Gay Tbilisi - In and Out of The Closet | Chai Khana

Contents:

• THE BEST TBILISI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TBILISI
• TBILISI GAY TRAVEL
• ANY TBILISI REMENDATNS FOR GAY TRAVELERS? - TBILISI FOM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS TBILISI
• GAY TRAVEL GUIS BY WORLD REGN
• HOW THE OWNER OF TBILISI’S ONLY GAY BAR GETS DRSED
• SHARED APARTMENT NEAR GAY PARTI PLACE
• GAY TBILISI – THE NOMADIC BOYS

THE BEST TBILISI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TBILISI

In Geia, LGBT events are not exactly found pla sight, but Tbilisi’s gay muny together low-key bars, f, and unrground gay nightclubs. I never felt unsafe as a gay traveler Tbilisi, even beg aware of the negative sentiment toward LGBT people. There are a few thgs you should know before embarkg on a journey as a gay tourist.

Although Tbilisi is not the most acceptg cy the world for gays, is not the most dangero place eher.

TBILISI GAY TRAVEL

Gay travel to Geia and specifilly Tbilisi is que easy, but I’ll share a few specific safety tips below.

Formerly a Soviet terrory, many cizens of Geia posss anti-LGBT sentiment sce beg gay was illegal unr the old regime.

ANY TBILISI REMENDATNS FOR GAY TRAVELERS? - TBILISI FOM

Furthermore, the populatn is heavily Orthodox Christian, which do not mix well wh homosexualy. Unfortunately, an overwhelmg majory of Geians are fiercely agast homosexualy. A gay lol om Tbilisi who I met while visg the Geian cy of Batumi helped produce preparatn for the event.

Pip Burger Jot is a gay-iendly rtrant Tbilisi that serv amazg fort food.

While there are only a uple of large gay clubs, there are many smaller gay bars wh quieter vib.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS TBILISI

Here are some Tbilisi nightlife optns where you n unt on meetg some new gay iends! Even though they’re now open, you n still donate if you’d like to support this LGBT space that’s ccial to Tbilisi’s gay life! Khidi Nightclub is the go-to gay club for late-night dancg and meetg lols Tbilisi.

If you prefer a more subdued vibe, you’ll still have plenty of gay bars to choose om. Remember that while the smaller gay bars are fely different om the more tradnal gay bars you’ll fd around the world.

GAY TRAVEL GUIS BY WORLD REGN

The LGBT protectns were enacted as Geia prepar to subm their EU member state applitn, for which basic gay rights are a prerequise.

HOW THE OWNER OF TBILISI’S ONLY GAY BAR GETS DRSED

For example, Polls recent years showed that more than 90% of Geians thk homosexualy is pletely unacceptable. Next, check out wolfyy’s gay gui to the quat Geian town of Kutaisi.

In Tbilisi yhere are no actual gay plac, but Tbilisi is que a liberal place and beg gay will not prent you wh any problems. People are very homophobic they don't have rmatn what is means gay only knows rmatn om church that is s... there are some gay plac staveli avenue 48 fe gallery club and bar succs Purtseladze Street, 3..

As a gay livg the closet, he fends his privacy and inty, fearg the judgement of what is still an homophobic society. Buzzg wh life durg the day, the area is serted at night and attracts sex workers and dividuals who have not me out and live their homosexualy secret.

SHARED APARTMENT NEAR GAY PARTI PLACE

Gays--the-closet like Grgi live a double life - they give to social norms and keep their sexualy secret. The two groups are more at risk than others to ntract HIV and other sexually transmted fectns, yet most men g to Plhka (a Rsian word which dit “an area different om s surroundg, ” like a blank spot) would not ll themselv gay or MSMs and would not allow the health workers to approach them, unls remend by a person they already know.

In a untry where people nsir homosexualy a s, transexuals face even worse treatment and she has th far avoid gettg on the hormone therapy to full transng. The first, and still the only, openly gay bar the untry, Succs opened 2000 but soon had to adapt to the environment and soon did not honour s name - no spark, only a handful of ctomers. When 2016 a iend om New York vised Nia Gvatua, the 27-year-old Tbilisian was asked to go to a gay bar and she realised that the only available optn was dark and unappealg Succs.

So she cid to brg a new life to the place, rented , renovated and reopened March 2017 offerg a funky, hip, and safe environment for the gay muny to socialize. “I was glad to see that gay people were happy for Succs, that they felt warm and weled, pecially transgenr dividuals as they are twice more opprsed than gays and lbians. The only openly gay bar Tbilisi was opened 2001 but soon fell to oblivn.

GAY TBILISI – THE NOMADIC BOYS

The 27-year-old brought new life to Tbilisi’s only openly gay bar early 2017 and has faced harassment, cludg on social media, sce then.

Tradnalists owned upon the gay club openly promoted on social media and Gvatua’s Facebook page was spend due to the large number of reports sent to the admistrators. Homophobic ments flood social media, wh people openly llg to purge Geia om gays.

Among the tractors of the bar, also Sandro Bregvadze, one of the anizers of the homophobic and anti-immigratn “Geian March” summer 2017 who rigned om his ernment post Febary 2016 claimg he was unr prsure to promise on his prciple over same-sex marriag. “If you ask me, homophob don’t exist, narrow md people behave as such [due to the lack of tn and exposure].