Gay-iendly: Marrakech for homosexuals » Travelgui Marrakech

Contents:

• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• GAY IENDLY / GAY OWNED RIADS MARRAKECH - MARRAKECH FOM
• HOW GAY IENDLY IS MARRAKECH? - MARRAKECH FOM
• GAY AND G GRR MARRAKH - MARRAKECH FOM
• HOW SAFE IS FOR GAY TOURISTS MARRAKECH? - MARRAKECH FOM
• GAY MARRAKH TRAVEL GUI 2023
• GAY MARRAKH TRAVEL GUI

GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

Travelg to an Islamic untry and experiencg the magic of the Thoand and One Nights together – as a homosexual uple?

Even though Marrakech’s clubs and hotels do not openly e labels such as “gay” or “gay-iendly” for advertisg, is the new “Pk Cy”, havg overtaken the formerly ternatnal zone of Tanger. To beg wh: Acrdg to Morocn law, homosexual acts are illegal and will be punished severely. Near Rabat, for example, two young Morocns were sentenced to four months imprisonment each 2013 bee of homosexual ntacts.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

Strongly fluenced by relign and patriarchal stctur, Morocn society is characterized by tradnal valu, and is, th, rather homophobic. Neverthels, homosexualy is tolerated to the greatt possible extent, as far as ’s lived out discreetly.

They are not gay, but munitg wh their iends the tradnal manner.

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Hetero — as well as homo — or bisexual upl should be discreet and save livg out their passns for the privacy of the riad. In spe of the reprsive ndns, a gay scene has grown Marrakech.

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Clubs and night life for a gay dience. Soon, the word of a gay night life the South-Morocn imperial cy spread.

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The top addrs is, whout a doubt, Le Diamant noir, which is rather gay than gay-iendly durg the week.

HOW SAFE IS FOR GAY TOURISTS MARRAKECH? - MARRAKECH FOM

Apart om that, the gay party scene meets at the VIP-Club, Le Pacha, Le Comptoir Darna, or the other bars along the Avenue Mohammed V.

Gay-iendly hosts: discreet riads and open hearts. The followg riads are gay-iendly (plete list):.

In a Nutshell: Marrakech for homosexuals. Th, homosexuals are not treated differently om heterosexuals. Some gut ho are labeled “gay-iendly” and are ed to homosexual clients, so there are no irratns when, say, a double bed is requted.

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The gay night life n be bt experienced one of the clubs mentned above, but is advisable to keep a keen md even there: It is not unlikely that the young man showerg you wh pliments is a prostute, and the police are rather strict their effort to nta prostutn, pecially as is gradually creasg Moroc.

Apart om this, Marrakech is as good a holiday statn for gays and lbians as is for heterosexually orientated.

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Jamaa el Fna, Marrakech’s ma square, is the cy’s primary gay cisg spot after dk.

For those who heard about the se of Ray Cole—a Brish tourist arrted last year Marrakech, Moroc, on spicn of mtg “homosexual acts” and sentenced to four months’ hard time a Morocn jail prr to his early release— is perhaps difficult to image that Moroc was somethg of a gay paradise for whe men of standg the aftermath of World War II. Somethg of the gay scene moved to Marrakech, but suffice to say, is far removed om Tangier’s heyday and very much nfed to the margs. Gay life tak place the pths of certa hammams (Turkish baths) and the back rows of cemas, if people happen to know the right spots; needls to say, cisg plays an important role.

There are no gay bars, but a mix of gay and straight patrons n be found clubs that ter primarily to Wterners.