Joe Biden was an absolute freaking *disaster* for gay ppl

[viking8x6]

The devil is in the details, but numerous non-US governments have issued travel advisories for their citizens about difficulties with traveling to the U.S.

At least one such incident that is specific to gay people comes up in a quick google search:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3122632.stm

[PrisonbaiT]

The current result is that tourists from Europe and Canada, no longer book holidays to the USA, they rather prefer to stay in their own country, or travel elsewhere.  Bookings from Europe to American destinations are already down 24% even with the cheap dollar to the Euro

[TaKinGDeePanal]

16 hours ago, PrisonbaiT said:

Friends of mine where not allowed to enter Florida from Europe to stay at their timesharing appartement.  They where stopped when entering the USA, hours interogated buy border control and ordered to return to Europe just because they where 2 guys seeming to be gay.   This administration is on the hunt for people, and i think it will het worse.

Could it possibly be that it was due to the personal prejudices of that CBP officer? We all know now that the rate of rejected entry has increased exponentially - and that they can now say and do pretty much whatever they want.

At least the US still officially (for now) allows entry for HIV+ people - unlike Australia (if you are looking to get any non-visitor visa).

Edited yesterday at 12:18 AM by TaKinGDeePanal

[SomewhereonNeptune]

1 hour ago, TaKinGDeePanal said:

At least the US still officially (for now) allows entry for HIV+ people - unlike Australia (if you are looking to get any non-visitor visa).

I think this could be knee-jerk given the exceptionally lax restrictions on border control by the (ahem) prior administration. To me it seems challenging that people are being flagged based on sexual preference. Is it possible that for some of these, the media is providing a partial rendition of what happened or CBP isn't providing the full reasons for denial of entry?

For instance, if a CBP agent does an inspection from someone clearing customs from certain countries, they will look to see signs such as a visitor's visa but carrying work-specific equipment and enough evidence that they may be looking to overstay a visa and try to apply for work. The Philippines and India are 2 nations where that activity is highly likely. What we don't know, or aren't being told to be fair, is whether there are other mitigating circumstances or intelligence suggesting certain flights may be logical choices for potential threatening activity. I don't know your friends who've gone through this and cannot speculate, but I know people who've had encounters coming to the US who were "selected for enhanced screening" including a family that visited me in October.

Some years ago, I got selected for enhanced screening coming out of Dublin back to JFK, and they did the process in Dublin pre-boarding. I have Global Entry, TSA Pre-Check and other items to help me pass security more easily since I used to travel both for business and holidays. I don't fit the profile of someone on a watchlist. CBP can see my travel record across the globe. I'm so white and American I probably scare Casper. But I got the full treatment and no one could tell me why. Yeah it sucks.

[PrisonbaiT]

Sadly my friends had to undergo this in real life, this is not some crazy rumour.  It was a very bad situation.   Control is tight since this current goverment gave the green light.  

[harrysmith25]

13 hours ago, pupHawaii said:

same thing has happened here in Hawaii .. 2 German girls (late teens or early 20s) going around the world - were stopped by customs/immigration .. they were scheduled to stay here for 4 weeks i believe - no room reservations .. they were detained for 24 hours and told the leave the US .. they were told to leave the US - they opted to fly to Japan.

Would this have happened under Biden?  I have no way of knowing.  But I have seen news reports that it has happened at other entry ports in the US - all under Trump.   And there's a big drop in visitors from Canada and Europe now - why?  Trump.   

 

So um, do we know what the identity of the border agents who sent them away? (If this happened)

 

They could have been from The Religion You Don't Want To Talk About™. We have no idea.

[cheshiregay]

On 5/10/2025 at 10:32 PM, rawfuckingonly said:

......Riiiiiight.

If you're going to try to sell a fabricated, bullshit story, at least TRY to make it somewhat convincing enough for people to buy it. I don't buy that story for a second, nor should anyone else at face value. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yet everyone should believe all the stories (not news - as news is factual) on Fox. There are numerous news reports about people being denied entry or countries advising people not to travel to America