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Contents:

• KUALA LUMPUR GAY TRAVEL
• AXELBEACH MIAMI
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
• GAY LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS KUALA LUMPUR
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• KUALA LUMPUR GAY MAP
• THE BEST KUALA LUMPUR GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS KUALA LUMPUR
• GAY AREAS KUALA LUMPAR - KUALA LUMPUR FOM
• GAY MALAYSIA: MORN KUALA LUMPUR
• GAY KUALA LUMPUR

KUALA LUMPUR GAY TRAVEL

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PetsStatisticsArts and CultureDavey Wavey Travel BlogEvent SpotlightTop 10s, Rat and ReviewsGaytnsOfferCiseInterviewsThe Gay Travel GuCarlos MeliaVios We LoveNews. All members of the gay muny should be able to travel where they want and enjoy the treasur Malaysia has to offer, but is important to be aware of the legal and social suatn before travelg. 2013 rearch rried out by the Pew Rearch Center showed ltle acceptance om the Malaysian populatn towards homosexualy: 86% believed should not be accepted by society.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Recently, a ernment mister orred the removal of photographs of gay people om an exhibn Penang, claimg they promoted LGBT rights, which is agast the state ernment policy. You won’t fd any crazy parti like Bangkok or the openns of islands Thailand, but outright persecutn is rare, and ’s not pletely unheard of to see gay upl out and about; there jt won’t be any public displays of affectn. The suatn is siar idyllic Langkawi, which is popular wh gay travelers bee of s more liberal attus and chilled nightlife – as well as s stunng beach!

Bookg at ternatnal, upsle hotels is always a safe bet; is highly unlikely gay travelers will n to any problems here, and there are plenty to choose om, whether Kuala Lumpur or beachsi Penang. While there might be some great nightlife optns, there are none that are publilly for the gay muny, and is val to be sensible and discrete, somethg which is repeated throughout this gui for a good reason. In a untry where homosexualy is to all tents and purpos illegal, n be difficult to learn more about the gay muny and to get to know like-md lols.

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In gay-iendly bars hubs like KL and Penang ’s easy enough to get talkg to people, but bee members of the LGBT muny are rarely out and have to disguise themselv, uld often be difficult to know who to approach. Gay men e hook-up apps like Grdr, Scff, and Tdr but onle censorship is creasgly a problem, so a secure VPN before gog is strongly remend orr to protect privacy and rema anonymo.

Table of ntentsExprsnz Profsnal SuTrars Hotel Kuala LumpurOrange Pekoe GuthoeFurama Hotel B BtangHotel StripThe Majtic Hotel Kuala LumpurCondo Hotel Fraser Place Kuala LumpurHotel MOVVilla SamadhiMercure Kuala Lumpur Shaw Para Impiana KLCC HotelJt So You Know:Get Some Culture Kuala Lumpur:Bt Gay Bars / Clubs Kuala Lumpur:Bt Gay Snas Kuala Lumpur:Exprsnz Profsnal Su. One of the most distctive and luxur gay iendly hotels Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ss right above the cy’s utterly geo, old-world Moorish-spired tra statn.

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This excellent gay iendly hotel li Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is surround by some of the cy’s bt shoppg hubs, cludg the fabulo Berjaya Tim Square mall.

Tucked away off the Eastern ast of Malaysia near Thailand, Langkawi is more liberal and relaxed than the rt of Malaysia, as gay travelers will soon notice – and is probably a large reason why Gay Langkawi is popular wh LGBT travelers. You will be weled almost everywhere you go: bars, clubs, and rtrants and will surely have no issu any of the upsle rorts; however, jt be aware you will not fd a gay scene anywhere near as bizarre as that Kuala Lumpur, as crazy as Ho Chi Mh Cy or as open and hedonistic as nearby Phet if that is your ma ncern.

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Many Malaysians still hold nservative attus to any display of public affectn – straight or gay – although people here are surprisgly open-md, pecially more trendy, upsle areas. As a general le, what gay people do their own time Malaysia is largely only an issue if you are a Malaysian polician or want to watch Bety & The Beast. Sadly the fluence of nservative Islam on mastream polics and culture Malaysia is currently creasg – none of which should affect your average gay traveler, however.

So e to Gay Langkawi for the luxur rorts, dive sunsets, duty-ee shoppg, and mouth-waterg cktails – jt don’t expect to be met wh rabow flags or out-and-proud gay life.

