Planet romeo gay happiness index

Gay Happiness Index ranks India below China, Nepal and Qatar

Last month, India's candidate for Mr Homosexual World pageant in South Africa reportedly  withdrew from the challenge and went into hiding after he and his family received homophobic abuse and threats.

Back dwelling, the electric atmosphere at the gay pride paradesthat are now a common occurrence in many Indian cities might even fool an outsider that these cheerful events are a celebration of equal rights for all Indians. However, the parades are most often a sign of defiance since Indian law views homosexuality as unnatural and re-criminalised it in

The parades aren't the only though India is one of the few countries that legally recognises the third gender, its gay population is far from being among the happiest around the world. And it is unlikely to be so if it continues to be prone to police harassment and fears going to jail for life for having “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”.

According to the first Gay Happiness Index compiled by Planet Romeo, a popular dating app that caters to gays, India scored only
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The lgbtq+ dating website PlanetRomeo conducted the survey, and asked its participants to rate their happiness level for three standards: public belief, public behavior, and existence satisfaction. Behind Iceland in second, third and fourth place are its Nordic neighbors Norway, Denmark and Sweden, respectively. Canada is the 6th happiest nation for gay men, and the United States came in at number The country with the unhappiest gay happiness index was Uruguay, with a score of 20 out of  

Participants in the survey were also asked to speak on their feelings regarding experience with physical violence, situations at work or school, acceptance within family, and overhearing of jokes and insults. Because the survey only asked opinions of queer men, it should be noted that the feelings of lesbians or the transgender community were not represented by this study. But it is no great surprise that Iceland is somewhat of a haven for the homosexual community. It was the ninth country in the world to legalize gay marriage in People reach from all over the world to be marrie

Ifyouidentify as lesbian, queer , bisexual or gender diverse (LGBT), you may want to examine a move to the nordic regions of the society.

Gay dating network PlanetRomeo released an insightful survey this week that ranks the happiness levels of gay men in different countries around the planet. Called the Homosexual Happiness Index, this year's survey saw Iceland top the list with Uganda, expectedly, falling to the bottom.

The index results stemmed from a survey of , gay men from countries based on three general criteria of day-to-day life: public notion, public behavior and life satisfaction. Accompanying Iceland and rounding out the superior four are three other Nordic countries: Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

The UK came in at the 23rd detect, and the U.S. at

Because the Gay Happiness Index just focuses on gay men, the results don't specifically deal with things like sexism, transphobia or other issues affecting the LGBT community.

"Things seem to improve in North and South America as well as in South-East Asia," PlanetRomeo notes in the survey results. "That’s great news! Europe shows a

Gay men in Iceland are the world’s happiest

According to website Planet Romeo, gay men in Iceland are the world’s happiest.

The index combined three main topics to generate one worldwide ranking on male lover happiness: Public opinion, widespread behaviour and life satisfaction. Iceland ranked the top, followed by our neighbours: Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Gay men were the unhappiest in Uganda and Sudan. 

Read more: Iceland is a popular wedding destination for same-sex couples

According to website Planet Romeo, gay men in Iceland are the world’s happiest.

The index united three main topics to generate one worldwide ranking on gay happiness: General opinion, public behaviour and life satisfaction. Iceland ranked the highest, followed by our neighbours: Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Gay men were the unhappiest in Uganda and Sudan. 

Read more: Iceland is a popular wedding destination for same-sex couples