In 2020, Puerto Rico received a Gay Travel Index score of five, which is less than half of the score granted to the countries deemed safest for LGBT tourists. Two points were taken away from the score due to murders of queer people in the country. The Caribbean island was, however, able to score two points in four different categories, including transgender rights and anti-discrimination legislation. Additionally, Puerto Rico was home to ten of the 13 most followed Latin American and Caribbean drag queens featured on the hit TV show RuPaul's Drag Race.
Gay Travel Index in Puerto Rico in 2020, by category
* Note from the source:
"Zero points were awarded for conversion processes if a ban only applies in individual parts of the country / states or, for example, if legal action could be successfully taken even without an explicit law."
The Gay Travel Index 2020 measured 17 categories such as anti-discrimination legislation, transgender rights, anti-gay laws, and death penalty in 202 countries or territories. Category scores range from 3 to -5. The general score for each country corresponds to the total points obtained for all categories. The best rated countries in the global ranking that year were Canada, Malta, and Sweden (12 points) while Chechnya got the lowest index score (-20 points).
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Spartacus International Gay Guide. (March 12, 2020). Gay Travel Index in Puerto Rico in 2020, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174339/puerto-rico-gay-travel-index-score/
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Spartacus International Gay Guide. (2020). Gay Travel Index in Puerto Rico in 2020, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174339/puerto-rico-gay-travel-index-score/
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