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Contents:

• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CASABLAN
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CASABLAN
• GAY AREA CASABLAN (CY)
• NICE TO S , GAY PICK UPS DAY AND... - PARC LA LIGUE ARABE
• VAGAYBOND
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CASABLAN

Moroc has been and remas a popular statn for LGBTQ+ travelers spe beg an Islamic untry where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by law. 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. Omar is a 21-year-old gay Morocn.

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Omar’s fears are rooted the fact that homosexualy is a crimal offence Moroc, as is many other Ain untri. The law b wh a strongly nservative society to create a real sense of danger for members of Moroc’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muni. And, as I pot out my book, the weight of Islam – Moroc is a predomantly Mlim untry – adds another dimensn, accentuatg gay people’s feelgs of nial, self-loathg and guilt.

There have been several high profile s of homophobic vlence Moroc. In July 2015, a man was btally beaten the cy of Fès by a mob who hurled ephets at him bee he was apparently gay.

They were later released, but not before the UN Human Rights Commtee reacted to the story by llg on Moroc’s thori to crimalise homosexualy. Human Rights Watch has repeatedly echoed this ll, potg out that the crimalisatn of homosexualy do not ply wh Moroc’s 2011 Constutn.

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There are some spac where gay Morocns feel they n exprs themselv a ltle more openly.

Aicha, a 34-year-old teacher who liv Fès, told me: “We are a untry where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment. Some high profile tellectuals have emerged fence of the gay muny. For stance the French-Morocn novelist Leila Slimani has nounced the “huiatn” of gay people Moroc.

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In a statement to the Huffgton Post’s Maghreb edn, she wrote: “I am obvly for the crimalisatn of homosexualy Moroc. Abllah Taïa, another French-Morocn wrer, is one of the first Morocns to e out publicly as gay.

And the weekly Franphone magaze TelQuel ed an edorial to ll for the “rpect of gay rights” and “equaly. ” This is the legislatn that crimalis homosexualy.

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Dpe the small steps, for now social works and ter foms are the only really safe space for gay people Moroc.

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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. 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.

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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 .

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.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

The arrt of Morocns for “homosexual acts” occurs every day and go unreported. 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. “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.

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” 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. What’s It Like to Be Gay … Poland? What’s It Like to Be Gay … Romania?

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