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Note: Malaysia retas a Brish lony-era crimal ban on sodomy, poorly fed but clus both heterosexual and homosexual acts, wh punishment rangg om f to prison sentenc of up to twenty years and even rporal punishment. Though this law is rarely, if ever, applied to foreigners and should not disurage gay travelers om visg Langkawi, is worth readg up on LGBT rights Malaysia.

Bee gay life Langkawi maly occurs onle, at night and behd closed doors, many of the attractns Langkawi durg the day that gay travelers will want to see are the top attractns here anyway. One of the bt tips we n give you for explorg Gay Langkawi is to pre-orr a travel SIM rd for easy airport pickup and activatn the moment you arrive, so you will not pay a fortune ternatnal roamg charg. Get rtrants remendatn and rervatns on the fly, public transport stctns up to the mute, bar openg hours and, if is your thg – accs to gay hook-up apps to fd out more about the lol scene.

Gay travelers  Langkawi should take special re regardg public displays of affectn where many rints may be ls exposed to LGBT culture and likely hold nservative attus…Malaysian people fd this very embarrassg, even wh heterosexual upl. Perfect for startg a night off Gay Langkawi, wns the tropil sun dip below the wtern horizon of the Andaman and maybe even tch a glimpse of flyg fish, dolphs and graceful eagl while you are at .

THE BEST KUALA LUMPUR GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS KUALA LUMPUR

Y, you n fd all typ of people along the beach, but the gays seem to love – and n be spotted all around the nearby shops, boutiqu, and rtrants. In Langkawi, you would be hard-prsed to fd an upsle hotel that had any issu wh gay guts, but some discretn n be advised this often-nservative society.

There are no specific gay bars Langkawi, but there is a small gay scene here focsed around a few different plac, and plenty of gay-iendly bars to explore. Sadly there is no such thg as an openly gay bar Malaysia – this uld lead to ser problems for the owners of the bar, cludg havg their license revoked, but there are plac that are well-known the lol LGBT muny as ‘gay-iendly hangout’. Y, ’s no wonr Rhu Bar attracts the refed ternatnal jet set – gay, straight or unirn – bee who don’t want to live the high life every once a while?

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There are no exclively gay spas Langkawi, but all of the optns will provi no issu for solo gay travelers or same-sex upl wantg a romantic dulgence. An elegant spa cked out wh ntemporary dér and grand marble walls offerg an opulent pamperg experience for gay travelers who sire a few hours – or a whole day – to unwd.

GAY MALAYSIA: MORN KUALA LUMPUR

Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munyAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn. In 2017, for example, an LGBT pri march anised by Taylor's Universy was ncelled due to Islamist prsure; the health mistry lnched a ntt for young people on how to ‘prevent’ homosexualy, sparkg protts om activists3; and Malaysia’s board of film censors tried to prevent the release of Bety and the Beast over a ‘gay moment’, eventually vg to prsure and allowg the movie to be shown4. In early 2018 Hong Kong sger Denise Ho, who is openly gay, plaed that Malaysian officials had nied her applitn to perform the pal Kuala Lumpur due to her support for the LGBT muny5; and the Malay-language Sar Harian newspaper ed prott and ridicule when published a list on how to spot gay people6.

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Although prosecutns and vlent attacks are rare, the police sometim e the law as an opportuny to harass gay people, and many high-profile figur, cludg Prime Mister Najib Razak, have clared homosexualy to be unnatural and an attack agast Islam9.

A 2013 Pew Rearch Center opn survey showed that only ne percent of the Malaysian populatn believe that homosexualy should be accepted, while 86 percent believe that should not. That said, LGBTQ+ people n and do live Malaysia, pecially the pal, Kuala Lumpur, where there are numero gay iendly clubs and snas, and a ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ attu.

LGBT culture Malaysia remas fairly unrground; you won’t fd openly gay bars, but there are plac that are well known the LGBT muny as gay iendly hangouts, as well as a number of specifilly gay iendly hotels and gutho around the untry. Japan has a long history of openns towards homosexualy, revealed through s arts and even s relign, up to s morn day gay districts and huge Pri events.

We've published guis to the least gay iendly untri bee we believe everyone should be ee to track gorillas or ri the Trans Siberian Railway, regardls of their sexualy. 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). “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. 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. 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.

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.

“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. “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.