What are some places gays and lesbians should avoid?
There are places that people should avoid, and this is actually a very important question. People do need to do their research - I had some people call me last week and they wanted to go to southern Africa. They wanted to go on an adventure vacation, and I called the specific company. They had them going to Zimbabwe, and I said to the woman, Zimbabwe! No, if we're going to do them, we want to take them to the Zambian side of Victoria falls, not Zimbabwe. And she said, well, why? Well, the president of Zimbabwe is incredibly homophobic - they are killing gay and lesbian people there. That is a very difficult example, but you do need to research it. Amnesty International has a great gay and lesbian part on their website. It's also a reason that you should use a travel agent, or if you're not using an agent, make sure that you are going online and researching, because there are places, and there's nothing worse, for example, to go all the way to southern Africa and to have a very bad time once you get there. You shouldnt go to Zimbabwe, you should rather go to Zambia.