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• PHNOM PENH GAY TRAVEL
• WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE LGBT CAMBODIA? | © | © MARISSA 28 MARCH 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT GAY-IENDLY BARS, DRAG SHOWS, GAY SPAS AND SNAS. PHNOM PENH, SIEM REAP AND CAMBODIA’S OTHER URBAN CENTR HAVE GOT THE LOT WHEN TO TERG FOR THE LGBT SCENE. VISORS WOULD BE FIVEN FOR THKG THE UNTRY IS ACCEPTG OF THE MUNY. HOWEVER, GROWG UP GAY CAMBODIA N BE A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. THERE’S NO DOUBTG THAT LGBT VISORS TO CAMBODIA ARE GOG TO FEEL WELE. MANY GAY BARS, CLUBS, HOTELS AND OTHER VENU DOT THE UNTRY’S MAJOR TOWNS, AND MAY’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL IS GAG TRACTN EVERY YEAR. VIEW ALL TRIPS | © CAMBODIA’S LGBT STGGL TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP TURKEY MEXI SOUTH AI THAILAND INDIA CROATIA SPA BALI JAPAN MOROC EGYPT GREECE ICELAND ECUADOR WHILE LGBT VISORS TO CAMBODIA WILL FD A WELE ENVIRONMENT AND PLENTY TO DO, FOR MANY CAMBODIANS, GROWG UP GAY OR TRANSGENR IS A STGGLE. RAPE, FORCED MARRIAGE, BULLYG, JOB DISCRIMATN, VLENCE AND EQUALY REMA RAMPANT ACROSS THE KGDOM, PECIALLY THE DOMATG PROVC, ACRDG TO CAMASEAN, AN ANISATN THAT FIGHTS JTICE AND PROMOT EQUAL RIGHTS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP A REPORT BY A SOCIAL REARCH AGENCY TNS, RELEASED 2015 BY NGO RABOW COMMUNY KAMPUCHEA (ROCK), RANKED THE FOUR TOP PROBLEMS FACED BY CAMBODIA’S LGBT MUNY: THEY ARE DISCRIMATN, EXCLN OM FAI, HARASSMENT AND LEGAL CHALLENG. THE ROCK AGENCY ALSO REPORTED MON S OF FORCED MARRIAG, DISCRIMATN AT WORK AND SCHOOL, BULLYG OM PEERS AND POLICE HARASSMENT. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. “THERE IS STILL A LOT OF PREJUDICE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKG TOWARDS STOPPG,” SAYS SRORN SN, ACTIVIST AND FOUNR OF CAMASEAN. | © MARC BXELLE/ IN A REMOTE VILLAGE BATTAMBANG PROVCE, CH SOPHEAP WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS HOME AT THE AGE OF 18 DUE TO HIS LIFTYLE CHOICE. HE WENT TO SIEM REAP TO FD WORK AND ACCEPTANCE BEFORE RELOTG TO PHNOM PENH, WHERE HE NOW NS SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR, A SALON BY DAY AND GAY BAR BY NIGHT. “THIS GAVE ME A LOT OF EEDOM,” SAYS CH, 35, WHO ME OUT TO HIS PARENTS 2016 AFTER THEIR PRSURE FOR HIM TO MARRY AND HAVE CHILDREN BEME TOO MUCH. “IT’S NOT EASY TO BE GAY THE PROVC. IT’S SMALL AND ’S MY HOMELAND. IT’S NOT THE CY, WHERE EVERYONE N HAVE FUN AND BE THEMSELV.” FORCED MARRIAGE IS MON RAL AND URBAN AREAS, ACRDG TO SRORN, PECIALLY FOR WOMEN PRSURED BY THEIR PARENTS TO PURSUE A SUABLE SPOE. “THIS N BE FOLLOWED BY YEARS OF RAPE AND ABE OM THEIR HBANDS,” HE ADDS. DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE IS ANOTHER MON PLAT, WH MANY ANISATNS REFG TO HIRE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR SEXUALY – THIS IS AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE WH THE TRANSGENR MUNY. BULLYG N ALSO BE ENMIC SCHOOLS, OM BOTH PUPILS AND TEACHERS. AND THERE IS A LACK OF HEALTH SERVIC AIMED SPECIFILLY AT THE TRANSGENR MUNY, WHO OFTEN E HORMON. IN 2013, BEE OF THE LACK OF PROPER HEALTH SERVIC, TWO PEOPLE DIED A PHNOM PENH HOSPAL HOURS AFTER JECTG WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE HORMON TO THEIR CHT. IT WAS, FACT, OIL OM A TREE THAT ED A LETHAL REACTN. THE TI IS TURNG DPE THE WAV OF CHALLENG, TIM