Gay Thailand | LGBTQ+ Travel Gui, Thailand Gay Rights & Safety Tips

Contents:

• DISVER THE BT 10 STATNS TO ENJOY GAY THAILAND
• GAY THAILAND RORTS YOU HAVE TO STAY AT
• GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
• THAILAND GAY TRAVEL
• GAY THAILAND TRAVEL GUI
• GAY BANGKOK
• SUN-KISSED GAYS FOR DAY
• GAY BLOG ARCHIVE FOR BANGKOK
• GAY PATTAYA
• THE 5 BEST BANGKOK GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BANGKOK
• THE 10 BEST THAILAND GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS THAILAND

DISVER THE BT 10 STATNS TO ENJOY GAY THAILAND

For queer travellers pecially, Thailand is the perfect retreat, populated by go-go boys, gay-iendly wellns retreats and alternative culture by the bload. Gay marriage Thailand is still not formally regnised, but, spe this, many same-sex upl travel to the natn to have their unn blsed by Buddhist East tly meets Wt, Bangkok melds tradnal Buddhist ways of life wh outrageo hedonism, creatg a vibrant atmosphere ripe for exploratn1. Dpe beg one of Thailand’s more expensive ci wh s fair share of htlers, Bangkok is still among the most affordable ci the world, where t-ts tout for the price of a sandwich and hip boutique stor pete on verable pal of ‘Gay Asia’, Bangkok is the first ll for gay parti across the ntent, boastg an famo party scene to make even Ru Pl blh.

While some Bangkok gay bars and clubs are more rpectable than others, if ’s plh sophistitn you’re after, the cy n provi. Disver the bt luxury offergs and our favoure Bangkok gay club our dited Bangkok travel gui. Koh SametOne such day trip om Bangkok is to the glor Koh Samet, known fondly as Thailand’s gayt island.

Popular among Bangkok’s middle and upper class, as much as the ternatnal gay muny, Koh Samet serv laid-back parti a tropil paradise, wh crowds and pric peakg on the weekend. For one of the bt beach gay Thailand travel straight to Ao Phai, home of the Silver Sands Bar and open-air nightclub and neighbour to Ao Tubtim, Koh Samet’s unofficial gay beach.

GAY THAILAND RORTS YOU HAVE TO STAY AT

Straighter and more Thai-style than what’s on offer Phet or Pattaya, nightlife on Koh Samet is for tourists and Bangkok gays keen on beachsi karaoke and Thai pop Ragnar Vorel3. For gay-iendly beach days, try the popular Dongtan and Jomtien Beach, before headg to the Walkg Street entertament district for barets, clubs, bars and r karaoke ssns. The Boyztown district se the majory of gay bars, massage shops, rtrants and gay-oriented acmodatns, send only by Sunee Plaza for go-go clubs and more massage.

GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?

For a more chilled optn, try Karon Beach to the south jt below Patong or Bangtao Beach, a short drive north, where the popular gay hangout spot known as Dream Beach Club Max Liew5. One of Thailand’s partyg pals, a short boat ri om the full-moon parti of Koh Phangan, Koh Samui offers extravagant, gay-iendly nightlife wh the add bon of cheaper drks and fewer crowds.

Lamai Beach is another one to explore, known as the island’s bt gay beach wh watersi rtrants and street food optns. Gay Chiang Mai ed to be centred on Santham and Chang Puek, but today the ht offergs lie along Gay Soi 6 (Soi 6 Charoen Prathet Road), wh a smatterg of gay karaoke bars, snas and massage shops remag Sas Tipchai8.

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Thanks to the island’s regular flux of gay visors, you’ll be good pany when the eveng beckons, particularly the area around Sairee Beach where most clubs and bars are Derek Owens10. Outsi of the full moon, Koh Phangan rts style, s beach – notably Bottle Beach, Haad Yao Beach and Salad Beach – terg to a strong gay crowd lookg for chilled out fun.

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The island’s small number of gay bars lie beachsi, wh more nightlife and gay-iendly offergs the ma town of Thong Sala. The prence of Boys Love seri, a unique drama genre that picts homoerotic relatnships between male characters, has creased signifintly recent years.

