A Brooklyn Boy Tangier - The Gay & Lbian Review

Contents:

• HOW MOROC BEME A HAVEN FOR GAY WTERNERS THE 1950S
• GAY LIFE TANGIERS - TANGIER FOM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TANGIER
• 10 TOP LGBTQ BARS MOROC RABOW JELLO | © ANDREA.PACHE/FLICKR SARAH WILLIAMS 19 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ALTHOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL MOROC—AS IS THE SE MANY ISLAMIC UNTRI— IS GENERALLY A POPULAR STATN FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. WHILE TANGIER WAS PREVLY THE MA HUB FOR LGBTQ TRAVELERS TO THE NATN, SOME OF THE BARS LISTED HERE N BE FOUND PLAC LIKE MARRAKECH THAT HAVE BEGUN TO GROW POPULARY. VIEW ALL TRIPS PACHA MARRAKECH BAR, NIGHTCLUB, GAY BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR PACHA MARRAKECH A LIVELY BAR AND NIGHTCLUB LOTED GUELIZ, PACHA MARRAKECH PROCLAIMS SELF TO BE “THE BT CLUB MOROC” AND IS PART OF THE WELL-KNOWN TERNATNAL CLUB CHA. OPEN EACH NIGHT OF THE WEEK, DRAWS THE LARGT CROWDS ON THE WEEKEND. WHILE NOT A GAY BAR, HAS A IENDLY AND RELAXED VIBE THAT MAK ALL PARTY-LOVERS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME ON THE DANCE FLOOR. THE DJ PLAYS A MIXTURE OF DANCE AND POP TUN TO KEEP THE CROWDS PLEASED. PACHA MARRAKECH, AVENUE MOHAMMED VI, MARRAKECH MOROC, +212 524 38 84 00 PACHA SIGN | © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR | © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR VIP CLUB MARRAKECH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT VIP CLUB MARRAKECH ALSO LOTED GUELIZ, VIP CLUB EXUS GLAMOUR AND GLZ. STROBE LIGHTS FLICKER THROUGH THE CLUB AND REVELERS GYRATE TO THE BEATS. A GAY-IENDLY CLUB, PEOPLE N ENJOY TECHNO ONE AREA OR A LIVELY MOROCN BARET SHOW ANOTHER. VIP CLUB, AVENUE MOHAMED 5, GUELIZ, MARRAKECH, MOROC, +212 661-152026 CAFé GRAND ATLAS CAFE, BAR, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME; CAFé GRAND ATLAS IS MORE OF A BAR THAN A Fé. AN TIMATE AND RELAXED VENUE, THE ROOF TERRACE IS PECIALLY POPULAR. IT’S A GOOD PLACE TO ENJOY A MOROCN MEAL WH A LD BEER A LAID-BACK ATMOSPHERE. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP COMPTOIR DARNA BAR, RTRANT, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF COMPTOIR DARNA COMPTOIR DARNA IS A SOPHISTITED RTRANT AND BAR WH A ZY AND ROMANTIC VIBE. IT IS POPULAR WH UPL OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS. WELG TOWARDS EVERYONE, THE AMBIENT MOOD, THE DANCG, AND THE DARK YET STYLISH TERRS WILL HELP PATRONS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT WHEN VISG MOROC’S RED CY OF MARRAKH. TANGER INN BAR, NIGHTCLUB, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © FABRIC/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS A LONG-STANDG NAME THE LOL-BAR SCENE, THE TANGER INN HAS ATTRACTED EE-THKERS AND LIBERAL SOULS FOR MANY YEARS. POPULAR WH LOLS AND TOURISTS ALIKE, THE BAR WAS PREVLY A FAVOURE HNT OF LERARY FIGUR LIKE TENNSEE WILLIAMS, JACK KEROUAC, FERI GARCíA LOR, AND WILLIAMS BURROUGHS. ALTHOUGH TANGIER DON’T HAVE THE SAME OPENNS AS DID TIM GONE BY, THIS IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS WHO ARE VISG THE NORTHERN ASTAL CY. IT IS WH HOTEL EL MUNIRIA. