20 Worst Places to Travel if You Are Gay

Jamaica

Ah, Jamaica: pristine beaches, palm trees swaying, spectacular waterfalls — the perfect place for a vacation.  Unless you’re a male couple, that is.

Jamaica has an anti-gay sodomy law that is a holdover from an 1864 British colonial anti-sodomy law.  Sex between men is illegal: you face up to 14 years in prison.  Sex between women is legal, so ladies, come on down and enjoy the sunshine and the rum!

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