Gay Romania: Sighisoara, Crava, Buchart, Brasov And More

Contents:

• THE BEST BUCHART GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BUCHART
• THE BEST ROMANIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ROMANIA
• GAY LIFE ROMANIA
• GAY GUY TRAVELS BUCHART? - BUCHART FOM
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• BETIFUL GAY ROMANIA: SIGHISOARA, CRAVA, BUCHART, BRASOV, BRAN & PEL STL, AND MUCH MORE
• GAY RSIA
• THE BEST ROMANIA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ROMANIA
• GAY ROMANIA - BUCHART FOM
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• THE LIFE OF A GAY MAN ROMANIA

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„Obligaţi să se întâlnească în parcuri s în toalete publice, homosexualii români fost ani zile privaţi timate şi un mod viaţă cent. În ultimul timp, schimbarea percepţiei majorare şi solidarizarea unăţii gay d la apariţia unui mediu mai protejat, în re homosexualii se pot manifta fără reţeri şi temeri: cluburile şi barile. În oraşele mici, sgura formă ntact sigură rămâne Interul” (Adrian SCHIOP, Scena gay d România)...

în Iaşi, încă, nu există un spaţiu cu specific gay (LGBT), club gay s bar gay; -a lungul timpului, dar mai al în ultimii ani, membrii actei morăţi s- întâln în loluri „gay iendly”:. Romania is a socially nservative untry, and that is reflected s attus towards gay and transgenr muni. However, the untry’s gay scene is gradually growg and fely a place that should be on everyone’s mt-see list.

The good news is, homosexualy is legal Romania, and there is a range of anti-discrimatn laws place.

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In fact, the past three s have seen huge progrs for LGBT rights Romania: homosexualy was wholly crimalized (1996), the age of nsent was equalized (2002), anti-discrimatn laws the workplace and regardg the provisn of servic were troduced (2000). In fact, the only law agast gay cizens Romania is that prohibg same-sex marriage; this is unlikely to change any time soon given that public opn, unr the fluence of the church, is still very much agast .

Currently, relig and nservative anizatns are mobilizg to hold a referendum on amendg the nstutn so that will enshre marriage as ‘between a man and a woman’; this would make legalizg gay marriage much more difficult and is seen by many as a step backwards. Dpe the legal support place for the LGBT muny, the social suatn for gay people Romania is still very challengg.

There have been hostile reactns to Gay Pri march and gay ftivals, particularly om far-right groups like Noua Dreaptă.

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In 2013 an EU survey listed Romania third among untri wh the hight levels of homophobia the EU.

Many gay and lbian Romanians hi their sexualy, particularly if they live outsi of Buchart and other major urban areas. Thanks to the efforts of advocy anizatns like ACCEPT Romania, attus are slowly changg, and the gay muny is beg more open and active across the untry, although there is still a sizable gap between cy and untry. While overall public attus towards the LGBT muny are still que negative, gay travelers should not allow this to put them off gog to this betiful untry; however, people should be aware of the potential hostily they uld enunter.

In an tertg way, is almost more important to be wary Romania than a untry where homosexualy is pletely prohibed; while is legal Romania, the untry is an -between zone where the populatn is more aware of the LGBT muny, and therefore hostile attus are also more out the open. Buchart is fely the most tolerant and open cy Romania; here is where the bulk of Romania’s gay scene is to be found, om vibrant nightclubs to f equented by the LGBT muny. Dpe havg a lot of stunts, which ually mak a cy more liberal, Timisoara do not have much of a gay scene.

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Sibiu and Cluj-Napo, stunng Transylvanian towns, are both great plac to vis (not jt for their one gay club each! As has been mentned, the more ral areas are likely to be nsirably more nservative and so gay travelers to the untrysi villag should be aware of that.

It would be difficult to fd a hotel or hostel that has issu wh gay travelers Romania; for one thg, often more open-md people tend to work tourism and hospaly.

When LGBT travelers are lookg for more specifilly gay-iendly hostels or hotels, ’s a good ia to check on the ter. As is clear om the above rmatn, visors to Romania are not gog to fd much the way of out-and-proud gay parti; even Buchart, the gay scene is fairly limed and always changg.

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Bee so much of the gay scene is unrground and reli on up-to-date knowledge, is great to get to know lol people. Some of the bt ways to do this are gay bars – start the eveng somewhere known as a popular gay hangout, and hopefully, that will lead to new iends and adventur.

