Gay UAE: Thoughts on Visg as a Gay Man - OUT AND OUT

Contents:

• DUBAI GAY TRAVEL
• CAN YOU BE GAY AND VIS DUBAI?
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• DUBAI FOR GAY UPLE - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• GAY UPLE DUBAI - DUBAI FOM
• LAWS AGAST GAY TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
• GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI
• GAY DUBAI - DUBAI FOM
• BEG GAY DUBAI
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• DOUBLE OR TW BEDS FOR GAY MALE UPLE? - DUBAI FOM
• GAY TRAVELLERS DUBAI - DUBAI FOM
• DISCREET GAY MALE UPLE VISG - DUBAI FOM
• DUBAI GAY MAP

DUBAI GAY TRAVEL

Some webs talk about massive sweaty gay parti, while others mentn LGBT tourists gog to jail for holdg hands public.

In this gui, I’ll help you navigate all the nfg rmatn about gay travel to Dubai, ver sential safety tips, and mentn some of the bt hotels and lol thgs to do. However, there is always the lgerg realy that you mt monor and censor your actns here, pecially a untry where beg gay is illegal.

CAN YOU BE GAY AND VIS DUBAI?

Knowg the Middle East is generally nservative, gay travelers might not feel pletely fortable wh the ia of visg Dubai.

Police are not patrollg the streets lookg for pairs of gay men, but bears to mentn that the law remas archaic disallowg any gay rights.

While you won’t fd any specifilly gay hotels Dubai, choosg one of the larger ternatnal hotel chas will have a big impact on your sense of safety as an LGBT traveler.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

Both of the hotels are certa to adhere to ternatnal standards, so I’d classify them as some of Dubai’s gay-iendly hotels.

While you should be credibly skeptil when browsg misleadg lists of Dubai gay bars, you n still have a fantastic time enjoyg the cy’s nightlife.

Barbary Cocktail Club is another awome spot known as one of the few Dubai gay bars, remend by a iend of me who liv Dubai. Dubai’s thori will certaly not tolerate gay public displays of affectn, so remember that would be dangero to hold your partner’s hand while walkg down the street.

DUBAI FOR GAY UPLE - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

But if you’ve ever met a male flight attendant that works for Emirat, they’ll tell you about all the Dubai gay lols livg this glzy metropolis.

To vtigate further we nnected wh Liam, a gay guy who lived Dubai for most of his life to learn more about the realy of beg gay Dubai and fd out what advice he had for gay travellers thkg about gog. You did not see any gay reprentatn at all and was not talked about – you were put to the tegory of beg straight no matter what.

GAY UPLE DUBAI - DUBAI FOM

Is there a huge difference between beg a gay expat Dubai vs a tourist vs a gay lol Dubai (someone whose fay has lived there for many generatns). Homosexualy is unfortunately still not legal across the entire Uned Arab Emirat (UAE) and there are ser nsequenc if ught.

For a lol whose fay has lived Dubai for generatns, beg gay has to be hidn and has to be secret, pecially strict Mlim fai: beg gay is totally forbidn. Liam: There are plac that are sentially ‘gay bars’ Dubai (and I e the term ‘gay bars’ very loosely), however the are not labelled as such. The maly e about when someone who owns the ‘gay bar’ holds fluence wh the lol thori and so n operate this (discreet) way.

LAWS AGAST GAY TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

The will not e up as legally, officially or outwardly facg as gay bars, clubs or events (bee fundamentally they are not) but they are popular wh the LGBTQ+ crowd. Liam: I would avoid all public displays of behavur (this is forbidn straight, gay, lbian – UAE IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY) so ’s not a le jt for LGBTQ people. Homosexualy is illegal the Uned Arab Emirat (UAE), which clus Dubai, and n be punishable by imprisonment or even portatn.

And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx. Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland). “Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson.

GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI

The wi variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re certaly ntributed to the Uned Stat’ low rankg of saft untri.

See the entire world rankgs and important safety tips Lekki-Ikoyi bridge Nigeria—the most dangero place for gay. “It was ranked so poorly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law. This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI

Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson. Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims.

Only 3% of Malawians said their cy is a good place for gay and lbian people when asked by the Gallup World Poll. In fact, Jamai was lled the most homophobic place on Earth by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Homosexual acts, which their laws refer to as ‘rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, ’ are subject to 20 years prison.

GAY DUBAI - DUBAI FOM

“This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg, and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy. Acrdg to the Gallup World Poll, only 1% of rponnts felt their cy was a good place to live for gay and lbian people. “In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson.

“This nservative Mlim republic means bs when to rejectg homosexualy, both s laws and general public sentiment.

BEG GAY DUBAI

That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg gay, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson. “One possible sign of posive chang the untry is that the print recently pardoned a gay uple who were sentenced to a 15-year prison term.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy. “In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to ten years prison, ” says Fergson.

DOUBLE OR TW BEDS FOR GAY MALE UPLE? - DUBAI FOM

“Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society. “Iran ma number 15 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson.

GAY TRAVELLERS DUBAI - DUBAI FOM

Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan print has recently been rampg up the anti-gay rhetoric to help w vot an upg electn. “Earng the equal 16th spot, the Maldiv punish homosexual acts and terurse wh up to eight years prison or 100 lash.

Unfortunately, Egypt ranked equal 18th on our list due to s negative laws regardg homosexualy, ” says Fergson.

“Same-sex acts rult up to three years prison wh a fe, and posssn of homosexual materials rults up to two years prison wh a fe.

DISCREET GAY MALE UPLE VISG - DUBAI FOM

The Netherlands also ranked number one the latt Gallup Poll wh 92% of rponnts sayg that the cy or area where they live is a good place for gay and lbian people. “Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal me send place s bid to host the 2022 Europri which is the biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe.

We also have iends who are a gay uple and live out there and firstly they love but also say 's nothg to worry about, there is a growg gay muny out there but they jt don't flnt .

Furthermore, I’m not makg a moral judgment ll here as to the ethics of travelg to untri wh laws agast homosexualy, and I tend to wre a separate post about that. My gus is that lots of people already know this, but ’s a qutn I get all the time (both om gay and straight rears), which is why I’m addrsg here.

DUBAI GAY MAP

I have always been wonrg sce your June trip on the cheep emirat first class fare how you and Ford n travel to bad plac that ban beg gay and you don’t get thrown jail I don’t mean to be but fascat me and i would love to know?

For someone who isn’t gay, hasn’t traveled to the untri, and/or hasn’t put much thought to , this is a reasonable qutn.

When you arrive at immigratn, they don’t ask you if you intify if you’re gay or not, and there’s no “gaydar” you have to go through to enter the untry (rather I’m the one wh the gaydar). Any sort of extra-maral sexual activy, whether gay or straightFree speech, so there may be laws agast what they uld view as “propaganda” (anythg not le wh their agenda). But overall if travelg through a major Gulf hub and visg a cy, you generally shouldn’t face many issu as a gay traveler.