It was probably the first time Thai entertament history that two boys wh homosexual clatns were featured the lead. Thai Boys Love is a lol appropriatn of yaoi, the Japan-origatg form of homoerotic fictn that revolv around the romantic narrativ between a mascule boy (lled “e”) and a more feme boy (lled “seme”). Uta Boonorana, a medil doctor who’s also an LGBTQ fictn thor known by his psdonyms, Patrick Rangsimant and Mor Tood (“Homo Doctor” Thai).

He’s also the md behd GMMTV’s LGBTQ productns, many of which have been praised for their plex and thought-provokg narrativ, cludg Gay OK Bangkok. Thailand is the most gay iendly untry Southeast Asia, so is no surprise that gay Thailand rorts have bee creasgly popular throughout the untry. From Chiang Mai to Bangkok and down to the tropil southern islands, here are some of the top gay rorts the land of s!

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If you are stayg at gay Thailand rorts, you will need to book more of your acmodatn advance. I will ually have my gay rorts booked around the time I book my flights to be safe, pecially durg peak season! Sure the rooms and ameni are important, but you’re bookg a gay Thailand rort for the sense of muny and acceptance that wh !

”While Thailand is known as the most gay iendly lotn Southeast Asia and the tourism board is actively workg to show LGBTQ travelers that is safe, do that really mean that the lols are wily acceptg?

Ladyboys tegrate seamlsly wh society, and there are many gay iendly bars, baret shows, rtrants, clubs, and of urse gay rorts. It n be overwhelmg arrivg Bangkok for the first time and grabbg a t t to the hotel, so havg a gay rort to check to right away n fely help.

SUN-KISSED GAYS FOR DAY

While isn’t a gay Thailand rort per say, this expensive and betiful hotel is a hop skip and jump away om Bangkok’s btlg gay district – Silom. Silom Soi 4 – The gay area of Bangkok, filled wh redlights, ladyboy shows, bars, clubs, go-go dancers, and more. Southern Thailand is full of tropil weather and betiful islands, so is no surprise that you’ll fd some amazg gay rorts sttered throughout the Thai islands.

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Alpha Gay Rort offers many island tours, meet and greets, and var packag to help make your stay on Koh Samui perfect.

This gay Thailand rort is also ls then half a e away om Chaweng beach, where you’ll fd a plethora of gay bars, clubs, and events happeng along the beach! Baan Souy Gay Rort has a betiful rooftop pat wh loungers, perfect for sippg a cktail and watchg the sunset.

Vis Pattaya’s Walkg Street – There are a ton of fun gay bars and clubs dotted along this street, take a walk over and see what’s gog on!

GAY PATTAYA

Obvly there is still room for improvement, but the attu towards homosexualy Thailand is que open. I have been to que a few untri, and no other have I seen homosexuals live their sexual orientatn so openly. The reason is that, although daily life Thailand lbians, gays and transgenr people live wh total normaly, Thai law is not as liberal as most of the society.

In Thailand, homosexual marriage do not exist for now -although the bate over s legalizatn has been on the table for some time-.

THE 5 BEST BANGKOK GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BANGKOK

The tolerance of Thai society means that gays, lbians and trans -men and women alike- have a relatively ee life to live and exprs themselv as they are. And surely that is why Bangkok attracts lns of gay tourists, immigrants and expats search of fun, a eer life or a relatnship that their untri of orig would be rejected, clanste or simply impossible.

Although the are nothg but sensatns or beliefs whout much foundatn, this n be extend to gay men, or to anyone who mov away om the heteronormative non.

One time I told a taxi driver that I was gay, and he asked me if I drsed as a woman or if I wanted to be a woman.

THE 10 BEST THAILAND GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS THAILAND

In fact, this type of discrimatn is rerced by the image that Thai media giv of gay men: ivolo, obssed wh any man who pass by, humoro and foul-mouthed. The gay ncept is actually imported om the Wt and is que flexible, so sometim overlaps even wh that of kathoey.

For example, a gay man Thailand may say that he is not a ‘man’, meang that he is not a heterosexual man. It don’t occur to me that a Wtern gay man would say the same thg, or accept that the term ‘male’ only appli to straight men.