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SGAPORE GAY VENU: NTEMPORARY
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QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali... Special thanks to Tora Y., riverrobl, afalang, bbox, genewilly, happy_t, BillyBudd, eastwt, jasoncd, luchenotte, crystalmaya, gsmgay1997, sgslave, peterbxl1, bbox, whe_sg, Tigerman, Richard, O, Thomas I., Ash, Steve, Dale and Brian! Most of Sgapore's gay scene is ncentrated Chatown, easily accsed by taxi or the Chatown or Tanjong Pagar MRT statns.
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Wh a fortable mix of lol, expat and gays on holiday, the bar also gets wanrg tourists and is a fortable spot for women and straight iends. The creative team behd many of Sgapore's gay dance parti which aim to brg your clubbg experience to a whole new level. "An extremely rmative sectn on Sgapore's gay bars, clubs, anizatns, publitns, bookshops and even barets.
Utopia Gui to Indonia (2nd Edn, 2007): The Gay and Lbian Scene 43 Ci Includg Jakarta and the Island of Bali. Utopia Gui to Japan (2nd Edn, 2007):The Gay and Lbian Scene 27 Ci Includg Tokyo, Kyoto and Nagoya. Utopia Gui to South Korea (2nd Edn, 2007):The Gay and Lbian Scene 7 Ci Includg Seoul, Pan, Taegu and Taejon.
" -- Lonely Pla KoreaExpand 2007 Send Edn of the first ever travel gui to gay and lbian life South Korea. Utopia Gui to Taiwan (2nd Edn, 2007):The Gay and Lbian Scene 12 Ci Includg Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taan.
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Enjoy savvy ments and remendatns om lol Utopians, as well as gay travelers who share their experienc and disveri rabow Southeast Asia. Utopia Gui to Asia: the Bt of Asia's Gay & Lbian Scene 16 Countri Includg Philipp, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Nepal (2006). PRAISE FOR THE UTOPIA GUIDE TO CHINA:"In a sign that Cha's great wall of nial about homosexualy is crackg, the first prted gui to gay life dozens of Che ci has been published by Utopia.
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Wh hont, tailed scriptns of hotels, rtrants, bars and baths, as well as sights to lol culture, the bilgual gui offers remendatns, tips and warngs for the ternatnal gay traveler.
Quotatns om actual visors round out the scriptns, providg first hand imprsns about the gay scene the var ci. In perhaps the most tellg example of how far Cha has e, one ntributor lists several Beijg Starbucks outlets as the bt plac to meet profsnal gay men.
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"Utopia is well known as the world’s most prehensive and thorative English-language rource on gay Asia. It turns the most sual riffler to a rear wh s knowg mentary on var gay issu and evotive scriptns of var gay scen and areas. The Utopia Gui to Thailand is stuffed wh rmatn about Thai venu where you n meet lol gays and lbians on a iendship basis.
The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. * gay singapore utopia *
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Anti-discrimatn laws have been enacted protectg homosexuals and tn about homosexualy is now takg place lower schools. ntent ratg system classifyg gay and lbian webs as "harmful media" and mandatg their blockage--all unr the guise of protectg youth. The Mistry acted after an April 2001 cisn by the Korean Informatn and Communitns Ethics Commtee (ICEC)--an officially pennt body wh wi censorship powers--which classified homosexualy unr the tegory of "obsceny and perversn" s "Creria for Incent Inter S.
" Activists Korea trace the roots of this fn to a 1997 law that classifi scriptns of "homosexual love" as "harmful to youth. The owner of, the first and largt gay webse Korea, received a notice statg that if did not immediately mark self as a 'harmful se' and stall filterg software to prevent youth accs, he would be penalized wh a fe of approximately US$10, 000 or two years imprisonment. On January 10, 2002, affiliatn wh Lbian and Gay Alliance Agast Discrimatn (LGAAD) and the Lawyers for a Democratic Society filed the first lawsu agast Korean ernment for unnstutnally blockg accs.
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A urt cisn was ma on Augt 14, 2002 that eedom of speech and exprsn were not applible regardg homosexualy, and allowed for outrageo penalti, cludg two year imprisonment, to be enforced. On April 2, 2003 the Korean Natnal Human Rights Protectn Commtee officially advised Korea's Youth Protectn Commtee to remove anti-gay language om the 1997 Youth Protectn Act that that unrpned the 2001 Mistry of Informatn and Communitns cisn. Unls you are a Karaoke addict the bt advice is to steer clear of karaoke-type 't miss readg this fascatg look at Gay and Lbian Life Korea.
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The olst and only gay men's rights anizatn Korea, Chgai is a succsor of Chodong-hoe, the first homosexual activist group the untry, anized 1993.
Chgai has served as a shelter for Korean gay men, who have no official or public voice of their own, and as an arena for stggle agast all prejudice and opprsn directed at homosexuals. This group seeks to abolish discrimatn agast sexual mori; foster operatn among mory groups; tablish an alliance agast opprsn of workers; tablish shields agast illegal vtigatn of gay bars and biased news reportg about sexual mori; and to strengthen HIV/AIDS tn aimed at youth. Jjimjilbang may not have a sna, or even hot water facili, although they may functn as facto cisg spac for Korean gays.
A gay jjimjilbang (sleepg/cisg facily) and has one large room, seven private rooms, one middle-sized room, DVD room, showers, small lounge, rt room. Most of the gay bars (there are around 10) are loted on the oppose si of the street om Gwangju Bank Tower. A good spa (que gay, discreet) is loted between and parallel to Kum Nam No and Art St (Art St is mentned may tourist pamphlets).