Travel Safety Report: 20 Worst Plac For Gay Travelers In 2021

Contents:

• CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?
• DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)
• GAY DUBAI
• DUBAI GAY TRAVEL
• GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS DUBAI
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI
• GAY IENDLY HOTELS DUBAI
• DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?

As every untry, there are plenty of gay people Dubai, is more a qutn of how openly you n be gay Dubai.

DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)

There are no LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr) rights any of the Uned Arab Emirat. Knowledgeable expats Dubai remend that Gay upl should not even risk old hands public.

This means that the more ual punishments for beg gay – beatgs, prolonged imprisonment, flogggs, torture, and chemil stratn – would be nsired to be gettg off lightly.

GAY DUBAI

Back 2013 they discsed troducg some form of ttg to prevent gay foreigners om enterg any of those untri. They only dropped the proposal bee they feared a ntroversy that might rail the 2022 FIFA World Cup , no: not a gay-iendly regn. There are no gay bars Dubai, but you n rt assured that there is a high gay-quotient every trendy bar.

Gay marriage is not regnized Dubai, no matter how married you may be your home untry. To vtigate further we nnected wh Liam, a gay guy who lived Dubai for most of his life to learn more about the realy of beg gay Dubai and fd out what advice he had for gay travellers thkg about gog. You did not see any gay reprentatn at all and was not talked about – you were put to the tegory of beg straight no matter what.

DUBAI GAY TRAVEL

Is there a huge difference between beg a gay expat Dubai vs a tourist vs a gay lol Dubai (someone whose fay has lived there for many generatns). Homosexualy is unfortunately still not legal across the entire Uned Arab Emirat (UAE) and there are ser nsequenc if ught.

Specifilly, Dubai homosexualy is punishable by prison/or a fe and then subsequently you will be ported.

For the majory of the time, lol attus towards gay lol expats livg Dubai and gay tourists are the same.

GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI

However, lookg at a gay expat vs someone who has lived there for generatns you will see a massive difference.

For a lol whose fay has lived Dubai for generatns, beg gay has to be hidn and has to be secret, pecially strict Mlim fai: beg gay is totally forbidn. Liam: There are plac that are sentially ‘gay bars’ Dubai (and I e the term ‘gay bars’ very loosely), however the are not labelled as such. The maly e about when someone who owns the ‘gay bar’ holds fluence wh the lol thori and so n operate this (discreet) way.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

The will not e up as legally, officially or outwardly facg as gay bars, clubs or events (bee fundamentally they are not) but they are popular wh the LGBTQ+ crowd.

Sn: Could you talk a b about any posive or negative experienc you have had Dubai as a gay man? Sn: what advice you’d give gay travellers thkg about Dubai – to go or not to go and why.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS DUBAI

Liam: I would avoid all public displays of behavur (this is forbidn straight, gay, lbian – UAE IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY) so ’s not a le jt for LGBTQ people. Homosexualy is not jt a taboo subject Dubai – s strictly forbidn and punishable by law. Many LGBT dividuals may chose to vis Dubai or the UAE but is extremely important to be rmed of the nsequenc of beg openly gay this regn.

Although one should never have to hi who they are, ’s the only way to travel safely the UAE if you are gay. Wh harsh and discrimatory laws nmng homosexualy and promotg homophobia the name of relign, one mt nsir the risks que refully. There is a vibrant unrground gay scene Dubai even though beg gay is a punishable offence.

If you know the right people and the right plac, one n enjoy the gay scene to a certa extent. There are no official gay clubs, but lotns of unofficial gay clubs circulate on the Inter and men gather wh ltle fear of the nsequenc.

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

Some claim that the police will simply disperse crowds if a gay club is bted, but other people are fearful that the suatn might be worse. When the police fd out about gay iendly clubs they get shut down fast, people get ported and punishments are likely imposed.

There are stori of fundamentalists chattg onle and meetg up wh gay men and subsequently threateng to report them to the police. There have been a few wispread reports regardg the nmnatn of homosexual behavr Dubai and the UAE.

PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty. Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required. The treatments were jtified based on the social impact of homosexualy and risk for society.

GAY IENDLY HOTELS DUBAI

Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny.

The topic has been regularly ignored nsirg the taboo nature of homosexualy Mlim untri.

DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

Kafkaque claims he was disuraged by the police om prsg charg and even faced the possibily of beg charged wh crimal homosexual activy himself. The law provis that foreigners wh HIV or foreigners who have mted homosexual actns are to be ported, or so seems.

What is apparent though, is that there have been var s over the last 5 or so years that monstrate harsher treatment for foreigners and crimalizatn of homosexualy.

Homosexualy has a grave impact on a society where relig books nmn homosexual behavr for beg immoral and agast human nature.