There’s hope for LGBT+ travellers, but there’s still a long way to go
What everyone needs to do, see, and eat on a trip to Sri LankaFor hearty pub food and beautiful countryside, this South Downs inn is the place to stayI went to Corona's beer island and fell in love with the eco-friendly paradiseJust because progress has been made, doesn’t mean it can’t be undone.
It very much echoed the how I felt in India during my visit in 2013. People were concerned then and were right to be, because homosexuality would be recriminalised later that same year (it would take another five long and difficult years for this progress to be reinstated).So what can we do, as LGBT+ people and as allies?
Right now it’s more important than ever to spend our money ethically. If the Caribbean sees a surge in tourist revenue in the countries where it’s legal to be LGBT+, that sends a message that’s impossible to ignore.
With any luck, other nations will see this and follow suit, as Singapore did last month. This world can be liberated of its anti-LGBT+ shackles and all of us have the power to help make that change.Calum McSwiggan’s forthcoming book, Straight Expectations, will be published next summer.
