Stefan posg wh a very tolerant Laotian fay the pal cy of Laos: Vientiane. This article was wrten by Stefan and Sebastien and first appeared on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. Laos has a mixed attu toward gay people. It appears to be another Asian untry stgglg hard to accept and protect s LGBT populatn. There are no anti discrimatn laws place and marriage equaly is nowhere near beg implemented. Yet, there are no laws crimalizg homosexualy and haven’t really ever been sce pennce. We felt pletely at ease travelg as a gay uple Laos: lols jt didn’t bat an eyelid when they worked out we are not really brothers. We also noticed a very acceptg attu towards ladyboys (jt like Thailand), more so than the Wt. We met a lol gay man named Somphorn, who gave some sight to what ’s like growg up gay Laos. Somphorn tellg about gay Laos and what was like growg up Luang Prabang. Sabaidi Somphorn! Where are you om and what do you do? Bonjour L Nomadic Boys. My name is Somphorn Boupha. I am 28 years old and I am om Luang Prabang North Laos. I own and manage Lao Lao Garn Luang Prabang, which is a gay-iendly bar and rtrant. Lao Lao Garn and bar Luang Prabang Are you out to your iends and fay? Y, all my fay and iends know I’m gay. I me out to my fay when I was around 20 years old. My mother said she always spected I was different and was very acceptg, as were all my siblgs. I lost my father om a young age so I never really knew him. CONTINUED, AFTER THE JUMP...
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GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VIENTIANE
Disver Vientiane Laos the pany of a Holiday Hoeboy, your gay iendly tour gui who will look after your safety and welfare at all tim. * gay vientiane *
The Government has rmed for many hotels Vientiane and Luang Prabang hang the banners “No sex wh Child” and this movement is approved by the whole Sex Laos Sex tourism Laos is not only between men and women, recently, but many tourists also e to Laos jt only fd “their partners”, one of them, ntas Gay Sex. When they hire a room a hotel, for gay sex, they n easily share your room wh others. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.
TRAVEL: A GAY LAOTIAN MAN TALKS ABOUT LIFE LUANG PRABANG, LAOS
A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!
For gays, penalti, f and imprisonment have the past been imposed on Lao cizens who were seen to breach the social norm or bee appropriately timate wh foreigners. However, more recently, gays are quietly beg visible wh Lao society and gay bs entreprenrs and managers are settg the trend wh stylish boutique operatns. Stat of Homosexualy: Not Illegal (ambiguo).