Gay Moroc: The experience is very different for Morocns and foreigners.

Contents:

• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• ميخائيل@YAHYAMELKWDYGFYSASK ME ANYTHGFOLLOWPOSTSLIKYAHYAMELKADOR3OADOR3OFOLLOWGAY MAN LIVE ARE ON THE STAKE HELPTHE MOROCN LGBT+ MUNY NEEDS HELP DURG THIS VID-19 QUARANTE, A QUEER DIVIDUAL ON STAGRAM UNR THE ERNAME @NAOUFALMOSA STARTED DOG DAILY LIVE-STREAMS ON STAGRAMTHE STREAMS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 30K EACH DAY, UP TO 90K A DAY,AND THE ER STARTED OUTG QUEER DIVIDUALS ON DAILY BASIS, AND THREATENG THEM TO PUBLISH THEIR PRIVATE PICTUR IF THEY DON’T NFS THEY ARE QUEER,LATELY THIS DIVIDUAL SHARED THE NAM OF MOST OF THE FAMO GAY DATG APPS, SUCH AS GRDR AND PLA ROMEO, WHICH RULTED A HUGE WAVE OF ATTACKS ON DIVIDUALS THAT E THE APPS, THEIR PERSONAL WERE TAKEN AND PUBLISH ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS MOSTLY ON FACEBOOK, WHICH REFED TO AKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, MANY LIV ARE ON STAKE AND MANY QUEER DIVIDUALS ARE FACG HARD TIM BEE OF THIS, HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL MOROC , AND THE RAT OF HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS AND HOMOPHOBIA IS VERY SER, THE EXPOSURE OF QUEER DIVIDUALS SUCH A MUNY N LEAD TO HOMELSNS, ABE OR EVEN ATHESPECIALLY WH THE LOCKDOWN SCE THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE SHELTERS AND OR ANY PLACE TO GO TOPLEASE HELP BY VERG THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR MSAGE REACH THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THE ATTACKS ARE BEG PRENTED ON AND AS DIVIDUALS WE HAVE NO POWER, THIS IS A SRY TIME FOR MANY OF AND WE NEED HELPYAHYAMELKADOR3OADOR3OFOLLOWGAY MAN LIVE ARE ON THE STAKE HELP
• DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
• GAY MOROC
• MOROC GAY TRAVEL

GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

Travelg to an Islamic untry and experiencg the magic of the Thoand and One Nights together – as a homosexual uple? Even though Marrakech’s clubs and hotels do not openly e labels such as “gay” or “gay-iendly” for advertisg, is the new “Pk Cy”, havg overtaken the formerly ternatnal zone of Tanger. To beg wh: Acrdg to Morocn law, homosexual acts are illegal and will be punished severely.

Near Rabat, for example, two young Morocns were sentenced to four months imprisonment each 2013 bee of homosexual ntacts. Strongly fluenced by relign and patriarchal stctur, Morocn society is characterized by tradnal valu, and is, th, rather homophobic. Neverthels, homosexualy is tolerated to the greatt possible extent, as far as ’s lived out discreetly.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

They are not gay, but munitg wh their iends the tradnal manner.

