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Contents:

• TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
• A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
• BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023
• GAY TOURISM SOUTH AI: ISSU OM THE CAPE TOWN EXPERIENCE
• GAY TRAVEL SOUTH AI
• TOP 5 COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• GAY AI TRAVEL GUI

TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Spend your days climbg around the Cape, takg we tours, visg a nu beach, and checkg out a big game rerve and then head to trendy Greenpot’s Waterkant Street for the bt gay nightlife on the Ain ntent. Jo’burg’s thrivg gay scene centers around the Heartland, a revalized district the center wh loads of gay iendly hotels, bars, clubs, and f. When not visg the Pyramids, gay tour groups are explorg the markets and nightlife of Cairo, which has a small gay scene domated by a steady flow of tourists.

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One of the olst esystems on earth and where more than a ln wilbets and 200, 000 zebras migrate each year, also a major stop for gay tours Ai.

Stori > Experienc > Holidays to Ai: The bt untri Ai for gay travellersAs a haze of terratta dt kicked up om unr the wheels of our Jeep safari fally dissipat, we tch sight of a magil savannah sunset foreground by baby giraff and their parents, legs splayed and necks bent at a waterg hole.

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BOOK WITH US Cape Town, South Ai | Photo: Joshua EarleLGBTQ Travellers AiA big proviso to gay travel Ai is the legal suatn for the LGBTQ+ muny. Sad to say, over half of all Ain untri homosexualy is still nsired a crimal offence, while, a small mory (Mrania, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan) the ath sentence remas place.

Capal cy Cape Town, particular, is a hub of all the actn, known Internatnally as the gay pal of Ai for s openns and tolerance of the LGBTQ+ muny. Alongsi Johannburg, Cape Town has one of the largt LGBTQ populatns South Ai, wh a large selectn of gay bars and gay-iendly acmodatns ncentrated around Green Pot, Sea Pot and the De Waterkant than that, Cape Town is rich culture both old and new, on display across s world-class mms and historic plac. Instead of havg an official gay village, Johannburg’s gay rabow lours the entire cy, particularly Melville, Parkhurst and Rosebank, as well as wh smaller gay muni Berea, Bloemfonte, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Stellenbosch.

As the gay scene grows, so too do the cy’s sleek vertil skyspe, where new archecture is styled to f wh the smopolan liftyl of Joburgers. For gay travellers, particular, a Seychell vatn is a top choice owg to the islands’ liberal polici that protect LGBT people followg the crimalisatn of “same-sex acts” 2016.

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Gay travellers who love dty adventur to the wilrns will love Madagasr, where Morondava’s inic Avenue of the Baobabs lks the island’s beach to s trekkg regns, such as the Anja Communy Rerve or the climbg paradise of Tsgy Bemaraha Strict Nature Rerve. South Ai | Photo: RedcharlieOutsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V6. Outsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V.

Today, homosexualy remas outlawed natnwi (and subject to a short jail term) but the realy is that the laws are sporadilly enforced and tourist hubs are given leeway, allowg for a small yet vibrant Marrakech gay scene.

After tourg the markets, mosqu and palac of Marrakech, jump off on excursns to the Atlas Mountas of the bt untri Ai has to offer for gay travellers, Marrakech is bt seen the shoulr seasons (March to May; September to November) when the weather is non too srchg (between 22°C and 32°C) and hotels are affordable. Intrepid gays will be won over by Rwanda’s gged charms as well as s relatively liberal stance on LGBT rights (homosexualy is legal here and the untry is a signatory of the Uned Natn’s nmnatn of vlence towards homosexuals, though discretn is still advisable).

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Like Rwanda, Mri is a signatory of the anti-discrimatn UN statement and LGBT people are protected the workplace, but outdated laws rema and homosexualy is still illegal spe recent efforts to overturn this. While there is a long way to go and lol gay people are still subjected to stigma, social attus are startg to turn and, as a tourist, you’re unlikely to experience problems other than the absence of any gay your trip the pal of Port Louis, enjoyg the beach by day and the wateront bars, rtrants and shops by night.

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Coral reefs edge the island, makg for fantastic scuba divg and snorkellg, or otherwise, you n tch a boat to the gay-iendly Rnn Island. Durg the 3, 200 kilometre Namibia Safari trip for example, passengers go om South Ai’s Pretoria, through the diamond-sh town of Kimberley and onwards across the Kalahari Dert to Namibia, where stops the pal of Wdhoek and the Namib Dert preclu the fal stop at the medieval German town of Swakopmund on Namibia’s bety of journeyg through Ai by tra is pecially salient for gay travellers who otherwise might not feel safe enough to tour each untry dividually.

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Though the battle for gay rights is well unrway, homosexualy is still illegal across Kenya and subject to 14 years prison if prosecuted. As your very own queer Travel Experts, we know all the s and outs of where to go as a gay traveller Ai and have first-hand experience of everythg we plan for you.

We have hand-picked the crème la crème of gay-iendly statns, hotels, and lodg Ai so that your trip will be nothg short of extraordary. Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October.

In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers. The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more.

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“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom. “Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says. “We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson.

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Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe. Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson.

It was ranked so highly 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, ” says Fergson. “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. “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.

“Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

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“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. “Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” 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.

“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus. 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. That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson.