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. Public displays of affectn aren't remend - whether you're gay or straight.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

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 MOROC TRAVEL GUI

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.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY ANTI-LGBTQ 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. 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. What’s It Like to Be Gay … Poland?

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TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Gay Moroc.

Technilly homosexualy is not legal the untry of Moroc although is not necsarily enforced.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GAY MOROC

Gay travelers are advised to be discreet and should fd that the saft cy will be Marrakh. Omar is a 21-year-old gay Morocn.

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

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.

TANGIER GAY GUI AND HOTELS

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. There have been several high profile s of homophobic vlence Moroc.

In July 2015, a man was btally beaten the cy of Fès by a mob who hurled ephets at him bee he was apparently gay. Related | LGBTQ Athlet Addrs Homophobia Sports New Doc.

They were later released, but not before the UN Human Rights Commtee reacted to the story by llg on Moroc’s thori to crimalize homosexualy.

MOROC: GAY MOROC

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly echoed this ll, potg out that the crimalizatn of homosexualy do not ply wh Moroc’s 2011 Constutn. There are some spac where gay Morocns feel they n exprs themselv a ltle more openly. Aicha, a 34-year-old teacher who liv Fès, told me: “We are a untry where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment.

Some high profile tellectuals have emerged fense of the gay muny.

For stance the French-Morocn novelist Leila Slimani has nounced the “huiatn” of gay people Moroc.