It's the inherent problem behind rolling all LGBT rights into a simple color coded map. Like imagine making a map of the US for "women's rights" and trying to color code states where abortion is legal/available if you travel/illegal/has criminal penalties. Then try to add colors for availability of childcare (free/subsidized/paid), maternity leave (how many weeks/upaid/paid/none), etc etc. It'd be an absolute shitshow of unreadable colors or terribly misleading depending on criteria chosen.
It’s the inherent problem behind rolling all LGBT rights into a simple color coded map.
Absolutely. What does it mean if being gay is illegal? Does that mean what goes on behind closed doors is off-limits or does that mean secret police are actively hunting people on dating apps? That's a massive difference and it is relevant to that part of the world, as the latter is a thing in places like Qatar, but a lot of the other places are at least a bit more laid back about this even though they have the same color on the map.
It's the inherent problem behind rolling all LGBT rights into a simple color coded map. Like imagine making a map of the US for "women's rights" and trying to color code states where abortion is legal/available if you travel/illegal/has criminal penalties. Then try to add colors for availability of childcare (free/subsidized/paid), maternity leave (how many weeks/upaid/paid/none), etc etc. It'd be an absolute shitshow of unreadable colors or terribly misleading depending on criteria chosen.
Absolutely. What does it mean if being gay is illegal? Does that mean what goes on behind closed doors is off-limits or does that mean secret police are actively hunting people on dating apps? That's a massive difference and it is relevant to that part of the world, as the latter is a thing in places like Qatar, but a lot of the other places are at least a bit more laid back about this even though they have the same color on the map.