An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation

Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by keraf on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @09:48AM (#38544589)

As said, Zanzibaris are very tolerant, they will let you exist in peace regardless of how you look, your gender, sexual orientation, religious believes or nationality, they just don't care. I know of trans people spending their holiday here without any incident, at most it was just their taxi driver being curious but at no point they felt unsafe.

Don't abuse their tolerance and respect their customs. The same way you'd expect someone to respect you and your house rules if you invite them home. You just have to accept that people live differently in different parts of the world, maybe it's not them that are intolerant.

I'm convinced a global tech event can be hosted in Zanzibar where everyone is welcome and safe.

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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by pierat on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:22AM (#38544993)

'Feels' are NOT the law.

Your country's law punishes being gay up to life in prison.

According to the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project, 95% (+-4%) of Tanzanian residents believed that homosexuality is a way of life that society should not accept, which was the seventh-highest rate of non-acceptance in the 45 countries surveyed.

And this is recent news in LGBTQ health. Tldr: state sanctioned murder of LGBTQ people https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/02/03/if-we-dont-get-service...

Maybe YOUR experiences are fine. But it's not worth taking any chances on feels when the law says 'up to life in prison'.

Shithole country is not worth coming to if you're: LGBTQ, pagan, and/or an apostate. You're basically a walking death penalty for the crime of 'existing'.

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