Travel Diary: A Vietname Man Talks About Gay Life In Saigon - Towleroad Gay News

Contents:

• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• GAY SCENE HO CHI MH CY - HO CHI MH CY FOM
• IS THERE ANYTHG OF A GAY SCENE / NIGHTLIFE NHA TRANG - NHA TRANG FOM
• GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS
• TRAVEL DIARY: A VIETNAME MAN TALKS ABOUT GAY LIFE SAIGON
• GAY HANOI TOURS
• IS VIETNAM GAY-IENDLY? - VIETNAM FOM
• GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

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There are actually a lot of gay people HCMC and whilst the ernment don't approve, there seems to be ltle homophobia here (although I know of at least 2 gay guys here who are married orr to create a veneer of nventnaly for public appearanc and for their bs standg). Vietname men seem to feel each other up all the time anyway, regardls of their sexualy, so 's often difficult to tell who's gay & who isn't!

GAY SCENE HO CHI MH CY - HO CHI MH CY FOM

The scene is "quiet" pared to gay villag Wtern ci but there are tons of gays HCMC:) The gay plac don't fly the rabow flag so for non-Vietname, 's hard to fd them. Tripadvisor isn't a 'fay orientated' webse, 's a place where people are able to get advice about trips- Gay travellers clud so your passive aggrsive homophobia isn't really very helpful. Most qualy hotels Hanoi n be nsired gay-iendly, so you will not likely experience any issu – after all, beg gay-iendly is not all about upsle luxury, but about providg iendly service and welg everyone wh open arms.

GC Bar (Goln Cock) loted right the Old Quater Center is the only well-known gay venue town for both lol and expat, while there are not venu that are lbian exclive.

Savage, Siwalk Hanoi and BirdCage are mixed clubs wh gay owners are venu where oftenly host LGBTQ parti and monthly dragshows such as “Peach” or “Hanoi Queer Takeover”. Gay Vietnam: the most betiful plac Vietnam for discerng gay travellersStori > Experienc > Gay Vietnam: the most betiful plac Vietnam for discerng gay travellersJt as a hly dripped sữa đá ffee offers that sweet ffee kick to the ontal rtex, a trip to Vietnam will evably knock you for six. BOOK WITH US Photo: Suyeon KimLGBT suatn Vietnam stands as the most progrsive untry gay Asia for LGBT rights, sharg s crown wh both Thailand and Taiwan.

IS THERE ANYTHG OF A GAY SCENE / NIGHTLIFE NHA TRANG - NHA TRANG FOM

Dpe Vietnam’s relative acceptance to homosexualy however, there are no anti-discrimatn laws place and same-sex marriage is still not permted (Taiwan wears the crown solo for gay Asia on this ont). And while social nstrats hold cizens back, the mastream media the untry promot the normalisatn of gay culture and transgenr people are regnised by get to gay Vietnam travel directly to eher of the two biggt ci.

At any other time, the two ci have active gay scen, but gay bars and clubs are rather low profile and the scene is nstantly evolvg.

Use Grdr to fd like-md lols who n show you the secrets of gay Vietnam, or try Utopia for eful travel rmatn and ntacts around each QUI1.

GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS

If you’re lookg for gay Ho Chi Mh Cy, District 1 n serve you well, wh a variety of queer hangouts and gay-iendly lodggs around Bui Vien and Pham Ngu Lao. Make sure to ge yourself on much of the bt food Vietnam while gay Saigon, makg sure not to avoid the low-down street vendors where you mt slurp your noodl om ty red tabl jt several ch om the ground. Photo: Thai An Ho Chi Mh | Photo: Quang Nguyen vhYou needn’t travel far to fd gay Hanoi; simply move north om Hoàn Kiếm Lake towards the backpacker area where most mixed bars, clubs and street eats are found2.

When you need a break om gawkg at Hanoi’s dazzlg streets, hiaway any mm, hipster fé or hangout spot, samplg the surprisgly lic lol specialy of cà phê trứng (egg ffee) as you needn’t travel far to fd gay Hanoi; simply move north om Hoàn Kiếm Lake towards the backpacker area where most mixed bars, clubs and street eats are found. If this is your first Vietnam travel experience, be aware that smmers and htlers are active here, wh some even preyg on gay travellers.

While the Hanoi gay scene is pretty discreet, you n meet like-md people on apps like Grdr or equent any of the exclively male gay massage spas that pop up around the centre. Although there are no official gay beach, many of the var beach clubs and bars around the island are nsistently gay iendly and the gay bars and clubs that do exist attract the bt people om across the island, lols and tourists as one!

