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Contents:

• GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE
• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS
• VIAGG GAY MAROC
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• MAROC GAY
• DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
• GAY AINI E ARABI SI DICHIARANO, MA ONLE
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• CAMERE E ALLOGGI GAY A MAROC
• MOROC GAY TRAVEL
• GAY MARRAKH

GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Same-sex relatns n be punished wh up to three years prison MorocGay men are beg harassed and abed Moroc after photos taken om gay chat apps were circulated spread after a social media fluencer told her followers to make fake acunts on apps to see how mon homosexualy is. Homosexualy is illegal the nservative Mlim untry, which is lockdown bee of rtrictns mean many men are unable to leave their hom where fai abe them, activists man, a stunt who returned om France durg the lockdown, killed himself after beg intified as gay, Morocn media LGBT anisatns who support gay men Moroc have told BBC News that men are beg harassed and are at risk the untry after the photos el Mouti ns a Facebook group lled The Morocn LGBT Communy, which giv advice and support to LGBT people, many of whom nceal their number of men reportg abe and askg for help has creased sce the onle mpaign began, says Mr Mouti, who left Moroc to study for a PhD the man ntacted the Facebook group to say he feels like "a ad man". Everyone knows now that I'm homosexual, and my neighbour sexually harassed me, so I cid to flee, " he told the group.

"You might also be terted :The outgs began when transgenr mol and fluencer Sofia Taloni ed an Instagram Live to enurage women Moroc to set up fake acunts on gay chat dog so, she said they would disver how many men e the platforms, cludg potentially "their hbands and brothers" said her aim was to ll out hypocrisy Morocn society by showg people how many men are secretly gay the men e apps cludg Grdr as a way to nnect private, bee LGBT anisatns or meetg plac are illegal activists are enuragg men to close their acunts to protect themselv. You might be lockdown wh homophobic fay, and wh Ramadan, people are very ncerned about moraly, and thgs might get heated, " Mr Mouti explas. "The Morocn thori should immediately step to protect LGBT people's privacy and repeal anti-LGBT laws that n only fuel this homophobic behavur, " said a statement on Monday.

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-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

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. 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.

VIAGG GAY MAROC

Travelg to an Islamic untry and experiencg the magic of the Thoand and One Nights together – as a homosexual uple?

Even though Marrakech’s clubs and hotels do not openly e labels such as “gay” or “gay-iendly” for advertisg, is the new “Pk Cy”, havg overtaken the formerly ternatnal zone of Tanger. Near Rabat, for example, two young Morocns were sentenced to four months imprisonment each 2013 bee of homosexual ntacts.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

Strongly fluenced by relign and patriarchal stctur, Morocn society is characterized by tradnal valu, and is, th, rather homophobic.

Neverthels, homosexualy is tolerated to the greatt possible extent, as far as ’s lived out discreetly. Hetero — as well as homo — or bisexual upl should be discreet and save livg out their passns for the privacy of the riad. The top addrs is, whout a doubt, Le Diamant noir, which is rather gay than gay-iendly durg the week.

Apart om that, the gay party scene meets at the VIP-Club, Le Pacha, Le Comptoir Darna, or the other bars along the Avenue Mohammed V. Some gut ho are labeled “gay-iendly” and are ed to homosexual clients, so there are no irratns when, say, a double bed is requted. The gay night life n be bt experienced one of the clubs mentned above, but is advisable to keep a keen md even there: It is not unlikely that the young man showerg you wh pliments is a prostute, and the police are rather strict their effort to nta prostutn, pecially as is gradually creasg Moroc.

MAROC GAY

Apart om this, Marrakech is as good a holiday statn for gays and lbians as is for heterosexually orientated. Ma non è generalmente rinosciuto per sere un pae partilarmente gay-iendly, e alcuni altri pai e il Costa Ri.

Viagg gay Maroc: Quando si visa il Maroc e viaggiatore gay, è senziale rispettare la cultura lole e are discrezne pubbli. Poiché quto vale sia per la unà gay che per quella etero, la unà LGBTQ non dovrebbe sere offa da quto fatto quando viaggia Maroc, poiché è semplicemente un simbolo di rispetto culturale.

Qualsiasi turista, gay o etero, che arriva una nuova nazne dovrebbe nsirare le tradizni e i stumi di quel pae, non solo per la sicurezza ma può anche sere visto e un’opportunà per imparare a vivere una nuova nazne immergendosi nella cultura.

DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE

Viagg nel Maroc gay n accettazne: Indipenntemente dal fatto che le persone LGBT non sono rare Maroc, i marocchi si aspettano anra che i ragazzi sposo le donne e abbiano una famiglia. Che tu sia gay o etero, ci sono un sac di luoghi e si mozzafiato che vi visare quando prenoti un tour Maroc. Derto di Merzouga: Un viagg gay a Merzouga e un tour l serto sono senza dubb le se più belle che puoi fare quando visi il Maroc.

GAY AINI E ARABI SI DICHIARANO, MA ONLE

Viagg nel Maroc gay n Tourg Maroc: Tour da Marrakech: La maggr parte i nostri tour Maroc partono da Marrakech.

Non ha club o bar gay, anche se alcuni quartieri sono noti per sere luoghi di rrovo LGBTQ, e alcuni club attirano un pubbli più var.

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.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

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 .

CAMERE E ALLOGGI GAY A MAROC

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.

MOROC GAY TRAVEL

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 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. ” 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.

GAY MARRAKH

Ma n la recente pertura lla stampa sul nflto tra torà e attivisti, gli aspiranti turisti LGBTQ potrebbero sere perdonati per sersi chiti: "il Maroc è sicuro per i viaggiatori gay e lbiche? Burroughs scrisse Il pasto nudo e Pl Bowl scrisse Il cielo che protegge mentre afftavano due diversi appartamenti nello stso edific quella che divenne nota e "Tangeri queer", mentre socializzavano n Tennsee Williams, Gore Vidal e Tman Capote, tra gli altri tori gay e bissuali.

Nonostante il passato queer di Tangeri, Marrakech è diventata la stazne prefera dai viaggiatori LGBTQ Maroc, n la ctà che ha la reputazne di sere più gay-iendly lla mpagna o di altre ctà l Maroc. Anche se lo stato i dirti gay Maroc non ha permso un sostegno sufficiente per una parata Pri, gli attivisti hanno fondato anizzazni, una rivista e una nascente scena unrground e un modo per sostenere e llegare la unà LGBTQ lole.