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RTRANT D'ORIENT ET D'AILLRS RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ALTHOUGH LARGELY A PLACE FOR DG, GUTS N STILL ENJOY A RELAXED DRK A IENDLY ATMOSPHERE AT RTRANT D’ORIENT ET D’AILLRS THE ASTAL CY OF ESSAOUIRA. DISCREET AND ROMANTIC, THE CHARMG VENUE IS ONE OF THE CY’S ZIT PLAC FOR A RELAXG EVENG WH A LOVED ONE. FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB A VIBRANT BEACH CLUB THE POPULAR SEASI RORT OF AGADIR, FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB IS PECIALLY BY AT WEEKENDS. PLAYG A BLEND OF MIC THAT MALY FEATUR ALL THE LATT HS, THE CLUB ATTRACTS A BALANCE OF LOLS AND TOURISTS. IT’S A TOP PLACE AGADIR FOR LGBTQ VISORS TO FEEL AT EASE AND MGLE. FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB, RUE DU OUED SOS, AGADIR, MOROC, +212 5288-44343 RYAD MOGADOR AL MADA BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RYAD MOGADOR AL MADA IS A LARGE HOTEL AGADIR. THE HOTEL BAR IS OPEN TO BOTH RINTS AND NON-GUTS, AND IS POPULAR WH LGBTQ TRAVELLERS. A GOOD SELECTN OF MORN TUN PLAYS UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS. IT IS SUATED CLOSE TO THE BEACH FOR THOSE WHO FANCY A LATE-NIGHT ROMANTIC STROLL. PLASTIK CLUB BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PLASTIK CLUB PREVLY KNOWN AS CANDY BAR, PLASTIK CLUB N BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE CORNICHE CASABLAN. A LIVELY-EVENG VENUE WH A RELAXED AND AN ALMOST ANYTHG-GO VIBE, ’S NOT UNUAL TO SEE PEOPLE DRSED UP WILD OUTFS DANCG TO THE TUN ON THE STROBE-L DANCE FLOOR. OPEN EACH NIGHT, THE DJ PLAYS ALL THE FAVOURE HS. THERE’S SOMETIM LIVE ENTERTAMENT. THE RNIVAL-LIKE FEELG APPEALS TO MANY PARTIERS. PLASTIK CLUB, HOTEL RIAD SALAM, 55, BOULEVARD LA CORNICHE A DIAB, CASABLAN, MOROC CAFé RAMS RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © THIBT DéMARE/FLICKR LOTED THE BTLG HEART OF MOROC’S LARGT CY, CAFé RAMS DON’T SERVE ALHOL, BUT IS OPEN UNTIL LATE THE EVENG AND OFFERS A RELAXG, GAY-IENDLY SPOT. THE Fé SERV FOOD AS WELL AS HOT AND LD SOFT DRKS. FAIRLY SMALL, THE Fé HAS AN TIMATE ATMOSPHERE. THE TERRACE IS A PLEASANT PLACE TO S AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY OVER A GLASS OF REHG-MT TEA. 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?
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS TANGIER
• GAY SCENE TANGIER - TANGIER FOM
• 555 FAMO CLUBTANGIERMENUHOTELS555 FAMO CLUB
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC
• DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS BARROW AND THE FUTURE OF THE GAY PAST