ARE CHANGG. HUGE EFFORTS ARE BEG PLOUGHED TO TN, HOPEFULLY LEADG TO ACCEPTANCE, CHANGG ATTUS AND SHAKE-UP OF UNFAIR LAWS. CAMASEAN, ROCK AND OTHER ANISATNS WORK TIRELSLY ACROSS THE UNTRY TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS, LOBBYG THE ERNMENT AND OFFERG SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO NEED . ONE OF VALENTO’S DRAG SHOWS | © VALENTO’S IN 2015, THE MISTRY OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS CLUD THE LGBT MUNY S NATNAL ACTN PLAN TO PREVENT VLENCE AGAST WOMEN, AND THE MISTRY OF HEALTH HAS SAID WILL ADDRS SOME ISSU REGARDG THE TRANSGENR POPULATN. THE MISTRY OF LABOUR IS LOOKG AT WAYS TO ENURAGE EMPLOYERS TO BE MORE CLIVE. FROM 2018, THE MISTRY OF EDUTN HAS PLEDGED TO START TEACHG SEX TN SCHOOL, CLUDG A SOGI (SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY) SSN. CAMASEAN ALSO NS A SERI OF SUPPORTIVE FACEBOOK GROUPS, CLUDG MYVOICEMYSTORY, WHICH SE PEOPLE SHARE THEIR STORI THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE ON THE PAGE. CAMBODIA’S ANNUAL LGBT PRI HAS ALSO WORKED WONRS PHG THE MOVEMENT FORWARD, WH WORK BEG RRIED OUT ACROSS ALL 25 PROVC. LGBT CAMBODIA FOR VISORS WHILE LIFE IS OFTEN TOUGH FOR LOLS, ’S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY FOR VISORS TO THE UNTRY, AND PLENTY OF OPTNS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WANTG TO CAMBODIA’S GAY SCENE. GAY-IENDLY HEART OF DARKNS IS POPULAR SPOT AT WEEKENDS | © HEART OF DARKNS BLUE CHILLI IS THE PAL’S LONGT-NNG GAY BAR, OPENG SEPTEMBER 2006 AFTER OWNER SOKHA KHEM BORROWED SOME SH OM A IEND. IT IS A FAVOURE ON THE LGBT SCENE, HOSTG POPULAR DRAG SHOWS. FOR DRKS SERVED BY MCULAR SUPERHERO, MARTIAL ARTISTS AND POLICEMEN, THEN HEAD TO SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR, WHERE SOPHEAP PUTS ON THEMED NIGHTS DAILY. THE CKTAILS FLOW UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AT THIS TIMATE YET SUAL VENUE. IF YOU WANT TO H THE DANCEFLOOR AND PARTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, GAY-IENDLY CLUB HEART OF DARKNS HAS BEEN SERVG THE CY SCE 1993. IT REMAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF LATE-NIGHT CLUBS, ATTRACTG AN TERTG MIX OF CHARACTERS TO THE EARLY HOURS. VALENTO’S NIGHTCLUB & BISTRO IS ONE OF THE PAL’S MORE RECENT LGBT ENTRI, OPENG EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT BOASTS A QUIET OUTDOOR TERRACE AND RTRANT AS WELL AS SPAC DOOR DANCE FLOOR, WHERE, AT WEEKENDS, THE PARTY GO ON ALMOST TILL DAWN. STAFF AT SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR STUME | © SPACE HAIR SALON ARTHUR & PL IS PHNOM PENH’S SOLE MEN’S-ONLY GAY SPA-BOUTIQUE HOTEL. THE STYLISH HOTEL BOASTS A NT SPA AREA, SWIMMG POOL, TROPIL GARNS AND RTRANT AND BAR. RAMBUTAN RORT IS A STALWART GAY-IENDLY BRAND, NNG A SUCCSFUL RORT SIEM REAP, AND A NEWER PROPERTY PHNOM PENH. THE RTRANT, BAR AND POOL ARE OPEN TO OUTSI GUTS. BE WARNED THAT PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTN – REGARDLS OF SEXUALY – ARE OWNED UPON CAMBODIA, SO SAVE THE HEAVY PETTG FOR HOME. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• THE 10 BEST CAMBODIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CAMBODIA
• GAY CAMBODIA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY CAMBODIA CAMBODIA CY GUI
• SIEM REAP CAMBODIA, A SMALL GAY HAVEN
• THE 5 BEST PHNOM PENH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PHNOM PENH
• GAY CAMBODIA 1997-2012

