When you thk of gay-iendly statns, New York, San Francis, the Netherlands and other such plac e to md. Now, an effort to make to make the untry palatable, the Sdi Tourism Authory (STA) says LGBT+ tourists are wele. In the FAQ sectn of STA’S webse, somebody quired whether or not LGBT+ visors were… Contue readg The Sdi Tourism Authory Says LGBT+ Visors Are Wele In Sdi Arabia
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The webse of the Sdi Tourism Authory (STA) seems to have had s Q&A sectn updated to state that gay visors are wele the kgdom. LGBTQ+ travelers are a lucrative market, acrdg to Darren Burn, CEO of Out Of Office, a luxury travel planng service for the muny, and of Travel Gay, the world’s largt LGBTQ+ travel platform.
Burn said that statns such as the Maldiv and Dubai, where homosexualy is a crimal offense, are popular, but whout more assuranc om the thori, Sdi Arabia uld be a tougher sell.
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One gay traveler who vised Sdi Arabia on a work trip October 2022 – before the webse was updated – told CNN that he felt “ the closet” durg his stay. “I told close lleagu, but I wasn’t [generally] talkg about beg gay, or my past experience. “If you were to go there and be overtly gay I’d be que ncerned – I wouldn’t feel fortable gog there wh a partner – but ’s a untry that’s changg very quickly.
“In Dubai there are a lot of gay fluencers, and as long as you unrstand the ntext of the area you’re and rpect the tradnal culture and not show your queerns any way, you’re OK, ” she said. If you’re a cis, gay Wterner you’re wele.
Dpe his skepticism, Darren Burn thks Sdi uld potentially be a gay-iendly statn. Homosexualy, however, remas illegal the untry, though the laws are not always Sdi Tourism Authory’s webse has an updated sectn unr s Frequently Asked Qutns page statg “Are LGBT visors wele to vis Sdi Arabia?
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Easy, Crimalized LGBT muny make sure that your lgbtq cizens are prison and the same time wele to Internatnal LGBT… — Wajeeh Gay Lnوجيه المثلي الأسد (@WajeehLnn) April 26, 2023Background: Like most Mlim-majory untri the Middle East, same-sex relatnships are prohibed by law Sdi Arabia. This is due to the nservative culture and tradnal terpretatn of Islamic law, Sharia, which forbids homosexualy. Same-sex relatnships are punishable by ath or floggg Sdi Sdi laws agast homosexualy are nsistently enforced the kgdom.
Last June, Sdi officials claimed that rabow-lored toys were “promotg homosexualy. For example, Amerin golfer Phil Mickelson, who plays for the Sdi-backed LIV Golf tour, lled Sdi people “sry” last year, claimg they "execute people over there for beg gay.
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