Gay Moroc: The experience is very different for Morocns and foreigners.

Contents:

• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
• HAPPY QUEER MEDIA MONDAY!TODAY: THE BLUE CAFTAN (2022)A VERY RECENT MOVIE, SO IF YOU ARE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT STILL TCH A CEMA. (TIME STAMP: MARCH 2023)(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: YOSEF, MA AND HALIM, EATG TOGETHER.)THE BLUE CAFTAN IS TELLG THE STORY OF A MARRIED UPLE WHO N A TRADNAL TAILOR SHOP MOROC. THE HBAND, HALIM, IS GAY. AT THE BEGNG OF THE MOVIE, HE STARTS TO MAKE A BLUE FTAN FOR A RICH CLIENT. OVER THE TIME TAK FOR HIM TO FISH, WE GET TO WATCH THE VELOPG FEELGS BETWEEN HIM AND HIS YOUNG APPRENTICE, YOSEF, AS WELL AS THE PROGRSN OF THE WIFE’S, MA’S, TERMAL BREAST NCER.WHILE THE SUMMARY DO SOUND A LTLE BLEAK, THIS MOVIE IS SO FULL OF LOVE AND TENRNS, SERLY SOFTENS THE PA TO SOMETHG BETIFUL. WHILE IS MA VERY CLEAR THROUGH THE ACTG THAT HALIM IS NOT SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIS WIFE, HIS AND MA’S RELATNSHIP IS VERY EP AND LOVG. MA DO SHOW SOME ANIMOSY TOWARDS YOSEF AT THE BEGNG, BUT AS HER ILLNS PROGRS, SHE TO ACCEPT AND EVEN APPRECIATE HIM, SO REALLY IS THREE PEOPLE WHO RE EPLY ABOUT ONE ANOTHER UP AGAST LIFE. THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF NONSEXUAL TIMACY GOG ON, MOSTLY BETWEEN HALIM AND MA, BUT ALSO BETWEEN HALIM AND YOSEF. ALL ALL, IS A VERY SOFT, TENR MOVIE, THAT STILL ALS WH SOME VERY HEAVY TOPICS.THE BLUE CAFTAN PREMIERED 2022 CANN, WON MULTIPLE PRIZ AT FILM FTIVALS, AND IS MOROC’S OFFICIAL SUBMISSN AT THE 2023 OSRS SHORTLIST THE "INTERNATNAL FEATURE FILM" TEGORY. I N’T REALLY LK MUCH ABOUT , BUT HERE IS THE IMBD PAGE.QUEER MEDIA MONDAY IS AN ACTN I STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT AND/OR TERTG PARTS OF OUR QUEER HERAGE, THAT PEOPLE, PECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY JT BEGNG TO DISVER THE WEALTH OF STORI OUT THERE, SHOULD BE AWARE OF. PLEASE FEEL EE TO JO ON THE FUN AND MAKE YOUR OWN POSTS ABOUT THGS YOU PERSONALLY FD IMPORTANT!#I WATCHED THIS LAST WEEK AT OUR LOL FILM FTIVAL AND WAS SO IMPRSED I JT HAD TO MAKE THIS WEEK ABOUT #BEAUTIFUL MOVIE#I N'T STRS HOW BETIFUL IS#OR HOW IMPORTANT 'S TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECTS IS#WE'VE GOT ONE CHARACTER SLOWLY DYG OF AN CURABLE ILLNS#AND EVERYONE JT ALG WH #WE'VE GOT CLOSETED GAY MEN A HOMOPHOBIC SOCIETY#WE'VE GOT THE VALUATN AND EVENTUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF TRADNAL CRAFTS/ART FORMS#AND SO SO MUCH LOVE#IT IS JT SO IMPORTANT TO SEE A STORY OF A GAY MAN A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE WHO IS HAPPY AND LOVES HIS PARTNER#LIKE YEAH LIFE IS HARD BUT HE IS NOT UNHAPPY#ABSOLUTELY GO AND WATCH THIS MOVIE#QUEER MEDIA MONDAY#THE BLUE CAFTAN#MOVI#MOROC#MOROCN CEMA#CN ATH#CN TERMAL BREAST NCER#OSR2023#GAY MOVIE#MOVIE REMENDATNGRACIERRYFOLLOW#MEN <3#MOROCN MEN <3333BABALMAGHRIBFOLLOW" MOROCN HANDICRAFTS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED THE GLOBAL MARKET DUE TO THEIR SUPERR QUALY, ORIGALY AND THENTICY, TTIFYG TO THE EXPERTISE OF MOROCN ARTISANS. "—STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BS REARCH#MOROC#MOROCN CULTURE#MOROCN ART#MOROCN PATTERN#MOROCN MENCRAFT#MOROCN CRAFTSMAN#MOROCN CRAFTSMANSHIP#MOROCN ATHETIC#MOROCN BETY#MOROCN WOMEN#MOROCN JEWELLERY#HISTORY OF JEWELLERY#CRAFTMANSHIP#CRAFTSMAN SIGN#MOROCN#MOORISH#MOORS#AI#NORTH AI#MOROCN MEN#MOROCN HISTORY#MOROCN ARCHECTURE#MOROCN SIGNERS#JEWELLERY#JEWELUNIRONILLYCRGEFOLLOWI JT WANNA SAY, I'VE BEEN LEARNG SO MUCH ABOUT NORTH AI WHILE SIGNG ORQ'OTEN AND THE OVERALL REGN OF THE WTERN SAND SEAIN PARTICULAR, I HAD THE KD OF "RAISED BY ESL IMMIGRANTS" EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO SAY THE NAM OF CULTURAL FOODS, BUT NOT AT ALL HOW TO SPELL THEM. IT'S BEEN VERY EXCG TO FD STUFF OM MY CHILDHOOD AND BE LIKE "THAT'S WHAT THAT IS???"THIS POST BROUGHT TO YOU BY HARISSA AND MERGUEZ, WHICH DO NOT AT ALL SOUND LIKE THAT#MASK MAKER MG#TUNISIAN CULTURE#I CHOSE NORTH AI BEE NOT ONLY IS MY HERAGE#I ALSO FELT LIKE MATCHED THE OVERALL SETTG OF A SERT PORT TOWN#BUT SCE THE SAND SEA IS NOW A VAST SERT#S A MIX OF ASTAL NORTH AI WH SAHARAN#THE TAGELMT PARTICULAR IS WORN BY THE TUAREG MEN WHO ARE SERT NOMADS#THIS IS A RAMBLE BUT GO LOOK AT THE WOMEN VOLVED MOROCN T'BOURIDA THEYRE AMAZGMYSTEPHANIEWILNIVERSEFOLLOWI KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE!
• GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI
• HOW MOROC BEME A HAVEN FOR GAY WTERNERS THE 1950S
• GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE
• MOROC GAY TRAVEL
• GAY MARRAKH
• GAY MARRAKH
• GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI

GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

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. To beg wh: Acrdg to Morocn law, homosexual acts are illegal and will be punished severely.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

Near Rabat, for example, two young Morocns were sentenced to four months imprisonment each 2013 bee of homosexual ntacts. 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. They are not gay, but munitg wh their iends the tradnal manner. Hetero — as well as homo — or bisexual upl should be discreet and save livg out their passns for the privacy of the riad.

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

In spe of the reprsive ndns, a gay scene has grown Marrakech. Clubs and night life for a gay dience. Soon, the word of a gay night life the South-Morocn imperial cy spread.

The top addrs is, whout a doubt, Le Diamant noir, which is rather gay than gay-iendly durg the week.

HAPPY QUEER MEDIA MONDAY!TODAY: THE BLUE CAFTAN (2022)A VERY RECENT MOVIE, SO IF YOU ARE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT STILL TCH A CEMA. (TIME STAMP: MARCH 2023)(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: YOSEF, MA AND HALIM, EATG TOGETHER.)THE BLUE CAFTAN IS TELLG THE STORY OF A MARRIED UPLE WHO N A TRADNAL TAILOR SHOP MOROC. THE HBAND, HALIM, IS GAY. AT THE BEGNG OF THE MOVIE, HE STARTS TO MAKE A BLUE FTAN FOR A RICH CLIENT. OVER THE TIME TAK FOR HIM TO FISH, WE GET TO WATCH THE VELOPG FEELGS BETWEEN HIM AND HIS YOUNG APPRENTICE, YOSEF, AS WELL AS THE PROGRSN OF THE WIFE’S, MA’S, TERMAL BREAST NCER.WHILE THE SUMMARY DO SOUND A LTLE BLEAK, THIS MOVIE IS SO FULL OF LOVE AND TENRNS, SERLY SOFTENS THE PA TO SOMETHG BETIFUL. WHILE IS MA VERY CLEAR THROUGH THE ACTG THAT HALIM IS NOT SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIS WIFE, HIS AND MA’S RELATNSHIP IS VERY EP AND LOVG. MA DO SHOW SOME ANIMOSY TOWARDS YOSEF AT THE BEGNG, BUT AS HER ILLNS PROGRS, SHE TO ACCEPT AND EVEN APPRECIATE HIM, SO REALLY IS THREE PEOPLE WHO RE EPLY ABOUT ONE ANOTHER UP AGAST LIFE. THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF NONSEXUAL TIMACY GOG ON, MOSTLY BETWEEN HALIM AND MA, BUT ALSO BETWEEN HALIM AND YOSEF. ALL ALL, IS A VERY SOFT, TENR MOVIE, THAT STILL ALS WH SOME VERY HEAVY TOPICS.THE BLUE CAFTAN PREMIERED 2022 CANN, WON MULTIPLE PRIZ AT FILM FTIVALS, AND IS MOROC’S OFFICIAL SUBMISSN AT THE 2023 OSRS SHORTLIST THE "INTERNATNAL FEATURE FILM" TEGORY. I N’T REALLY LK MUCH ABOUT , BUT HERE IS THE IMBD PAGE.QUEER MEDIA MONDAY IS AN ACTN I STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT AND/OR TERTG PARTS OF OUR QUEER HERAGE, THAT PEOPLE, PECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY JT BEGNG TO DISVER THE WEALTH OF STORI OUT THERE, SHOULD BE AWARE OF. PLEASE FEEL EE TO JO ON THE FUN AND MAKE YOUR OWN POSTS ABOUT THGS YOU PERSONALLY FD IMPORTANT!