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Contents:

• SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL
• HOW GAY EDLY IS SGAPORE? - SGAPORE FOM
• 8 FABULOLY GAY-FRIENDLY & GAY HOTELS IN SGAPORE TO TRY ON YOUR NEXT GAYTN!
• SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• GAY SGAPORE · MID-RANGE HOTELS

SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL

While we believe gay travellers should be exced to vis this cy, ’s important to be aware of the suatn before travellg. The Legal Suatn Gay Sgapore. Unlike India, Sgapore has not ma the cisn to repeal this law, meang that unr Sectn 377A homosexualy remas illegal (technilly, the law says nothg about same-sex relatns between two women).

HOW GAY EDLY IS SGAPORE? - SGAPORE FOM

Other parts of Sgapore’s Penal Co uld also potentially be terpreted to prosecute gay men, like sectn 354 on the ‘outrage of mosty’ or sectn 294A verg obscene acts public. The media is even forbidn to promote “the glamorizatn of the homosexual liftyle” so the rare ocsn an LGBT character appears on TV they are portrayed as damaged and have to be ‘fixed’. The Social Suatn Gay Sgapore.

While many members of the gay muny live their liv relatively unmolted, there is always a sense of a hammer wag to fall.

Public opn has gradually swung towards slightly more tolerance towards same-sex relatnships or even gay marriage, although is still not overwhelmgly favour. Pk Dot, the annual gay pri rally, started 2009 and grows year on year.

8 FABULOLY GAY-FRIENDLY & GAY HOTELS IN SGAPORE TO TRY ON YOUR NEXT GAYTN!

Proment celebri have e out and there is hope that this will provi spirg role mols for young gay people the closet.

To be hont, spe the dire legal suatn for LGBT people Sgapore, ’s unlikely that gay travellers will be negatively affected.

SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

After dark there’s a thrivg gay scene and of urse there’s more than enough to do durg the day to keep all travellers – gay, straight, unirn – by and happy. It’s jt important to be aware that technilly homosexualy is illegal and so to be nsc of surroundgs and behavur public plac.

Plac to Go Gay Sgapore.

In fact, the only thg that might lim gay travellers is the same thg that would lim straight on – budget! In and around Chatown is where most gay bars and clubs are based, so to feel totally ee and easy ’s a good ia to stay here or spend a lot of time here. ) will be more nservative so gay travellers should be aware of any PDA or hand-holdg there.

GAY SGAPORE · MID-RANGE HOTELS

Gay-Friendly Acmodatn Sgapore. Given the legal suatn, there are no exclively or specifilly gay hotels Sgapore. However, om the standpot of the wele you receive, we’d say every hotel uld be classified as gay iendly.

Of urse, if gay travellers would like to ensure they’re around more ‘like-md’ people then ’s a matter of dog some rearch and gettg remendatns om fellow LGBT travellers. There are certaly a range of hotels that have got brilliant reviews om our gay iends – some high-end sophistitn, some cheap (for Sgapore) and cheerful.

Usually hotels nearer the gay nightlife will have a higher proportn of gay travellers. Activi Gay Sgapore. For more gay-specific pastim you will ually have to wa until after dark, unls you’re Sgapore for the Pk Dot rally.

Dpe the law, Sgapore is surprisgly great for gay nightlife wh cktail bars, drag shows and wild dance parti galore. Chatown is home to many of the more famo gay bars (Dorothy’s Bar wh s Wizard of Oz dér is a particular favoure of ours), although some plac have bee unofficial gay bars, like Tanjong Beach Club on Sentosa Island.

Neil Road Chatown, known as ‘Pk Street’, has the only gay nightclub – Taboo – and an anizatn lled PLAY arrang gay takeover parti four or five tim a year. There are also plenty of opportuni for sensual massage or meetg people the gay snas of Sgapore.

Meetg People Gay Sgapore. In the gay clubs and bars you’ll fd easy to get chattg wh lols and, of urse, there are the snas – jt be rpectful of the fact that the lol men here might have plex relatnships wh their sexualy and have ls tn on issu, so ’s your rponsibily to take preutns and e protectn. Kiddg asi, this cy is a great statn for gay travellers, spe the bad state of LGBT rights Sgapore.

If you want to take a stand then go durg the Pk Dot rally to help the gay muny show up large numbers. Apart om this small nsiratn, gay people should be able to explore Sgapore whout any issu and take home some fabulo memori. Every year, Sgapore's Pk Dot serv as a facto Pri event and rallyg ll to revoke Sgapore's archaic lonial era holdover, Sectn 377A, which crimaliz nsensual sex between men and, effect, officially mak homosexualy illegal.

) and ernment tourism efforts om officially promotg homosexualy any way, and rults censorship and even ncellatn of explicly queer film ftivals, parti, and other events. Of particular note are vio footage and ems om Josef Ng’s 1994 performance piece, “Brother Cane, ” which addrsed the 1993 arrt and ng of 12 homosexuals for sexual solicatn a gay cisg area.