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• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS
• GAY BEACH OR GAY LIFE ON GRAND CAYMAN? - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM
• GAY CAYMAN ISLANDS TRAVEL GUI
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CAYMAN ISLANDS
• GAY BEACH OR GAY LIFE ON GRAND CAYMAN? - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM
• GAY HANG OUTS - GRAND CAYMAN FOM
• GAY UPLE - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM
• U.K. URT BLOCKS GAY MARRIAGE FOR CAYMAN ISLANDS AND BERMUDA
• GAY CISE SHIP NOT ALLOWED TO STOP IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS

Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Cayman Islands. Most of the gay and lbian muny regards the Cayman Islands as gay-hostile as opposed to gay-iendly.

None of the islands the Caribbean are pletely gay-iendly, even more liberal statns like Puerto Ri and St. But the ernment of the Cayman Islands has been particularly vol and unapologetic exprsg s anti-gay 1998 the Cayman Islands ernment notorly turned away Norwegian Cise L Leeward, which was rryg 900 gay passengers. Although the ernment officially sanctned the ban of the Leeward, such tolerance is often not endorsed by dividual hotel owners, who have told privately that they wele gay and lbian patronage.

There are no gay bars or clubs and the lol gay and lbian muny ngregat privately, wh dividual hom. As a gay or lbian traveler, you have to make a personal choice whether you want to spend your vatn dollars the Cayman Islands, or whether you would prefer to vatn a iendlier and more tolerant Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA) (tel. 800/448-8550 or 954/630-1637;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs; go to their webse and click on "Members.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS

"Many agenci offer tours and travel erari specifilly for gay and lbian travelers.

800/631-6277;) Canadian webse GayTraveler () offers ias and advice for gay travel all over the followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them om any onle bookseller: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui, 36th Edn (Bno Gmünr Verlag;) and the Damron guis (), wh separate, annual books for gay men and lbians. Gay beach or gay life on Grand Cayman? Re: Gay beach or gay life on Grand Cayman?

No sos, no wild nightlife, no nu beach & they do not ter to llege Sprg Breakers or gays. Yea, my partner and I are head there and we were lookg for gay iendly beach and bs?

GAY BEACH OR GAY LIFE ON GRAND CAYMAN? - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM

Loveyman, what are you sayg, Grand Cayman don't want Gays or sprgbreakers, WHY?

GAY CAYMAN ISLANDS TRAVEL GUI

About 2 or 3 years ago, Grand Cayman prevented a cise ship om makg a normal port ll there bee they had a gay group charterg the vsel. If you are gay and want to go there, fly unr the radar. We are all people wh money to spend, gay or straight.

A gay cise me to the islands May or June this year whout any plitns- some people help signs prott, but for the most part- the people off the cise were well accepted. As for beg gay and gog to Cayman islands for a holiday.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CAYMAN ISLANDS

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

GAY BEACH OR GAY LIFE ON GRAND CAYMAN? - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Featured Gay Friendly Hotel Cayman Islands.

Gay Cayman Islands.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

GAY HANG OUTS - GRAND CAYMAN FOM

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! To be hont the night life is somewhat non existent on GC and some people (gay or straight) prefer that.

As for gay life on 't flnt and you will have a nice holiday Cayman. They refed an entire gay cise ship years ago. There really are not any gay bars or hang outs that I know of and we've been gog for many years and many tim a year.

We have a iend who is gay and is an stctor/MD at one of the big operators. Even tap water is generally safe to nsume and ok Gay TravelersFor gay travelers visg the Cayman Islands, is bt to keep low-key. If you’re planng to travel as a gay uple, beg discreet might be necsary as this is not a gay-iendly lotn.

GAY UPLE - SEVEN MILE BEACH FOM

As a primarily Christian natn and not an excsively progrsive one, homosexualy is not tolerated the untry, and is fact nsired illegal.

Bee of this, you will not fd any gay-iendly hotels, bars, or rorts.

U.K. URT BLOCKS GAY MARRIAGE FOR CAYMAN ISLANDS AND BERMUDA

We are a discrete married gay uple, on the mid 40, and we are planng our next vatn. But we are ncerned about the claimed gay-hostile clima on the island. Re: Gay uple.

Cayman is a nservative untry that owns on public displays of affectn, straight or gay. While Cayman is a Christian fah based untry, I would not ll gay-hostile.

GAY CISE SHIP NOT ALLOWED TO STOP IN CAYMAN ISLANDS

I don't know, however, what is beg said the gay muny. A number of years ago, a gay cise was nied accs but recently, one was received wh small monstratns of both support and disda. There are plenty of gays who eher vis or live Cayman.

Go, and have a wonrful time unrstandg, as Sue mentned, that public displays of affectn by eher straight or gay upl might raise a few eyebrows. Not sure if this helps but I went to Grand Cayman 6 years ago and was warned was a homophobic.

Now, keep md, I was an open, 23 year old gay guy who was very fortable wh myself. We even ma iends wh a gay waer at the beach bar/rtrant. We jt me back om a holiday where we met a gay uple on a dive boat.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CAYMAN ISLANDS

I don't thk you will have any problems unls you are to public displays which to be hont are not attractive and n be upsettg to Caymanians and fellow tourists alike whether they are hetro or gay. SAN JUAN, Puerto Ri — Activists supportg same-sex marriage the Cayman Islands and Bermuda received a heavy blow Monday a lg by a top appeals urt Uned Kgdom’s Privy Council, which serv as the fal urt of appeals for several islands the Caribbean, sid wh the ernment of Bermuda, which had fought a lol Supreme Court’s cisn to allow gay Privy Council also led that gay people don’t have the right to marry the Cayman Islands based on s Constutn. In s judgment, the Privy Council acknowledged that the historil background of marriage is “one of the stigmatizatn, nigratn and victimizatn of gay people, and that the rtrictn of marriage to oppose-sex upl may create among gay people a sense of excln and stigma.

However, orred the ernment to provi the women wh a legal stat equivalent to didn’t happen, Raznovich a rult, the legal team sought a lg om the Privy Council se has riled some the Cayman Islands, where several legislators acced of beg homophobic sought to have Raznovich ported several years ago given his volvement the se. Although the Brish terrory of nearly 70, 000 people is nsired to be socially nservative, Raznovich noted that the premier gave a speech last year durg the gay pri “was historil, ” he said. The erary of a gay cise to the Caribbean had to be changed to bypass Grand Cayman after the Cayman Islands refed to let the group’s ship dock, sayg didn’t expect “appropriate behavr” om the passengers.

Gay and civil rights groups cricized the snub agast the group that chartered Norwegian Cise Le’s 910-passenger Leeward. “It’s absolutely appallg that the ernment of the Cayman Islands would send out a msage basilly that gay people are not wele, ” said David Smh, spokman for Human Rights Coaln, the largt gay polil anizatn the Uned Stat. Instead of the Cayman Islands, the gay cise will vis Belize, addn to the Mexin ports of Cancun and Cozumel.