HOW MOROC BEME A HAVEN FOR GAY WTERNERS THE 1950S

Moroc has been and remas a popular statn for LGBTQ+ travelers spe beg an Islamic untry where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by law.

GAY LIFE TANGIERS - TANGIER FOM

Homosexualy is seen by most of the populatn as a threat to the “tradnal valu” that support the expectatn of heterosexual norms and Mlim teachgs. As a nservative Mlim untry where homosexualy is illegal, there aren’t any official “gay hot spots” or LGBTQ+ celebratns.

That’s not to say that gay-iendly bars, rtrants, night clubs or beach do not exist. In urban centers like Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir, ’s possible to fd gay-iendly acmodatns and spots that wele a mix of gay and straight visors.

Image source, Getty ImagA Brish man flew home om Marrakech last week after beg jailed for "homosexual acts". There was a time though when Moroc was renowned as a haven for gay Amerins and Brons, who fled rtrictns their own untri to take advantage of s relaxed a walk down one of the ma streets Tangier, the Boulevard Pastr, turn left before the Hotel Rembrandt and scend towards the sea.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TANGIER

The book, banned unr US obsceny laws, is a mixture of tobgraphy, science fictn and satire, peppered wh scriptns of gay sex. Its bookshelv are another remr of Tangier's huge lerary legacy which clus Jean Ge, Andre Gi, Tennsee Williams, Tman Capote, Gore Vidal and Joe Orton, all of whom were gay or bisexual, as well as many others, om Samuel Pepys to Mark Twa, who were source, AFPImage ptn, Tangier's Boulevard Pastr, 1944For s Tangier and other Morocn ci were mags for gay tourists.

" The Amerins who turned up the 1950s were pg om a reprsive society where homosexualy was outlawed. "For some straight men the predomance of gay men had s advantag. "So why did Moroc, an ostensibly vout Islamic untry, allow homosexualy to thrive?

gay life tangiers. we are thkg of a week tangier, are there any gay iendly bars, hotels etc.

