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...lesbian tourists accounted for more than 10% of the $88 billion Americans spent abroad last year. Yet they feel most unwelcome closest to home-in the Caribbean, which, despite its relaxed image in TV ads, has been rife with homophobic acts, like the stabbing last year of a gay activist in Jamaica. The Cayman Islands has turned away gay cruises in recent years, and travel agents often remind gay couples to avoid public affection or face fines and harassment on islands like Barbados, where homosexuality is outlawed. In March passengers on a gay cruise from Miami were barred from disembarking...
Partly in response to those incidents, the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has started a campaign to "buy-cott" certain spots-encouraging gay tourists to direct their dollars only to gay-friendly destinations. And with Caribbean tourism lagging since 9/11, a more welcoming attitude is starting to become apparent in some places. St. Thomas now openly advertises gay bed-and-breakfasts and gay weddings. In Puerto Rico, both major candidates in last year's gubernatorial race pledged to respect gay rights. And after the March cruise-ship incident, Nevis Tourism Minister Malcolm Guishard took...
Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, a co-chair of Harvard’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance who attended yesterday’s celebration, called a ban in Massachusetts “a very real chance.” But “the threat has lessened since last year,” Thoreson added, referring to the shift in legislative leadership toward same-sex marriage supporters...
...Harvard, members of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance will travel to City Hall tomorrow for the anniversary celebration, according to Public Relations Chair Mischa A. Feldstein...
After this decision, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz said, We failed our gay and lesbian students. We failed our principles. And we agree. We are starkly disappointed that Harvard has to be passive aggressive when it comes to this case; the University should have been proactive from the beginning. However, given the current situation and the appeal to the Supreme Court, we encourage the University to file an amicus brief with the court. Fifty members of the Harvard Law School faculty filed such a brief in the appeals court, and its effectiveness substantiates similar action with the Supreme...