'We live here': fears tourist tweets on gay liftyle may backfire on Bali's LGBT muny | Bali | The Guardian

Contents:

• ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO BALI, INDONIA
• A GAY TRAVEL BALI CULTURAL TOUR
• GAY BALI
• IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?
• BALI GAY BARS & CLUBS
• 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
• GAY HOTELS BALI
• BALI - GAY RORTS - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• BALI GAY CULTURAL TOUR
• GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS BALI

ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO BALI, INDONIA

In Bali you will fd a relatively rich gay scene although not one that is openly flnted. While homosexualy is accepted, any public display of romance, whether straight or gay, is owned upon. Bali is now a gay-iendly place, and is unlikely that gays will enunter any problems while on holiday, pecially the touristy areas of the south.

The bt place to base yourself is Semyak, wh s open gay scene and plenty of gay-owned and gay-iendly acmodatns, bars, and nightclubs.

A GAY TRAVEL BALI CULTURAL TOUR

For up-to-date rmatn on the bt plac to stay and Bali's gay scene check out the followg webs:;;;; and Lombok, a Mlim island, owns upon homosexualy and you will fd difficult to fd suable acmodatns and acceptg people.

GAY BALI

LGBTQIA+ travelers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals.

Although homosexualy is legal most parts of the untry, there is still polil tensn and revisns to the untry's crimal are currently beg nsired which uld potentially crimalize gay sex and same-sex relatnships.

Gay datg apps and media portrayg queer behavr as “normal” have also been banned. There are que a few queer-iendly bars, rtrants and rorts  Bali, and also an (unofficial) gay strip on Jalan Camplung Tand Road Semyak at the southern end of the island.

IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?

Here you'll fd a number of trendy gay bars, rtrants, drag shows and queer-iendly beach bars. Bali is tox and spirual quts, participatg a Hdu ceremony, rart trekkg and learng lol ctoms and language, and ’s a haven for gay travelers, pecially wh the thrivg LGBT scene. Thanks to geo rorts, scenery and jt pure fabulons of Bali island life, the gay scene is burgeong wh ternatnal visors.

BALI GAY BARS & CLUBS

The gay strip— Dhyana Pura—is home to gay bars and gay iendly tablishments, and the rorts, beach, rtrants and attractns are unarguably paradise for the LGBT muny.

'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY

In fact, one don’t necsarily need a gay travel gui to Bali; ’s already pretty gay. Neverthels, Semyak do harbor some of the island’s bt sunsets, hotels keep their beachont tidy and the mp-fed “gay” street is novelty alone. In Semyak, there’s a gay “beach” though ’s reputatn of cisg preces (which is great if that’s how you roll!

You’re better off at Ku De Ta, a sual hangout favored by both hetero and homo alike, known for beachont banas, a South Beach-style scene wh lounge groov and killer cktails to boot. The strongt ditn Semyak lur the LGBT muny is the fact ’s the only place wh gay nightlife Bali. You’ll fd the motherload on Dhyana Pura, a ty street home to a strg of small gay bars.

What mak this strip excg is that the streetont bars allow the patrons to flood out to the street, particularly on the weekends: tourists (both gay and straight) pse to socialize, flirt and get a nice dose of the ee shows at the bars. W managed to mcle s way onto the beach, brgg s signature ameni and sign gays live for. The fortably chic boutique is a three-mute walk to the gay strip so my stumblg walks home were short and sweet whout havg to hop on the back of someone’s moped for chump change.

GAY HOTELS BALI

It’s one of the ma reasons we actually wrote this gay travel gui to Bali… mt have been the stars!

The breaks here have been named one of the bt surfg spots the world, so we jt have to clu our gay gui to Bali.

If there’s one remptive note to the stant tourism boom the small, land village high the foothills is that tourists tly fall love wh Ubud, and the small town self hasn’t changed, which is why we need to clu our gay gui to Bali.

BALI - GAY RORTS - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

Don’t expect tacky gut speakers and group medatns as this is not that sort of retreat; the spirualy om wh and ’s one of the reasons we need to clu our ultimate gay gui to Bali.

Unr the band of stars (the light pollutn is low, th nstellatns wildly pop om the sky), ’s an unrivaled experience, and one of the reasons we need to clu our gay gui to Bali. While Bali is one of the most tolerant and gay-iendly statns on the pla, you will not fd much the way of open gay liftyle except the touristic southwt astal area. That said, homosexualy is certaly not a ser matter or one requirg a moral judgement.

Murals The Hall of Jtice the Taman Gili luridly pict the punishments of hell, reprent a wi range of ss -- om ct and btialy to gossipg and fartg -- but no proscriptns agast homosexualy are rerd. Not surprisgly, Bali has been a famo haven for homosexuals, and a number of s renowned foreign rints lead fortable, open liv here.

BALI GAY CULTURAL TOUR

In mid-2012, two Indonian ISPs, IndoSat and Telkom, began blockg webs wh gay ntent.

Navigatg the lol gay scene is easy wh our teractive Utopia Map of Gay & Lbian Bali:. Gay and lbian-iendly, Earth-iendly, socially rponsible and health-md-body nsc.

GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS BALI

Gay-owned service offerg legal gay and lbian weddgs ternatnal waters.

Gay-owned Blue Corner Dive Rort is a iendly beachont place on the north end of Jungutbatu village. Gay-owned and managed Padi 5 Star Dive Center, offerg all urs and IDC.