#I WATCHED THIS LAST WEEK AT OUR LOL FILM FTIVAL AND WAS SO IMPRSED I JT HAD TO MAKE THIS WEEK ABOUT #BEAUTIFUL MOVIE#I N'T STRS HOW BETIFUL IS#OR HOW IMPORTANT 'S TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECTS IS#WE'VE GOT ONE CHARACTER SLOWLY DYG OF AN CURABLE ILLNS#AND EVERYONE JT ALG WH #WE'VE GOT CLOSETED GAY MEN A HOMOPHOBIC SOCIETY#WE'VE GOT THE VALUATN AND EVENTUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF TRADNAL CRAFTS/ART FORMS#AND SO SO MUCH LOVE#IT IS JT SO IMPORTANT TO SEE A STORY OF A GAY MAN A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE WHO IS HAPPY AND LOVES HIS PARTNER#LIKE YEAH LIFE IS HARD BUT HE IS NOT UNHAPPY#ABSOLUTELY GO AND WATCH THIS MOVIE#QUEER MEDIA MONDAY#THE BLUE CAFTAN#MOVI#MOROC#MOROCN CEMA#CN ATH#CN TERMAL BREAST NCER#OSR2023#GAY MOVIE#MOVIE REMENDATNGRACIERRYFOLLOW#MEN <3#MOROCN MEN <3333BABALMAGHRIBFOLLOW" MOROCN HANDICRAFTS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED THE GLOBAL MARKET DUE TO THEIR SUPERR QUALY, ORIGALY AND THENTICY, TTIFYG TO THE EXPERTISE OF MOROCN ARTISANS. "—STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BS REARCH#MOROC#MOROCN CULTURE#MOROCN ART#MOROCN PATTERN#MOROCN MENCRAFT#MOROCN CRAFTSMAN#MOROCN CRAFTSMANSHIP#MOROCN ATHETIC#MOROCN BETY#MOROCN WOMEN#MOROCN JEWELLERY#HISTORY OF JEWELLERY#CRAFTMANSHIP#CRAFTSMAN SIGN#MOROCN#MOORISH#MOORS#AI#NORTH AI#MOROCN MEN#MOROCN HISTORY#MOROCN ARCHECTURE#MOROCN SIGNERS#JEWELLERY#JEWELUNIRONILLYCRGEFOLLOWI JT WANNA SAY, I'VE BEEN LEARNG SO MUCH ABOUT NORTH AI WHILE SIGNG ORQ'OTEN AND THE OVERALL REGN OF THE WTERN SAND SEAIN PARTICULAR, I HAD THE KD OF "RAISED BY ESL IMMIGRANTS" EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO SAY THE NAM OF CULTURAL FOODS, BUT NOT AT ALL HOW TO SPELL THEM. IT'S BEEN VERY EXCG TO FD STUFF OM MY CHILDHOOD AND BE LIKE "THAT'S WHAT THAT IS???"THIS POST BROUGHT TO YOU BY HARISSA AND MERGUEZ, WHICH DO NOT AT ALL SOUND LIKE THAT#MASK MAKER MG#TUNISIAN CULTURE#I CHOSE NORTH AI BEE NOT ONLY IS MY HERAGE#I ALSO FELT LIKE MATCHED THE OVERALL SETTG OF A SERT PORT TOWN#BUT SCE THE SAND SEA IS NOW A VAST SERT#S A MIX OF ASTAL NORTH AI WH SAHARAN#THE TAGELMT PARTICULAR IS WORN BY THE TUAREG MEN WHO ARE SERT NOMADS#THIS IS A RAMBLE BUT GO LOOK AT THE WOMEN VOLVED MOROCN T'BOURIDA THEYRE AMAZGMYSTEPHANIEWILNIVERSEFOLLOWI KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE!

