What It's Like to Be Gay Anti-LGBT Moroc

Contents:

• GAY MOROC
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI
• WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY ANTI-LGBTQ MOROC
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC
• WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY MOROC
• ALLEGED DOUBLE LIFE UNRM THE THRONE OF MOROCN JETSET KG: HE WAS PREVLY A REGULAR CTOMER BSSELS GAY BARS
• TANGIER GAY GUI AND HOTELS
• MOROC: GAY MOROC

GAY MOROC

Gay MorocMoroc is a culturally diverse, Mlim-majory untry North Ai. It was a mag for gay people when homosexualy was outlawed Europe and Ameri - as rears of Joe Orton will know! It's still a big draw for gay travelers.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

Public displays of affectn aren't remend - whether you're gay or straight. Jamaa el Fna, Marrakech’s ma square, is the cy’s primary gay cisg spot after dk.

GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI

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.

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 .

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY ANTI-LGBTQ MOROC

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.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC

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.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY MOROC

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.

ALLEGED DOUBLE LIFE UNRM THE THRONE OF MOROCN JETSET KG: HE WAS PREVLY A REGULAR CTOMER BSSELS GAY BARS

What’s It Like to Be Gay … Poland? What’s It Like to Be Gay … Romania? Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

TANGIER GAY GUI AND HOTELS

Gay Moroc. Technilly homosexualy is not legal the untry of Moroc although is not necsarily enforced. Gay travelers are advised to be discreet and should fd that the saft cy will be Marrakh.

MOROC: GAY MOROC

Omar is a 21-year-old gay Morocn. Omar’s fears are rooted the fact that homosexualy is a crimal offense 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.