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The most important thg for gay travelers to nsir before planng a trip to Romania is what type of trip they would like to have. If they are lookg for an epic glter-filled gay scene as is found Tel Aviv, Puerto Vallarta or Bangkok, Romania is probably not the ial travel statn. It’s jt a matter of beg aware of the fact that homosexualy and the LGBT muny are not accepted wh open arms – yet.

Havg said that, most people are very kd and all travelers, gay or straight, are sure to have an adventure they’ll never fet. For the LGBT muny, the nflict is signifint as Romania mov to a new century, a new enomy and new fluenc om the European Unn wh s forward-thkg pro-gay polici. The difficult culture clash is led by a small number of bold LGBT activists termed to pursue “Gay Life Romania” a more open and liberal future for themselv and all Romanian lbians and gays.

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This story about gay Romania started New York Cy talkg to one of Romania’s bt known activists, Adrian Coman. Unr his learship (1997 -2002) of ACCEPT, Romania’s ma LGBT anizatn, signifint chang were ma Romania’s discrimatory and opprsive laws agast homosexuals.

While the USA has spent almost thirty-five years phg for anti-gay legislatn at the feral level, Coman and his dited panns tablished ACCEPT 1996 and by 2002 had succsfully persuad the Romanian ernment to change s anti-gay statut. Homosexualy is no longer a crimal offense Romania and gays are legally protected by anti-discrimatn laws.

Durg the reprsive dictatorial years (1964-89) a gay person uld expect no sympathy om the thori and uld well be jailed for years. He knew he was gay at the time but would have been dangero to act on or reveal , pecially the heavy-footed macho army.

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Adrian plays down his fluence brgg about legislative change for Romanian gays: “You know, Eastern Europe many of the LGBT movements are not grass roots.

But to the dismay of nservativ and relig orthodox adherents, the price of admissn to the new Europe ntaed human rights standards that require, among other thgs, that homosexualy be crimalized and anti-discrimatn laws be put to place. But of urse, changg legal statut on paper don’t easily translate to changg attus among a populatn mostly ignorant about closeted issu such as homosexualy. Dpe an flux of wtern ias, imag, liftyl, fashn and dtry, homosexualy is still a strange phenomenon for most, pecially outsi the major urban centers.

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Gay Romania was a story told to me by three Romanian men old enough to remember Romania’s worst morn dictator and yet young enough to feel the h breeze of the future. Along wh ex-pat Adrian Coman New York, Flor Buhuceanu and Robert Vargas are well-known gay activists Romania.

Adrian still f his ias to ACCEPT as the work ntu the uphill work a nservative culture where most people know ltle or nothg about homosexualy (60% of Romanians live ral villag).

For a prehensive and tailed review of gay Romania and Accept’s work see the report posted by ACCEPT earlier this year. Away om the magic the Athenm, the streets and farms of Romania are much more and sober for gays and lbians.

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So to thk about somethg as strange as homosexualy is almost beyond their grasp, ” mented Flor. In the untry ignorance is the problem; the ci homophobia is sometim worse sce n be aggrsive as ’s fueled by a biased prs and a bigoted church. “Whatever hierarchy they believe , all three of the stutns are cidly homophobic so Romanian gays face a lot of ignorance.

Then wh a sly lgh Flor ntued, “but if Romania is the EU 2007, a lot of people are gog to be shocked –they marry gay people Holland. Dpe the recent legal chang all three gay lears admted that changg attus is the greatt challenge facg gay activists and their anizatns. Media verage is ually sensatnalized and slanted as to make the dividuals volved appear foolish or ls worthy than ‘normal’ people, ” said Flor after dner as we walked toward one of Buchart’s’s gay venu, ‘Queens’ ( was not open yet for the eveng).

Then there are untls anizatnal issu such as fundg, staffg, nflicts and nferenc wh other anizatns, tn semars for the universy or bs as well as on-gog TV and rad appearanc to answer endls qutns about homosexualy Romania. He was often the only gut on the shows as is difficult to fd other gays or lbians who ware willg to be that far ‘out’.

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Most gay Romanians are not out to their fai and many of them live at home to save money. The former Amerin ambassador to Romania, Michael Gut, was openly gay durg his tenure Buchart (2001-04) when I vised. Flor’s ments about Romania and gays echoed Adrian’s and were further backed up by Robert Vargas Cluj-Napo (Cluj for short).

Over ffee at the outdoor fé Diel (the weather September was still warm and pleasant) Robert offered his thoughts about beg gay Cluj and Romania. Although he spoke for himself, his words also reprented many LGBT Romanians who have lived the shadows of fear: “My beg gay affected me more than the terrible polics of the past. At that time, the early years after munists fell and before the law changed, there were almost no gay plac, no Inter ntacts, almost no one to ntact.