Gay District Dubai - Dubai - Uned Arab Emirat by Category

Contents:

• GAY DUBAI
• DUBAI GAY-FRIENDLY BARS
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• GAY DISTRICT DUBAI (CY)
• GAY TOILET DUBAI (CY)
• DUBAI GAY TRAVEL
• DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

GAY DUBAI

Public displays of affectn are a big no Dubai, whether you're a gay or straight uple. That beg said, you'll be surprised by how many gay people live and vis Dubai. Dubai Gay-Friendly BarsDubai has no gay bars, as you may have assumed.

It do, however, have an unrground gay-scene centred around private parti. Public displays of affectn are ill-advised Dubai, for both gay and straight Gay-Friendly BarsLevel 43 Sky LoungeLevel 43, Four Pots by Sheraton - Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, Uned Arab EmiratShow on mapAlthough not a gay bar - there aren't any, 's Dubai - Level 43 Sky Lounge is a very Wternized drkg experience.

As you'd expect, the Uned Arab Emirat is not a particularly gay-iendly statn. It has sodomy laws punishable wh imprisonment, but wh such a diverse populatn everyone knows there's plenty of gay lols and visors.

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It's also slightly more liberal than other Arab stat, wh no ter ntrol, although many Wtern s are blocked and foreigners have been jailed and ported for simply attendg private "gay parti. Obvly there are no gay bars and clubs town, but everyone mix at the top spots, ually nnected to hotels. Gay crowds also s at the fés of the Dubai Mall, g bluetooth nnectn on their cell phon to "nnect" wh others.

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There are obvly no gay hotels Dubai, but orr to feel safer and be surround by like-md people, you may want to stay at Wtern chas close to Jumeirah beach. But gay travelers face the add plexy of navigatg a myriad of LGBTQ+ laws around the world.

And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx.

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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). The journalists have noticed the Covid-19 panmic negatively affect gay rights around the world.

“Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson. The wi variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re certaly ntributed to the Uned Stat’ low rankg of saft untri. See the entire world rankgs and important safety tips Lekki-Ikoyi bridge Nigeria—the most dangero place for gay.

“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.

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“Unr state terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy Malaysia rults up to 20 years prison, whippg, and f. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson.

Pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are banned by the ernment Malawi and general public sentiment regards homosexualy as off-lims. Only 3% of Malawians said their cy is a good place for gay and lbian people when asked by the Gallup World Poll.

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. Homosexual acts, which their laws refer to as ‘rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, ’ are subject to 20 years prison.

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“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. Acrdg to the Gallup World Poll, only 1% of rponnts felt their cy was a good place to live for gay and lbian people.

“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. “This nservative Mlim republic means bs when to rejectg homosexualy, both s laws and general public sentiment.

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. “One possible sign of posive chang the untry is that the print recently pardoned a gay uple who were sentenced to a 15-year prison term.

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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. They do, however, still have up to five years prison as a penalty for beg gay, ” 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.

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“Iran ma number 15 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson.

“Homosexual terurse rults life prison and pro-LGBTQ+ anizatns are banned throughout the untry. Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan print has recently been rampg up the anti-gay rhetoric to help w vot an upg electn.

PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

“Earng the equal 16th spot, the Maldiv punish homosexual acts and terurse wh up to eight years prison or 100 lash.