TRAVEL DIARY: A VIETNAME MAN TALKS ABOUT GAY LIFE SAIGON

As popular among gays as is honeymooners, Nha Trang stretch beyond s beach to both fort and mountas where famed waterfalls and hot sprgs lie bi ancient templ. Gay Nha Trang n seem a ltle sparse parison to the big ci above, but worthwhile attractns clu Fairy Sprg waterfall and Thao Ba hot sprgs, as well as the Buddhist s of Po Nagar Cham Towers and Statue of Buddha. Those who n’t rist the ll of the wild meanwhile may be up for a spot of mpg Cuc Phong or – if you n’t go whout a hot shower – try one of the gay-iendly hotels on the edge of Van Long Nature Quang NguyenWant to simplify luxury travel planng?

GAY HANOI TOURS

And, seeg more succsful LGBT persons the media helps society see homosexualy as somethg normal as opposed to an illns or wrong. The scene Saigon is not as active as the gay scene Phnom Penh or the gay bars Silom, Bangkok, but there's still lots to keep you entertaed. Babylon is another popular bar, very central the heart of District 1 and round the rner om the gay owned hotel: Pk Tulip Guthoe.

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Read our transparency report to learn 2023We spent a day dog the soter tour around Hanoi wh Gay Hanoi Tours and highly remend . Renée YHong Kong, Cha89 ntributnsMar 2023 • SoloI booked both a cy tour and food tour wh Gay Hanoi Tours on the remendatn of my hband who had had great experienc wh them as well last year.

IS VIETNAM GAY-IENDLY? - VIETNAM FOM

Tuan mentned he chang up the statns on the tours to keep thgs tertg and is always rearchg for new spots to make sure he shows visors the bt of the cy tour, we end up at a mic-themed fe wh great flavoured ffe: and spontaneoly end up dog a sgalong wh a guar there, I got to randomly learn about Vietname pop mic which I’ve never heard my life (See Th is stuck my head now…)PEOPLE ??: As a bon, both tours I went on were wh iendly fellow members of the LGBT muny and I loved beg able to discs the queer experience Hanoi and beyond, wh them and the guis provid (who are not all gay though… haha). As John-P said above, walkg arm arm, or wh an arm draped over a shoulr are is part of the Vietname culture, but kissg, or mlg each other, public, are fely owned upon, whether you are gay or straight... If you planng to vis the South, then will be fe, Ho Chi Mh cy is kda gay-iendly my opn, you n do thgs like others, holdg hands, arm arm but beyond that is not remend no matter you are straight or gay.

Acrdg to the Encyclopedia of Sexualy: In Vietnam, there has historilly been relatively ltle male homosexualy, although a few of the emperors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuri did mata male ncub.

In prent-day Vietnam, homosexualy is still regard as beg a foreign problem, and, as other socialist untri, there is a lack of official rearch on homosexual behavr. The Vietname e more than one exprsn for the Wtern neologism homosexualy, although all have the same unrlyg meang of "half man and half woman. The ncept of homosexualy only me to greater e wh the troductn of Wtern psychology and sexology so-lled hygiene manuals the 1950s and 1960s.

GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

Ai Nam Ai Nu is the clost scriptive approximatn to what is meant ontologilly and behavrally by the Wtern term homosexualy, though, if one tak Ai as a verb, the term closer to "bisexual" behavr. As far as the prevailg sexual activi, mutual masturbatn and fellat, are ncerned, there do not appear to be any strongly veloped sense of playg a mascule or feme sexual role of the kd as is often found other societi where anal terurse is more prevalent and the ultimate objective of homosexual enunters.

Proschan (1998) has reported that although "gay" might be the only English word some of his rmants had known, they had embraced as their own and imbued wh meangs that diverge om those of Englishspeakers elsewhere: Vietname men today are fashng diverse ways of livg as men-who-love-men, drawg varly on endogeno tradns and inti as well as exogeno ncepts and practic, bg and rebg them, and at the same time nttg both cultural nventns that would nmn homosexualy as patible wh filial piety and metropolan notns that would sist there is only one way to be thentilly gay. (1898) terpreted homosexualy as a qutnable behavr rultg om the Che cultural fluence, and a sign of nce that disappeared after the French fluence gaed fluence. There were also homosexual steam baths, nightclubs, and ffee shops, and young boys, impoverished and orphaned by the war, sold themselv openly on street rners to passersby.