PHNOM PENH GAY TRAVEL

An important piece of advice for the gay traveler is that Phnom Penh is not a cy for those seekg luxury. In fact, I thk ’s ccial for gay travelers to see the way different societi live their liv around the world.

As you will read at the end of this article, the gay muny is well tolerated Cambodia.

Phnom Penh don’t have the biggt nightlife scene, let alone a gay scene. There are a few bars that generic gay travel webs mentn and promote, however, I chose not to try them and would not go for a uple of reasons.

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE LGBT CAMBODIA? | © | © MARISSA 28 MARCH 2018 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT GAY-IENDLY BARS, DRAG SHOWS, GAY SPAS AND SNAS. PHNOM PENH, SIEM REAP AND CAMBODIA’S OTHER URBAN CENTR HAVE GOT THE LOT WHEN TO TERG FOR THE LGBT SCENE. VISORS WOULD BE FIVEN FOR THKG THE UNTRY IS ACCEPTG OF THE MUNY. HOWEVER, GROWG UP GAY CAMBODIA N BE A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. THERE’S NO DOUBTG THAT LGBT VISORS TO CAMBODIA ARE GOG TO FEEL WELE. MANY GAY BARS, CLUBS, HOTELS AND OTHER VENU DOT THE UNTRY’S MAJOR TOWNS, AND MAY’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL IS GAG TRACTN EVERY YEAR. VIEW ALL TRIPS | © CAMBODIA’S LGBT STGGL TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP TURKEY MEXI SOUTH AI THAILAND INDIA CROATIA SPA BALI JAPAN MOROC EGYPT GREECE ICELAND ECUADOR WHILE LGBT VISORS TO CAMBODIA WILL FD A WELE ENVIRONMENT AND PLENTY TO DO, FOR MANY CAMBODIANS, GROWG UP GAY OR TRANSGENR IS A STGGLE. RAPE, FORCED MARRIAGE, BULLYG, JOB DISCRIMATN, VLENCE AND EQUALY REMA RAMPANT ACROSS THE KGDOM, PECIALLY THE DOMATG PROVC, ACRDG TO CAMASEAN, AN ANISATN THAT FIGHTS JTICE AND PROMOT EQUAL RIGHTS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP A REPORT BY A SOCIAL REARCH AGENCY TNS, RELEASED 2015 BY NGO RABOW COMMUNY KAMPUCHEA (ROCK), RANKED THE FOUR TOP PROBLEMS FACED BY CAMBODIA’S LGBT MUNY: THEY ARE DISCRIMATN, EXCLN OM FAI, HARASSMENT AND LEGAL CHALLENG. THE ROCK AGENCY ALSO REPORTED MON S OF FORCED MARRIAG, DISCRIMATN AT WORK AND SCHOOL, BULLYG OM PEERS AND POLICE HARASSMENT. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. “THERE IS STILL A LOT OF PREJUDICE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKG TOWARDS STOPPG,” SAYS SRORN SN, ACTIVIST AND FOUNR OF CAMASEAN. | © MARC BXELLE/ IN A REMOTE VILLAGE BATTAMBANG PROVCE, CH SOPHEAP WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS HOME AT THE AGE OF 18 DUE TO HIS LIFTYLE CHOICE. HE WENT TO SIEM REAP TO FD WORK AND ACCEPTANCE BEFORE RELOTG TO PHNOM PENH, WHERE HE NOW NS SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR, A SALON BY DAY AND GAY BAR BY NIGHT. “THIS GAVE ME A LOT OF EEDOM,” SAYS CH, 35, WHO ME OUT TO HIS PARENTS 2016 AFTER THEIR PRSURE FOR HIM TO MARRY AND HAVE CHILDREN BEME TOO MUCH. “IT’S NOT EASY TO BE GAY THE PROVC. IT’S SMALL AND ’S MY HOMELAND. IT’S NOT THE CY, WHERE EVERYONE N HAVE FUN AND BE THEMSELV.” FORCED MARRIAGE IS MON RAL AND URBAN AREAS, ACRDG TO SRORN, PECIALLY FOR WOMEN PRSURED BY THEIR PARENTS TO PURSUE A SUABLE SPOE. “THIS N BE FOLLOWED BY YEARS OF RAPE AND ABE OM THEIR HBANDS,” HE ADDS. DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE IS ANOTHER MON PLAT, WH MANY ANISATNS REFG TO HIRE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR SEXUALY – THIS IS AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE WH THE TRANSGENR MUNY. BULLYG N ALSO BE ENMIC SCHOOLS, OM BOTH PUPILS AND TEACHERS. AND THERE IS A LACK OF HEALTH SERVIC AIMED SPECIFILLY AT THE TRANSGENR MUNY, WHO OFTEN E HORMON. IN 2013, BEE OF THE LACK OF PROPER HEALTH