Homosexuality in Haitian Vodou is religiously acceptable and homosexuals are allowed to participate in all religious activities. However, in countries with large Vodou populations (such as Benin, Togo or Haiti), some Christian influence may have given homosexuality a social stigma (see homosexuality and Christianity), at least on some levels of society. Haitian Vodou itself has remained open to people of all sexual orientations. It is common knowledge in Haiti that a significant number of Haitian Vodou are gay. Many LGBT people in Haiti believe that it is easier to be open about one's sexuality and gender expression within Vodou culture, in the face of open hostility by mainstream Haitian society. Haitian views of homosexuality Vodou is an ancestral religion, and viewed by some Western anthropologists as an ecstatic religion. It is not a fertility-based religion (see Fertility rites). This means that the majority of its members are not required by any religious law to reproduce, and homosexuals are not pressured to do so. Haitian Vodou views sexual orientation as a part of the way God makes a person; homosexuals are free to pursue members of the same sex just as heterosexuals are free to pursue members of the opposite sex. In Haitian Vodou, male homosexuals are seen as under the protection of the Erzulie Freda, the loa of love and beauty. She is very feminine, allowing gay men to exhibit stereotypical traits during religious ceremonies. The documentary "Des hommes et dieux" presents interviews with several people who feel Erzulie Freda made them gay. Erzulie Dantor is seen as the patron of lesbians, although she is herself bisexual having a number of children and two husbands, Simbi Makaya and Ti Jean Petwo, though she is said to prefer the company of women. Attacks after the 2010 earthquake Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, there were verbal and physical attacks against vodou practitioners in Haiti, perpetrated by those who felt that, like homosexuals, vodouists were immoral and bore some responsibility for the country's catastrophe. Opposing views in non-Haitian based Vodou There are, however, views among other Vodou practitioners that overt identification as homosexuals has no place within the tradition. The leader of Le Peristyle Haitian Sanctuary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, asserts that there is no connection between the loa and gender complexity, and states that "...your gender identification is your business. But you cannot evoke God to satisfy your sexual desires. We have suffered