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• MAPA GAY BEIT
• DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI
• GAY BEIT
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BEIT
• GAY BEIT - BEIT FOM
• GAY BARS BEIT - BEIT FOM
• BEIT GAY RTRANT
• CHIGO STYLELGBTQ+HOME»EXPLORE»CHIGO STYLE»LGBTQ+CHIGO HAS A WAY OF MAKG EVERYONE FEEL WELE. OUR LGBTQ+ MUNI, IENDLY RINTS, DIVERSE NIGHTLIFE, AND YEAR-LONG PRI CELEBRATNS MAKE ONE OF THE MOST CLIVE CI THE UNTRY. VAR PRELOAD = {}; GET TO KNOW LGBTQ+ CHIGOCOME EXPLORE OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, WELG NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THRIVG NIGHTLIFE SCENE.EXPLORE CHIGO'S WELG NEIGHBORHOODSCHECK OUT OUR GUI TO LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOODSEXPLORE OUR 2-DAY LGBTQ+ CHIGO ERARYDISVER LGBTQ+ HISTORY WH THE TOURS AND ATTRACTNSFEEL THE PRIPRI IS CHIGO'S DNA. AND WE CELEBRATE ALL YEAR LONG.CATCH THE CHIGO PRI PARA JUNEWHERE TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH CHIGOEXPLORE YEAR-ROUND LGBTQ+ EVENTS CHIGOKEEP THE PARTY GOG AT THE LOL GAY BARS AND CLUBS.EXPLORE WELG NEIGHBORHOODSEXPERIENCE CHIGO'S VIBRANT LGBTQ+ MUNI, CLUDG THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAY NEIGHBORHOOD THE UNTRY.PARTY AT SITRACK BOYSTOWNWHAT DO AND SEE BUZZG BOYSTOWNEAT AND SHOP QUIRKY ANRSONVILLEKEEP EXPLORG
• GAY BEIT
• BEIT GAY BARS
• GAY BEIT · HOTELS
• MAPA GAY BEIT

MAPA GAY BEIT

Through a haze of shisha smoke and somewhat stiflg sexual stigma, the Arab world unveils an unexpected realm of possibili for trepid gay travellers. If you n five the state-approved homophobia and are willg to act wh discretn while out and about, the Arab untri n reem themselv a thoand and one different ways, om the ancient centre of Petra to the glterg ephets of Bahra and to the serts beyond. While by and large closeted kgdoms, the handful of gay clubs the progrsive cy of Beit n allow you to be your te self, while the luxury ternatnal hotels across the regn n ensure your privacy is rpected.

Jo as we track the 5 most gay-iendly Arab untri. Wh so much do see and do, Mt is bt seen by tour b, allowg you to hop off at untls mms, the Sultan’s Palace and the Mutrah Corniche wateront, before venturg further afield on day trips to the beach and turtle-filled lagoons for divg and of the slightly more tolerant untri the regn, Oman is said to have once had s own gay sultan – Sultan Qaboos b Said al Said – although the state prs is quick to ny this as a pric mour!

DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI

Neverthels, the unofficial gossip is that the former sultan leads a lavish gay liftyle wh his palace, divorced om his wife and enjoyg the ocsnal English lover.

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Much the way of the Sultan, gay life here is to be led unrground, due to the heavy penalti for homosexualy. In realy, the laws are rarely upheld except high-profile s, however, and gay Oman remas a perfectly safe place to | Photo: Katera KerdiPetra, particular, is the crowng glory of Jordan, protected wh sandstone cliffs and offerg an unrivalled llectn of monuments, cludg the fg Siq to the Treasury on an ethereal sert se of red rock and dun known as Wadi Rum2.

Now you, avid explorer of gay Arab worlds, get to see the antiqui all their majty, movg om Roman Amphheatre to Csar stle wh a samplg of early Christian art along the way.

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Jordan crimalised homophobia as early as 1951 and while there remas social stigma and ‘public moraly’ laws that hr LGBTQ+ eedoms, gay Jordan gas tractn thanks to s unrground gay muny (most active on Grdr!

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) and annual events such as the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

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Gay Bahra legalised homosexualy 1976 though this means ltle as an LGBTQ crackdown is still force targetg those that supposedly vlate “public cency”, as Jordan. Tunisian society is viewed posively among the Arab gay muny for s LGBT progrs, as the base for anisatns such as ‘Mawjoud’ which mpaigns for LGBTQ mory rights. On paper, Tunisian law still stat that homosexualy is illegal, yet wh an openly-gay printial ndidate recently nng and ongog activism, ’s lookg more and more likely crimalisatn will e.