SERVIC, TWO PEOPLE DIED A PHNOM PENH HOSPAL HOURS AFTER JECTG WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE HORMON TO THEIR CHT. IT WAS, FACT, OIL OM A TREE THAT ED A LETHAL REACTN. THE TI IS TURNG DPE THE WAV OF CHALLENG, TIM ARE CHANGG. HUGE EFFORTS ARE BEG PLOUGHED TO TN, HOPEFULLY LEADG TO ACCEPTANCE, CHANGG ATTUS AND SHAKE-UP OF UNFAIR LAWS. CAMASEAN, ROCK AND OTHER ANISATNS WORK TIRELSLY ACROSS THE UNTRY TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS, LOBBYG THE ERNMENT AND OFFERG SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO NEED . ONE OF VALENTO’S DRAG SHOWS | © VALENTO’S IN 2015, THE MISTRY OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS CLUD THE LGBT MUNY S NATNAL ACTN PLAN TO PREVENT VLENCE AGAST WOMEN, AND THE MISTRY OF HEALTH HAS SAID WILL ADDRS SOME ISSU REGARDG THE TRANSGENR POPULATN. THE MISTRY OF LABOUR IS LOOKG AT WAYS TO ENURAGE EMPLOYERS TO BE MORE CLIVE. FROM 2018, THE MISTRY OF EDUTN HAS PLEDGED TO START TEACHG SEX TN SCHOOL, CLUDG A SOGI (SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY) SSN. CAMASEAN ALSO NS A SERI OF SUPPORTIVE FACEBOOK GROUPS, CLUDG MYVOICEMYSTORY, WHICH SE PEOPLE SHARE THEIR STORI THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE ON THE PAGE. CAMBODIA’S ANNUAL LGBT PRI HAS ALSO WORKED WONRS PHG THE MOVEMENT FORWARD, WH WORK BEG RRIED OUT ACROSS ALL 25 PROVC. LGBT CAMBODIA FOR VISORS WHILE LIFE IS OFTEN TOUGH FOR LOLS, ’S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY FOR VISORS TO THE UNTRY, AND PLENTY OF OPTNS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WANTG TO CAMBODIA’S GAY SCENE. GAY-IENDLY HEART OF DARKNS IS POPULAR SPOT AT WEEKENDS | © HEART OF DARKNS BLUE CHILLI IS THE PAL’S LONGT-NNG GAY BAR, OPENG SEPTEMBER 2006 AFTER OWNER SOKHA KHEM BORROWED SOME SH OM A IEND. IT IS A FAVOURE ON THE LGBT SCENE, HOSTG POPULAR DRAG SHOWS. FOR DRKS SERVED BY MCULAR SUPERHERO, MARTIAL ARTISTS AND POLICEMEN, THEN HEAD TO SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR, WHERE SOPHEAP PUTS ON THEMED NIGHTS DAILY. THE CKTAILS FLOW UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AT THIS TIMATE YET SUAL VENUE. IF YOU WANT TO H THE DANCEFLOOR AND PARTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, GAY-IENDLY CLUB HEART OF DARKNS HAS BEEN SERVG THE CY SCE 1993. IT REMAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF LATE-NIGHT CLUBS, ATTRACTG AN TERTG MIX OF CHARACTERS TO THE EARLY HOURS. VALENTO’S NIGHTCLUB & BISTRO IS ONE OF THE PAL’S MORE RECENT LGBT ENTRI, OPENG EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT BOASTS A QUIET OUTDOOR TERRACE AND RTRANT AS WELL AS SPAC DOOR DANCE FLOOR, WHERE, AT WEEKENDS, THE PARTY GO ON ALMOST TILL DAWN. STAFF AT SPACE HAIR SALON AND BAR STUME | © SPACE HAIR SALON ARTHUR & PL IS PHNOM PENH’S SOLE MEN’S-ONLY GAY SPA-BOUTIQUE HOTEL. THE STYLISH HOTEL BOASTS A NT SPA AREA, SWIMMG POOL, TROPIL GARNS AND RTRANT AND BAR. RAMBUTAN RORT IS A STALWART GAY-IENDLY BRAND, NNG A SUCCSFUL RORT SIEM REAP, AND A NEWER PROPERTY PHNOM PENH. THE RTRANT, BAR AND POOL ARE OPEN TO OUTSI GUTS. BE WARNED THAT PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTN – REGARDLS OF SEXUALY – ARE OWNED UPON CAMBODIA, SO SAVE THE HEAVY PETTG FOR HOME. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Sce there wasn’t much of a straight nightlife scene, I uldn’t image I would have enjoyed myself a Phnom Penh gay bar. However, gay marriage has not been legalized and there are no discrimatn protectns to protect gay cizens, though Cambodia’s ernment has exprsed acceptance for the muny. Explore more ci Southeast Asia wh wolfyy’s Saigon and Bangkok gay guis.