10 TOP LGBTQ BARS MOROC RABOW JELLO | © ANDREA.PACHE/FLICKR SARAH WILLIAMS 19 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ALTHOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL MOROC—AS IS THE SE MANY ISLAMIC UNTRI— IS GENERALLY A POPULAR STATN FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. WHILE TANGIER WAS PREVLY THE MA HUB FOR LGBTQ TRAVELERS TO THE NATN, SOME OF THE BARS LISTED HERE N BE FOUND PLAC LIKE MARRAKECH THAT HAVE BEGUN TO GROW POPULARY. VIEW ALL TRIPS PACHA MARRAKECH BAR, NIGHTCLUB, GAY BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR PACHA MARRAKECH A LIVELY BAR AND NIGHTCLUB LOTED GUELIZ, PACHA MARRAKECH PROCLAIMS SELF TO BE “THE BT CLUB MOROC” AND IS PART OF THE WELL-KNOWN TERNATNAL CLUB CHA. OPEN EACH NIGHT OF THE WEEK, DRAWS THE LARGT CROWDS ON THE WEEKEND. WHILE NOT A GAY BAR, HAS A IENDLY AND RELAXED VIBE THAT MAK ALL PARTY-LOVERS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME ON THE DANCE FLOOR. THE DJ PLAYS A MIXTURE OF DANCE AND POP TUN TO KEEP THE CROWDS PLEASED. PACHA MARRAKECH, AVENUE MOHAMMED VI, MARRAKECH MOROC, +212 524 38 84 00 PACHA SIGN | © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR | © DAVID BOYLE/FLICKR VIP CLUB MARRAKECH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT VIP CLUB MARRAKECH ALSO LOTED GUELIZ, VIP CLUB EXUS GLAMOUR AND GLZ. STROBE LIGHTS FLICKER THROUGH THE CLUB AND REVELERS GYRATE TO THE BEATS. A GAY-IENDLY CLUB, PEOPLE N ENJOY TECHNO ONE AREA OR A LIVELY MOROCN BARET SHOW ANOTHER. VIP CLUB, AVENUE MOHAMED 5, GUELIZ, MARRAKECH, MOROC, +212 661-152026 CAFé GRAND ATLAS CAFE, BAR, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME; CAFé GRAND ATLAS IS MORE OF A BAR THAN A Fé. AN TIMATE AND RELAXED VENUE, THE ROOF TERRACE IS PECIALLY POPULAR. IT’S A GOOD PLACE TO ENJOY A MOROCN MEAL WH A LD BEER A LAID-BACK ATMOSPHERE. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP COMPTOIR DARNA BAR, RTRANT, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF COMPTOIR DARNA COMPTOIR DARNA IS A SOPHISTITED RTRANT AND BAR WH A ZY AND ROMANTIC VIBE. IT IS POPULAR WH UPL OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS. WELG TOWARDS EVERYONE, THE AMBIENT MOOD, THE DANCG, AND THE DARK YET STYLISH TERRS WILL HELP PATRONS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT WHEN VISG MOROC’S RED CY OF MARRAKH. TANGER INN BAR, NIGHTCLUB, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © FABRIC/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS A LONG-STANDG NAME THE LOL-BAR SCENE, THE TANGER INN HAS ATTRACTED EE-THKERS AND LIBERAL SOULS FOR MANY YEARS. POPULAR WH LOLS AND TOURISTS ALIKE, THE BAR WAS PREVLY A FAVOURE HNT OF LERARY FIGUR LIKE TENNSEE WILLIAMS, JACK KEROUAC, FERI GARCíA LOR, AND WILLIAMS BURROUGHS. ALTHOUGH TANGIER DON’T HAVE THE SAME OPENNS AS DID TIM GONE BY, THIS IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS WHO ARE VISG THE NORTHERN ASTAL CY. IT IS WH HOTEL EL MUNIRIA. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RTRANT D'ORIENT ET D'AILLRS RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ALTHOUGH LARGELY A PLACE FOR DG, GUTS N STILL ENJOY A RELAXED DRK A IENDLY ATMOSPHERE AT RTRANT D’ORIENT ET D’AILLRS THE ASTAL CY OF ESSAOUIRA. DISCREET AND ROMANTIC, THE CHARMG VENUE IS ONE OF THE CY’S ZIT PLAC FOR A RELAXG EVENG WH A LOVED ONE. FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB A VIBRANT BEACH CLUB THE POPULAR SEASI RORT OF AGADIR, FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB IS PECIALLY BY AT WEEKENDS. PLAYG A BLEND OF MIC THAT MALY FEATUR ALL THE LATT HS, THE CLUB ATTRACTS A BALANCE OF LOLS AND TOURISTS. IT’S A TOP PLACE AGADIR FOR LGBTQ VISORS TO FEEL AT EASE AND MGLE. FLAMGO ORIENTAL NIGHT CLUB, RUE DU OUED SOS, AGADIR, MOROC, +212 5288-44343 RYAD MOGADOR AL MADA BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RYAD MOGADOR AL MADA IS A LARGE HOTEL AGADIR. THE HOTEL BAR IS OPEN TO BOTH RINTS AND NON-GUTS, AND IS POPULAR WH LGBTQ TRAVELLERS. A GOOD SELECTN OF MORN TUN PLAYS UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS. IT IS SUATED CLOSE TO THE BEACH FOR THOSE WHO FANCY A LATE-NIGHT ROMANTIC STROLL. PLASTIK CLUB BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PLASTIK CLUB PREVLY KNOWN AS CANDY BAR, PLASTIK CLUB N BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE CORNICHE CASABLAN. A LIVELY-EVENG VENUE WH A RELAXED AND AN ALMOST ANYTHG-GO VIBE, ’S NOT UNUAL TO SEE PEOPLE DRSED UP WILD OUTFS DANCG TO THE TUN ON THE STROBE-L DANCE FLOOR. OPEN EACH NIGHT, THE DJ PLAYS ALL THE FAVOURE HS. THERE’S SOMETIM LIVE ENTERTAMENT. THE RNIVAL-LIKE FEELG APPEALS TO MANY PARTIERS. PLASTIK CLUB, HOTEL RIAD SALAM, 55, BOULEVARD LA CORNICHE A DIAB, CASABLAN, MOROC CAFé RAMS RTRANT, MOROCN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © THIBT DéMARE/FLICKR LOTED THE BTLG HEART OF MOROC’S LARGT CY, CAFé RAMS DON’T SERVE ALHOL, BUT IS OPEN UNTIL LATE THE EVENG AND OFFERS A RELAXG, GAY-IENDLY SPOT. THE Fé SERV FOOD AS WELL AS HOT AND LD SOFT DRKS. FAIRLY SMALL, THE Fé HAS AN TIMATE ATMOSPHERE. THE TERRACE IS A PLEASANT PLACE TO S AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY OVER A GLASS OF REHG-MT TEA. 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?

