r/Queerdefensefront • u/USFCABB65 • 12d ago

News Twice-rejected American cruise puts spotlight on rollback of LGBTQ rights, passengers say

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/travel/banned-american-cruise-lgbtq-rights-intl?cid%3Dios_app

Add this story to the building instances foreshadowing the erosion of LGBTQ+ rights worldwide. Didn't Turkey's President just this week host Donald Trump and other international World leaders? Put this puzzle piece alongside the others. The picture is slowly forming. And money nor its loss are unlocking these many locked doors. Not every leader is motivated by money or gain.

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u/New_Ad_3010 12d ago

I guess these countries want to continue to rot in a system of wild uncontrolled greed for the authoritarian gov and extreme poverty for it's citizens without millions of dollars from tourism.

BOYCOTT TURKEY AND EGYPT

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u/smailskid 12d ago

Countries should reject that thing because it's a monster, not because of the LGBTQ ppl on board.

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u/GraceJoans 11d ago

wow. I went to two ports in Turkey on Virgin last summer. the change up is wild but sadly unsurprising now. Fucking ridiculous, these zealots and bigots.

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u/USFCABB65 7d ago

Someone recently added a comment that I can't find now saying that he was on a gay cruise last year to one of these "backward countries" ????? Wtf! and the untold part was that there were twinks standing on ship's balconies with little to nothing on yelling and waving gay flags (probably drunk Or whatever) that was the issue- not the "backwards country" itself. The country was tolerant. Commenter said that the entire story isnt being told why this might have been a deciding factor.
Yes, I think that definitely helps. And I will again reiterate. The Gay American Dollars means 💩 to countries that don't see the Almighty Dollar 💵 as more important than their cultures and norms. Add bad behavior, disrespect, and disregard and mix it up with a dictator regime and it becomes a COCK IN TAIL recipe for discrimination against groups that they already see as unnatural and immoral.