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However, growg up gay Cambodia n be a very different story. Many gay bars, clubs, hotels and other venu dot the untry’s major towns, and May’s annual Pri ftival is gag tractn every year. Cambodia’s LGBT Stggl While LGBT visors to Cambodia will fd a wele environment and plenty to do, for many Cambodians, growg up gay or transgenr is a stggle.

He went to Siem Reap to fd work and acceptance before relotg to Phnom Penh, where he now ns Space Hair Salon and Bar, a salon by day and gay bar by night. LGBT Cambodia for Visors While life is often tough for lols, ’s a very different story for visors to the untry, and plenty of optns are available for those wantg to Cambodia’s gay scene.

Blue Chilli is the pal’s longt-nng gay bar, openg September 2006 after owner Sokha Khem borrowed some sh om a iend. If you want to h the dancefloor and party throughout the night, gay-iendly club Heart of Darkns has been servg the cy sce 1993.

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Arthur & Pl is Phnom Penh’s sole men’s-only gay spa-boutique hotel.

Rambutan Rort is a stalwart gay-iendly brand, nng a succsful rort Siem Reap, and a newer property Phnom Penh. However, while homosexualy is not celebrated culturally, LGBTQ+ lols enjoy a gree of visibily and acceptance society (pecially larger ci) not seen many other more nservative untri. Travel Gay Asia offers rmatn on bars, clubs, snas, beach, and hotels.

You n book hotels here which are fulfilled by a gay-owned and gay-managed travel agency,. NomadicBoys is the blog published by Stefan and Sebastian, a gay male uple wrg about their global adventur, cludg those southeast Asia. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) publish an annual survey of sexual orientatn laws.

