes, but it wasn't obvious to me. I only spotted it after careful reading AND knowing the data source was Spartacus. Anyone unfamiliar with that outlet probably wouldn't pick up on the connection. Given the HEAVY reliance on their data I agree that more prominence and a link would be nice.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that helps you find LGBT+ Travel Rankings and Gay Laws

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Post by 1hakr »

lawlorino wrote: post #36
1hakr wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got the actual data from https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-... I just made it a percent to make it easy to compare and understand.

I would argue it doesn't make it easier to understand though, plus I'm sure there is a mistake in your methodology. E.g. several countries you score as 67% in equal age of consent when they have laws specifying this. What is a 100% then? Moreover the guide you posted gives a max rating of 1 in this category, therefore that's why I think you made a mistake mapping their scores to percentages.

Thanks, another user pointed it out and I fixed. Currently, the ranges are -3 to 3 for each category but for some, it's only 0 to -3 and accordingly I changed it.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that helps you find LGBT+ Travel Rankings and Gay Laws

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Post by onyva »

Israel is probably one of the few countries other than the USA were LGBTQ+ people were attacked and killed in public or in private spaces.

An ashkenazi religious Jew stabbed and killed a girl in a gay pride event in Jerusalem, and the government coalition is made up of some of the most externally homophobic (also Ashkenazi) MPs.

Israel has an image of tolerance because of TLV, which was mostly a tourism driven policy or gimmick. The rest of the country is really not gay friendly at all and personal safety is something to consider if you travel outside of TLV.

Mind you the murder of youth in a gay community club took place in TLV.

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