Trouble in paradise.Just after last issue's investigation of homophobia in the Caribbean went to print, St. Kitts and Nevis Noun 1. St. Kitts and Nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. , blasted for banning a gay nudist Windjammer cruise back in March, stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. us by going on a gay-friendly charm offensive charm offensive Noun a concentrated attempt to gain favour by being helpful and obliging . Local business owners even threw a beach barbecue for a subsequent Windjammer cruise that pulled into port in April. "We were welcomed with open and accepting arms," says Tracy Fulton of Dallas, who was on board the second, nonnudist cruise. Meanwhile, the climate for queer tourists in the Pacific hasn't been nearly as sunny. The British government has issued a travel warning to gays intending to visit Fiji, where a local man, 23, and an Australian tourist, 53, were sentenced to two years in prison in early April for having consensual sex. The men have been released on bail and are appealing their convictions. Though Fiji's penal code penal code n. A body of laws relating to crimes and offenses and the penalties for their commission. penal code Noun the body of laws relating to crime and punishment Noun 1. states that sex between men is illegal, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison, the country's constitution states that sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. is not grounds for discrimination. |
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