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While the followg highly remend tour pani ter primarily to gay men, most wele lbian travelers.

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If you're gay and lookg for a iendly place to hang out, try the Rabow Bar. Tripadvisor performs checks on The bar is close to other gay bars, which mak nvenient to reach. The people of Cambodia are extremely gay iendly and approach foreigners a welg way.

Homosexualy is legal Cambodia and LGBT travelers are beg more and more weled bars, clubs, rtrants and hotels around the untry. Betiful Cambodia is a rich and vibrant tourist statn that offers Gay Travelers an credible southeast Asian experience full of s fair share of gay-iendls and welg lol culture. We also have advice about your love life and your fay life, wh sectns on sex and datg, gay culture Cambodia, and raisg kids Cambodia, cludg some school remendatns.

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Espe the roar of a thoand t-ts the ltle oasis of Rambutan, a gay-owned boutique rort around a geo pool on a quiet street south of central Phnom Penh. This cisy ltle oasis nsistg of a large villa and garn offers spac and luxur rooms wh homoerotic artwork. A sgle gay father raisg an adopted Khmer son, Moons has built a new life Cambodia, providg jobs and schoolg programs for the lol muny by nng the villas as luxury boutique rort Knai Bang Chatt.

Those terted n still vis the other s – a fascatg, if somewhat ghostly, Mani Club Siem Reap | Photo: Jurriaan TlgsiRemend hotels Gay Cambodia - CambodiaSpecial SelectnExclive Mr Hudson offersExplore more. Homosexualy is not illegal Cambodia, partly due to the tolerant atmosphere of Buddhism although do not enurage or support . By Ancient Rus, a Gay Haven Siem Reap, Cambodia (om New York Tim) It was 10 p.

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A dntg look to the dark life of displaced homosexuals Phnom Penh, a world the tourists never see. Also see: Gay Cambodia Stori Gay Cambodia News & Reports 2004 to prent Gay Cambodia Photo Galleri Richard Ammon (837 words) She first appeared om behd the old beverage oler whose glass. Also see: Gay Cambodia Stori Gay Cambodia News & Reports 2004 to prent.

Two weeks Cambodia was enough time to see the wondro ancient s at Angkor Wat and to enunter the different fac of gay life here. I listened to a gay Brish doctor Phnom Penh who was jailed, vised a gay ntist volunteerg his servic, watched the handsome but poor money boys and unexpectedly.

Homosexual acts are not outlawed Cambodia, as they are a few Southeast Asian untri, but outward displays of affectn and untradnal liftyl are rare. Yet Siem Reap, a small town that gets about a ln tourists a year, gay visors and lols are rvg out a ltle haven.

In the last few years, a small flurry of gay-iendly bars, rtrants and hotels has opened up the cy’s center and beyond, wh wk-wk nam like the Goln Banana and Cockatoo. The scene is bolstered partly by Web s like Cambodia Out (), which started early 2009 and is believed to be the first mercial se the untry voted to the gay muny.

Other s like Utopia () and Sticky Rice (), which appeal to gay people throughout Southeast Asia, have also raised the cy’s profile. But the new spots also reflect a growg acceptance, a untry that still hews to age-old Khmer valu and where the ncept of homosexualy seemed nonexistent until recently.

The most monly ed term is kty or ladyboys, based on the misperceptn by many Cambodians that homosexuals and transvt are one and the same.

In 2004, after watchg thoands of same-sex upl San Francis sh to the altar, Cambodia’s much-loved Kg Norodom Sihano wrote on his Web se that gays should be allowed to marry bee God loved a “wi range of tast. “We’ve always been very tolerant about sexual preferenc as some Khmer Royals are/were openly gays/lbians. “When you’re lookg at Buddhist untri, you’re gog to enunter an openns and tolerance, ” said Carole Francis, a spokwoman for the Cambodia field office of Fay Health Internatnal, a public health anizatn volved wh gay-related health issu.

“The relig teachgs aren’t beg ed to arrt or persecute people bee they’re gay or lbian.