Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Moroc | Frommer's

Contents:

• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CASABLAN
• VAGAYBOND
• ELSKA’S LATT ISSUE SHAR CANDID STORI AND IMAG FROM GAY CASABLAN, MOROC
• GAY AND G GRR MARRAKH - MARRAKECH FOM
• HOTEL GAY LSAC
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC
• ELSKA’S LATT ISSUE SHAR CANDID STORI AND IMAG FROM GAY CASABLAN, MOROC
• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
• GAY AND G GRR MARRAKH - MARRAKECH FOM
• RICK BLAE (HUMPHREY BOGART CASABLAN) - GAY?
• MOROCN AUTHORI ARRT 80 AT GAY PARTY CASABLAN VILLA
• GAY ALASKA TRAVEL GUI

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

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GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CASABLAN

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.

VAGAYBOND

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. Seen this light, the se of Ray Cole n be said to be another part of the story of the wherg away of gay life Moroc, or at the very least, the end of turng of a bld eye to .

ELSKA’S LATT ISSUE SHAR CANDID STORI AND IMAG FROM GAY CASABLAN, MOROC

But what is more signifint about Cole’s se is that monstrat the te realy for gay men Moroc, namely, that while the laws on homosexualy are enforced nsistently, there is evintly a double standard employed their applitn. The lerature available to potential gay travelers to Moroc—of which there is a great al sce, spe of laws and social norms there, Moroc remas a prime statn for package holiday-goers om Bra, France, and Germany—is very clear settg out what is and isn’t acceptable.

Gay upl should rea om public displays of affectn and would be advised to seek out hotels and riads (a tradnal hoe wh an terr urtyard) known to be gay-iendly. The arrt of Morocns for “homosexual acts” occurs every day and go unreported.

GAY AND G GRR MARRAKH - MARRAKECH FOM

The scen of Cole’s fay greetg him at Bra’s Gatwick Airport ntrast starkly wh how gay men are treated Morocn society: looked down upon, rejected by their fai, dismissed wh the Maghrebi Arabic slur zamel.

HOTEL GAY LSAC

“More than [Cole’s] own se, what happened to him shows how vulnerable gay Morocns are, ”Abllah Taïa, a Morocn wrer and filmmaker who now liv exile, wrote The Guardian, “They are at the mercy of anyone. ” To the qutn of what is like to be gay Moroc, then, the answer very much means one thg to a Wtern visor and que another to Morocn natnals, who are nsired by their society and their state to be of lser value.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC

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ELSKA’S LATT ISSUE SHAR CANDID STORI AND IMAG FROM GAY CASABLAN, MOROC

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GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

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To be sure: the male bath hoe is not a gay place; 's where (gay & straight) Morocn men go for a thorough bath, often wh their orred the full scb and massage, undrsed a ty closet (brg your swimmg tnks or you'll need their very basic apron) and entered the wet room. Moroc has been and remas a popular statn for LGBTQ+ travelers spe beg an Islamic untry where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by law.

GAY AND G GRR MARRAKH - MARRAKECH FOM

Homosexualy is seen by most of the populatn as a threat to the “tradnal valu” that support the expectatn of heterosexual norms and Mlim teachgs. As a nservative Mlim untry where homosexualy is illegal, there aren’t any official “gay hot spots” or LGBTQ+ celebratns.

That’s not to say that gay-iendly bars, rtrants, night clubs or beach do not exist.

In urban centers like Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir, ’s possible to fd gay-iendly acmodatns and spots that wele a mix of gay and straight visors. Elska Magaze, my publitn dited to disverg gay muni around the world, has put the spotlight on gay Casablan for s latt issue.

RICK BLAE (HUMPHREY BOGART CASABLAN) - GAY?

From the 1950s a reputatn for Moroc as a sort of hedonistic gay paradise emerged, spired by the works of William Burroughs, Joe Orton, Tman Capote, Gore Vidal and other queer and queer-adjacent wrers. For this edn the Elska team vised the untry’s biggt cy, away om the tourist hors, to speak to ordary Morocn gay, bi, and queer men about what life is really like for them, atttg to how Moroc’s gay reputatn is not a realy for lols today. For a publitn that typilly puts the portraure of diverse gay men at the foreont, Elska Casablan tak a different tact, lettg narrative take the lead.

This was a cisn ma out of necsy more than choice, owg to the difficulti and dangers for Morocns who are exposed as gay. Ined this is a untry where recent years numero men, both lols and visors, have been arrted for “homosexual acts.

Pick up the latt issue of Elska, explorg gay Casablan, now.

MOROCN AUTHORI ARRT 80 AT GAY PARTY CASABLAN VILLA

Gay and g grr Marrakh. Im takg the time to wre this to warn gay travelers travelg to Marrakh or Moroc general.

GAY ALASKA TRAVEL GUI

Re: Gay and g grr Marrakh.

Firstly, I need to pot out that gay sex Moroc is illegal, albe rarely prosecuted.