Re: gay life tangiers.

I only noticed a uple of young gay boys stg a rner holdg hands last time I dropped for a nightp but maybe there were more huddled the Snug bi the piano. Travelg to any foreign untry as a gay man or woman n be a dicey proposn. Make no mistake; homosexualy is still illegal Moroc.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS TANGIER

Homosexualy isn’t somethg spoken openly about often, but lols seem to be fe wh for the most part.

GAY SCENE TANGIER - TANGIER FOM

Fdg a gay bar or rtrant is next to impossible, though you might stumble across a few that ter to both gay and straight crowds here and there. Unfortunately, ’s difficult to ppot to gay-specific nightlife the cy bee any bs that advertis as terg to gay men or women is technilly mtg a crime.

Instead, you should foc on enjoyg the sights and sounds of Tangier rather than havg an all-enpassg “gay” experience.

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You’re bound to meet lots of open and acceptg, and likely gay, men and women throughout the cy who will be happy to s down wh you for a drk. Explore Gay Rooms & Rentals Tangierbt ratedmisterb&b munyAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn.

The circle was almost pletely gay and, surprisgly to me, maly Jewish: Aled Chter, spe his name, was a yhive bokher om Brooklyn; his clost iend Tangier was Norman Glass, a Brish Jew; and Jane Bowl (née Auer) grew up a posh Jewish suburb of Long Island.

And Charl Wright, the gay Ain-Amerin novelist, who wrote The Msenger, The Wig, and Absolutely Nothg to Get Alarmed About, who tormented and was tormented by Chter. David Bergman, G&LR poetry edor, is the thor of the recently republished Gaiety Transfigured: Gay Self-Reprentatn Amerin Lerature.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC

Two dozen young men were stg on battered foldg chairs, several discreetly smokg kif - tobac blend wh Morocn port has always been a cy of extrem - a surreal crossroads where Northern Ai meets Europe, the Mederranean meets the Atlantic Ocean, and hedonism and history seem to while the grty thenticy of Tangier is still there, a new generatn of artists and expats is givg this fabuloly shabby port a new the heady years after World War II, when Tangier was still diplomatic limbo as an Internatnal Zone, s craggy shor beme a gay-iendly haven for spi, globe-trottg bsmen, beatniks exile and eccentric foreigners. Although homosexualy is illegal Moroc—as is the se many Islamic untri— is generally a popular statn for members of the LGBTQ muny. Pacha Marrakech Bar, Nightclub, Gay Bar © David Boyle/Flickr Pacha Marrakech A lively bar and nightclub loted Gueliz, Pacha Marrakech proclaims self to be “the bt club Moroc” and is part of the well-known ternatnal club cha.

While not a gay bar, has a iendly and relaxed vibe that mak all party-lovers feel right at home on the dance floor. A gay-iendly club, people n enjoy techno one area or a lively Morocn baret show another. Plastik Club, Hotel Riad Salam, 55, Boulevard la Corniche A Diab, Casablan, Moroc Café Rams Rtrant, Morocn © Thibt Démare/Flickr Loted the btlg heart of Moroc’s largt cy, Café Rams don’t serve alhol, but is open until late the eveng and offers a relaxg, gay-iendly spot.

DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS BARROW AND THE FUTURE OF THE GAY PAST

Gay and Gay-iendly Hotels TangierAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn. Brothels – prevly numberg almost a hundred – were banned, and the early 1960s “The Great Sndal” epted, sparked by a number of paedophile nvictns and latg to a wholale closure of the once outrageo gay bars. Up until the 1930s, when the foc moved to the Ville Nouvelle, this was the te heart of Tangier, and a broad mix of people – Christians, Jews and Mlims, Morocns, Europeans and Amerins – would gather here the heyday of the “Internatnal Cy”, wh easily exploed Arab and Spanish sexualy a major attractn, was the alleys behd the Soc that the straight and gay brothels were ncentrated.