Sgapore Gay Travel Gui – Bars, Snas & Where to Stay

Contents:

• SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL
• WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG GAY SGAPORE, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL
• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE
• WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME OUT SGAPORE, WHERE GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL
• WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND GAY SGAPORE
• BT GAY CLUBS SGAPORE
• IT’S ILLEGAL, BUT REAL: TELLG STORI OF GAY LIFE SGAPORE INTERVIEW WH LEON CHEO (BFA/CRPR ’10)
• SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY

SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL

Sgapore is a marvelo, glimmerg Southeast Asian statn that gay travelers love to vis. A major bs hub, gay lols and ex-pats meld together, formg a strong and vibrant gay muny. To the surprise of many tourists, the cy has a cent bunch of entertag gay bars and snas to explore.

I disvered so much about lol gay life durg my brief yet actn-packed vis to Sgapore. I was lucky enough to make iends wh a few gay lols along wh their ex-pat iends who troduced me to the cy. When you add lic food, gay nightlife, and unbelievable hotel optns bookg a trip here sounds like a no-braer!

Here are a few other fantastic hotels and hostels for gay travelers Sgapore that are highly rated, affordable, and perfectly loted for explorg the cy. Even though Sgapore is a nservative natn, that hasn’t stopped a vibrant gay neighborhood om thrivg here.

WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG GAY SGAPORE, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL

Sgapore’s gay district is effectively the Chatown neighborhood.

And while ’s not as ostentat as the gay districts of big-time gay statns,  boasts a range of gay nightlife venu and LGBT-iendly tablishments. As I remend the sectns above, stayg anywhere the southern half of Sgapore’s Central Area will make super nvenient to accs the lol gay bars.

THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE

From what I uld tell, though, gay lols don’t live exclively the Sgapore gay area. Gay bars tend to ncentrate Chatown, but don’t lim yourself to stayg this neighborhood! Dorothy’s is a pact Wizard of Oz-themed gay bar Sgapore’s Chatown neighborhood.

The vibe at Dorothy’s is fely more relaxed than your typil gay bar, but I found this to be enjoyable.

Soon after I arrived at Tantric, I met a lol gay Sgaporean! He troduced me to his gay iends, who had moved to Sgapore om different untri like France and Costa Ri. Lluvia is one other lol gay bar and rtrant worth mentng, though they’re not nearly as popular as Tantric and Dorothy’s.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME OUT SGAPORE, WHERE GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL

Given how nservative the untry is, might surprise you that Sgapore has several gay snas to explore.

Keybox is the biggt gay sna Sgapore and has recently moved to a new 5, 000-square-foot space. One may thk that the morny of Sgapore would e along wh some gay rights. There are still no protectns for LGBT dividuals though, and gay marriage is still not regnized Sgapore.

But, he also mentned that visors mt regnize Sgapore’s nservative culture and anti-gay laws. Gay rights challeng asi, is fortg that Sgapore has gay bars and events that allow the LGBT muny to e together. While we believe gay travellers should be exced to vis this cy, ’s important to be aware of the suatn before travellg.

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND 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). 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’.

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. 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.

BT GAY CLUBS SGAPORE

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. 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.

IT’S ILLEGAL, BUT REAL: TELLG STORI OF GAY LIFE SGAPORE INTERVIEW WH LEON CHEO (BFA/CRPR ’10)

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.

SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY

Usually hotels nearer the gay nightlife will have a higher proportn of gay travellers. 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.