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.

Gay-iendly hosts: discreet riads and open hearts. The followg riads are gay-iendly (plete list):. In a Nutshell: Marrakech for homosexuals.

Th, homosexuals are not treated differently om heterosexuals. 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.

GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI

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.

Apart om this, Marrakech is as good a holiday statn for gays and lbians as is for heterosexually orientated.

HOW MOROC BEME A HAVEN FOR GAY WTERNERS THE 1950S

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. 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.

GAY MEN ABED MOROC AFTER PHOTOS SPREAD ONLE

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.

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.

MOROC GAY TRAVEL

” 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?

GAY MARRAKH

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.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe ia was to show the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg how many gay men are livg quietly straight society. It backfired S/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagPARIS — At least 50 to 100 gay men were outed Moroc over the last two weeks, rights activists say, after the men were intified on lotn-based meetg apps while shelterg at home amid a ronavis at least three s, men were kicked out of their ho, L.

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”In Moroc, a North Ain kgdom where homosexualy and sex outsi marriage are crim, gay people are pafully acctomed to the feelgs of peril and rejectn, and many keep their sexual inti unr, their ver has been blown a way that would be crimal most Wtern societi, rights advot say.

”What mak this episo particularly paful, gay lears say, is that was igned by someone who had also been sgled April 13, a Morocn transgenr Instagram personaly based Istanbul, Naoufal Mosa or Sofia Talouni, was sulted about her sexual orientatn. In a rage, she released a profany-laced vio enuragg women to download the lotn-based meetg apps, like Grdr and Pla Romeo, which are ually ed by gay subsequent vios, she said her aim was to reveal the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg her attackers how many gay men were livg their vicy, perhaps even their own people followed Ms.

Mosa’s lead and created fake acunts on the apps to gather photos of gay men, which they then posted on private and public Facebook pag, settg off the homophobic attacks igned a firtorm of cricism, both of Ms. Mosa pelled him to acknowledge that he was gay, threateng to post revealg photos showg him wh another gay man.

GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI

That’s when she got angry and suggted downloadg gay meetg apps, which led to the outburst of anti-gay vlence. “My datg life Moroc was somehow OK as long as my partner and I were beg super discreet and ut, ” said one gay man who asked to be intified only by his ials, N. Abllah Taia, a proment gay thor and one of few to publicly clare his sexual orientatn Moroc, says that the state keeps people a gray area, makg them vulnerable to abe and discrimatn and forcg many to hidg.

”Moroc’s Interr Mistry did not rpond to a requt for outg episo is seen by many as stroyg a agile balance that the untry’s unrground gay culture has built laborly over the years, ma even worse a time of uncertaty and enomic hardship.

But they do have some support at Bezad, the print of the Pan-Ain Organizatn for the Fight Agast AIDS, said that while Moroc’s laws were unlikely to change, s health mistry enurag associatns like hers to help vulnerable populatns, cludg gay people.