Is Kenya about to follow Uganda wh strict anti-gay legislatn?

Contents:

• HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.
• SMALL LUXURY GAY TRAVEL
• TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

HOLIDAYS TO AI: THE BT UNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELLERS

Ellen Degener and her wife Portia Rossi shone the limelight on Rwanda as a popular possibily for gay travellers.

It's one of the more gay-iendly island statns out there and one of only a handful where homosexualy is legal. Not only is the top gay-iendly untry on the ntent, but is like multiple untri rolled to one. Cy rort wh Table Mounta s backyard, One&Only offers exclive luxury the heart of the Gay Capal.

IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?

As your very own queer Travel Experts, we know all the s and outs of where to go as a gay traveller Ai and have first-hand experience of everythg we plan for you.

We have hand-picked the crème la crème of gay-iendly statns, hotels, and lodg Ai so that your trip will be nothg short of extraordary. Ai has many gay-iendly untri, and we know exactly where you should go when, where to stay, and all the tips and tricks to make your holiday the bt n be.

Stori > Experienc > Holidays to Ai: The bt untri Ai for gay travellersAs a haze of terratta dt kicked up om unr the wheels of our Jeep safari fally dissipat, we tch sight of a magil savannah sunset foreground by baby giraff and their parents, legs splayed and necks bent at a waterg hole. BOOK WITH US Cape Town, South Ai | Photo: Joshua EarleLGBTQ Travellers AiA big proviso to gay travel Ai is the legal suatn for the LGBTQ+ muny. Sad to say, over half of all Ain untri homosexualy is still nsired a crimal offence, while, a small mory (Mrania, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan) the ath sentence remas place.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

Don’t let today’s realy le out holidays to Ai however, as there are still ways to travel the ntent safely as a gay person, whout fear.

BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.

Capal cy Cape Town, particular, is a hub of all the actn, known Internatnally as the gay pal of Ai for s openns and tolerance of the LGBTQ+ muny.

Alongsi Johannburg, Cape Town has one of the largt LGBTQ populatns South Ai, wh a large selectn of gay bars and gay-iendly acmodatns ncentrated around Green Pot, Sea Pot and the De Waterkant than that, Cape Town is rich culture both old and new, on display across s world-class mms and historic plac.

Instead of havg an official gay village, Johannburg’s gay rabow lours the entire cy, particularly Melville, Parkhurst and Rosebank, as well as wh smaller gay muni Berea, Bloemfonte, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Stellenbosch. As the gay scene grows, so too do the cy’s sleek vertil skyspe, where new archecture is styled to f wh the smopolan liftyl of Joburgers. For gay travellers, particular, a Seychell vatn is a top choice owg to the islands’ liberal polici that protect LGBT people followg the crimalisatn of “same-sex acts” 2016.

SMALL LUXURY GAY TRAVEL

Gay travellers who love dty adventur to the wilrns will love Madagasr, where Morondava’s inic Avenue of the Baobabs lks the island’s beach to s trekkg regns, such as the Anja Communy Rerve or the climbg paradise of Tsgy Bemaraha Strict Nature Rerve. South Ai | Photo: RedcharlieOutsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V6. Outsi of the Meda, Marrakech is also mould by s relatnship to Europe, most visible the northwterly neighbourhood of Gueliz where trendy bars and gay venu nvene on Avenue Mohammed V.

Today, homosexualy remas outlawed natnwi (and subject to a short jail term) but the realy is that the laws are sporadilly enforced and tourist hubs are given leeway, allowg for a small yet vibrant Marrakech gay scene.

After tourg the markets, mosqu and palac of Marrakech, jump off on excursns to the Atlas Mountas of the bt untri Ai has to offer for gay travellers, Marrakech is bt seen the shoulr seasons (March to May; September to November) when the weather is non too srchg (between 22°C and 32°C) and hotels are affordable. Intrepid gays will be won over by Rwanda’s gged charms as well as s relatively liberal stance on LGBT rights (homosexualy is legal here and the untry is a signatory of the Uned Natn’s nmnatn of vlence towards homosexuals, though discretn is still advisable). Like Rwanda, Mri is a signatory of the anti-discrimatn UN statement and LGBT people are protected the workplace, but outdated laws rema and homosexualy is still illegal spe recent efforts to overturn this.

TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST

While there is a long way to go and lol gay people are still subjected to stigma, social attus are startg to turn and, as a tourist, you’re unlikely to experience problems other than the absence of any gay your trip the pal of Port Louis, enjoyg the beach by day and the wateront bars, rtrants and shops by night.

Coral reefs edge the island, makg for fantastic scuba divg and snorkellg, or otherwise, you n tch a boat to the gay-iendly Rnn Island. Durg the 3, 200 kilometre Namibia Safari trip for example, passengers go om South Ai’s Pretoria, through the diamond-sh town of Kimberley and onwards across the Kalahari Dert to Namibia, where stops the pal of Wdhoek and the Namib Dert preclu the fal stop at the medieval German town of Swakopmund on Namibia’s bety of journeyg through Ai by tra is pecially salient for gay travellers who otherwise might not feel safe enough to tour each untry dividually.

Though the battle for gay rights is well unrway, homosexualy is still illegal across Kenya and subject to 14 years prison if prosecuted. As such, gay travellers should be ut when headg outsi of the pal Nairobi, which is the centre of LGBT activism the natn.

BT-RATED AIN UNTRI THE GAY TRAVEL INX 2023

While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene.

The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town. Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October. We packed our bags and left the UK January 2018 and set up our gay travel blog, The Globetrotter Guys.

We are currently travellg the globe, documentg the bt luxury gay travel, adventure and liftyle. To help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartac has published a new report for lbian, gay, trans, and queer travellers about how gay-iendly a untry is.