In a strange twist, one gay marriage beme legally regnised Tunisia and though that don’t say much for society as a whole, ’s a small w for gay Tunisia. A clear wner for s LGBTQ eedoms, Lebanon is also hard to beat for s lively gay scene and diversy of spir.

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Avoid the occurrenc and Lebanon will she, thanks to s fantastic beach rorts not far om the pal as well as s mounta vistas, ancient s and more, all urteoly attend by kdly Lebane social stigma rgs te and the ft array of Arabian gays is likely to be found onle (hello Grdr, my old iend) gay Lebanon is perhaps one of the few Arab natns where a tentative gay scene tak shape real life. As well as hostg the regn’s largt gay club, POSH, where gay Arabs and ternatnals n fally dance together whout fear of persecutn, gay Beit also hosts annual queer events such as the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia and Beit Pri. In the Magreb, Tunisia and Moroc, long-time gay statns wh very DL scen, have remaed absent om our pag, for fear of helpg to stroy them.

CHIGO STYLELGBTQ+HOME»EXPLORE»CHIGO STYLE»LGBTQ+CHIGO HAS A WAY OF MAKG EVERYONE FEEL WELE. OUR LGBTQ+ MUNI, IENDLY RINTS, DIVERSE NIGHTLIFE, AND YEAR-LONG PRI CELEBRATNS MAKE ONE OF THE MOST CLIVE CI THE UNTRY. VAR PRELOAD = {}; GET TO KNOW LGBTQ+ CHIGOCOME EXPLORE OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, WELG NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THRIVG NIGHTLIFE SCENE.EXPLORE CHIGO'S WELG NEIGHBORHOODSCHECK OUT OUR GUI TO LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOODSEXPLORE OUR 2-DAY LGBTQ+ CHIGO ERARYDISVER LGBTQ+ HISTORY WH THE TOURS AND ATTRACTNSFEEL THE PRIPRI IS CHIGO'S DNA. AND WE CELEBRATE ALL YEAR LONG.CATCH THE CHIGO PRI PARA JUNEWHERE TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH CHIGOEXPLORE YEAR-ROUND LGBTQ+ EVENTS CHIGOKEEP THE PARTY GOG AT THE LOL GAY BARS AND CLUBS.EXPLORE WELG NEIGHBORHOODSEXPERIENCE CHIGO'S VIBRANT LGBTQ+ MUNI, CLUDG THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAY NEIGHBORHOOD THE UNTRY.PARTY AT SITRACK BOYSTOWNWHAT DO AND SEE BUZZG BOYSTOWNEAT AND SHOP QUIRKY ANRSONVILLEKEEP EXPLORG

As far as the gay scene is ncerned, more than one reviewer once scribed Beit as the “Provcetown of the Middle East. ” A b of hyperbole, even those more optimistic days, for a untry where homosexualy was still illegal and police uld raid gay meetg plac.

In this part of the Arab world few plac offer even the relative eedom om fear and persecutn still found her - but then gay men have never walked hand hand down Hamra Street eher. Gay people n hang out together chic f, de at trendy rtrants, or dance at hip clubs whout fear of beg harassed by the police, but sexual meetg plac like bathho and cisg areas are more dangero.

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GayInBeit is another blog of tert, datg om more open tim of 5-7 years ago, but not recently updated.

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The Empire Metropolis at Centre Sofil is a gay-iendly art hoe cema wh ternatnal screengs and events. Yunkun Club, still known for s ternatnal crowd and unrground mic scene, did have Gutter gay dance party nights, but like so much of the gay scene the end 2014. Mawaleh, the first and only gay magaze neighborg Syria, was published 2012 - 2015 by Sami Hamwi "a Syrian gay guy, " documentg the stggl of LGBTQ people the face of that natn's scent to hell.

See Proud Lebanon for rmatn about their volunteers' work to help gay Syrian refuge Beit, often victims of torture and extortn by both sis that untry's civil war. LebTour, the LGBT travel service and tour gui, found 2005, wh adventure tours for gay men, once the bt lol rource of s kd, has closed and disappeared om the web. For some lol bars and other listgs see our Gay Beit maps & listgs tab.

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Consir all gay guis to Beit, even lol on, to out of date (send any recent rmatn you have). Clubs open and close, or move around the cy equently, and gay clubs prefer to keep a low profile onle, relyg stead on word of mouth. Everyone is wele: the only gay hangout the Arab world - Saeed Kamali Dehghan - The Guardian, May 17, 2018.

Gay and Gay-iendly Hotels BeitBook the bt gay hotels wh misterb&b, the lear gay travel chosen by 1M travelers. Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munyAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn. Re: Gay bars Beit.

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I was tryg to set up a walkg tour wh a gay travel se Beit and got an ial quiry of tert to help, but they have failed to rpond to all my follow up emails.