ميخائيل@YAHYAMELKWDYGFYSASK ME ANYTHGFOLLOWPOSTSLIKYAHYAMELKADOR3OADOR3OFOLLOWGAY MAN LIVE ARE ON THE STAKE HELPTHE MOROCN LGBT+ MUNY NEEDS HELP DURG THIS VID-19 QUARANTE, A QUEER DIVIDUAL ON STAGRAM UNR THE ERNAME @NAOUFALMOSA STARTED DOG DAILY LIVE-STREAMS ON STAGRAMTHE STREAMS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 30K EACH DAY, UP TO 90K A DAY,AND THE ER STARTED OUTG QUEER DIVIDUALS ON DAILY BASIS, AND THREATENG THEM TO PUBLISH THEIR PRIVATE PICTUR IF THEY DON’T NFS THEY ARE QUEER,LATELY THIS DIVIDUAL SHARED THE NAM OF MOST OF THE FAMO GAY DATG APPS, SUCH AS GRDR AND PLA ROMEO, WHICH RULTED A HUGE WAVE OF ATTACKS ON DIVIDUALS THAT E THE APPS, THEIR PERSONAL WERE TAKEN AND PUBLISH ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS MOSTLY ON FACEBOOK, WHICH REFED TO AKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, MANY LIV ARE ON STAKE AND MANY QUEER DIVIDUALS ARE FACG HARD TIM BEE OF THIS, HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL MOROC , AND THE RAT OF HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS AND HOMOPHOBIA IS VERY SER, THE EXPOSURE OF QUEER DIVIDUALS SUCH A MUNY N LEAD TO HOMELSNS, ABE OR EVEN ATHESPECIALLY WH THE LOCKDOWN SCE THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE SHELTERS AND OR ANY PLACE TO GO TOPLEASE HELP BY VERG THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR MSAGE REACH THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THE ATTACKS ARE BEG PRENTED ON AND AS DIVIDUALS WE HAVE NO POWER, THIS IS A SRY TIME FOR MANY OF AND WE NEED HELPYAHYAMELKADOR3OADOR3OFOLLOWGAY MAN LIVE ARE ON THE STAKE HELP

Hetero — as well as homo — or bisexual upl should be discreet and save livg out their passns for the privacy of the riad.

In spe of the reprsive ndns, a gay scene has grown Marrakech. Clubs and night life for a gay dience.

Soon, the word of a gay night life the South-Morocn imperial cy spread.

DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE

The top addrs is, whout a doubt, Le Diamant noir, which is rather gay than gay-iendly durg the week. Apart om that, the gay party scene meets at the VIP-Club, Le Pacha, Le Comptoir Darna, or the other bars along the Avenue Mohammed V.

Gay-iendly hosts: discreet riads and open hearts. The followg riads are gay-iendly (plete list):. In a Nutshell: Marrakech for homosexuals.

Th, homosexuals are not treated differently om heterosexuals. Some gut ho are labeled “gay-iendly” and are ed to homosexual clients, so there are no irratns when, say, a double bed is requted. The gay night life n be bt experienced one of the clubs mentned above, but is advisable to keep a keen md even there: It is not unlikely that the young man showerg you wh pliments is a prostute, and the police are rather strict their effort to nta prostutn, pecially as is gradually creasg Moroc.

GAY MOROC

Apart om this, Marrakech is as good a holiday statn for gays and lbians as is for heterosexually orientated.

Jamaa el Fna, Marrakech’s ma square, is the cy’s primary gay cisg spot after dk. For those who heard about the se of Ray Cole—a Brish tourist arrted last year Marrakech, Moroc, on spicn of mtg “homosexual acts” and sentenced to four months’ hard time a Morocn jail prr to his early release— is perhaps difficult to image that Moroc was somethg of a gay paradise for whe men of standg the aftermath of World War II.

MOROC GAY TRAVEL

Somethg of the gay scene moved to Marrakech, but suffice to say, is far removed om Tangier’s heyday and very much nfed to the margs. Gay life tak place the pths of certa hammams (Turkish baths) and the back rows of cemas, if people happen to know the right spots; needls to say, cisg plays an important role. There are no gay bars, but a mix of gay and straight patrons n be found clubs that ter primarily to Wterners.

Seen this light, the se of Ray Cole n be said to be another part of the story of the wherg away of gay life Moroc, or at the very least, the end of turng of a bld eye to . But what is more signifint about Cole’s se is that monstrat the te realy for gay men Moroc, namely, that while the laws on homosexualy are enforced nsistently, there is evintly a double standard employed their applitn. The lerature available to potential gay travelers to Moroc—of which there is a great al sce, spe of laws and social norms there, Moroc remas a prime statn for package holiday-goers om Bra, France, and Germany—is very clear settg out what is and isn’t acceptable.

Gay upl should rea om public displays of affectn and would be advised to seek out hotels and riads (a tradnal hoe wh an terr urtyard) known to be gay-iendly. The arrt of Morocns for “homosexual acts” occurs every day and go unreported. The scen of Cole’s fay greetg him at Bra’s Gatwick Airport ntrast starkly wh how gay men are treated Morocn society: looked down upon, rejected by their fai, dismissed wh the Maghrebi Arabic slur zamel.