A toursite gay American was arrested by police after the Cayman Islands have embraced his companion in public at the nightclub of the hotel where the couple resided.
Aaron Chandler, an American 23 years, vacationing with his partner has been warned by police as a first step following a complaint from customers attending the hotel complex where he lived. In case a kiss - chaste - exchanged by the two men in the hotel. Local police Respondent then ordered the man not to publicly embrace his friend.
Considering that his behavior was no different from other hotel guests, the couple has not complied. "Our attitude was little that can be described as obscene; holding hands or exchange a furtive kiss," explain the two men.
In the night following the warning, while a new kiss is exchanged in the disco of the hotel, qu'Aaron Chandler is arrested and taken to protesting the local police under the gaze dismay of many residents. He was released later without charge against him.
The situation seems all the more curious that homosexuality between consenting adults is legal in the Cayman Islands since December 2000. These islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea. The Gay questioned nevertheless seen indicate that he could behave as he wished in his room, but it was unacceptable that two men kissing in public.
Aaron Chandler, who is a leading member of an organization of gay rights in the USA, sent a letter of protest to the tourist office on the island to protest against the way he was treated.
"I thought that the remark made to me was ridiculous and I did not take seriously that I risquais to be arrested for this," he wrote. "I do not see myself being me hide simply because some people are more homophobic than others," he concludes his letter.
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