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Contents:

• HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY
• GAY SCENE/BARS MARMARIS (LGBT INFORMATN) - MARMARIS FOM
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY ALANYA - ALANYA FOM
• EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY
• GAY ISTANBUL ISTANBUL CY GUI

HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY

Unfortunately, this is havg a very real and visible effect on LGBT rights Turkey that gay travelers to the area should take to acunt when planng a trip. In fact, same-sex sexual activy was legalized the Ottoman Empire 1858 and homosexualy has been legal sce 1923 when morn Turkey was found. This is spe the efforts of some opposn parti who have attempted to troduce bills that would allow gay and transgenr people legal protectn.

Although homosexualy is technilly legal, life as a member of the LGBT muny Turkey n be extremely challengg. A report published by Human Rights Watch 2008 showed how gay and transgenr muni face a threat of vlence and discrimatn on a daily basis. The social suatn for members of the gay muny is better smopolan Istanbul than ral areas, where honor killgs still occur; but whether or not people feel fortable g out to their fay and iends pletely pends on their own ntext and would still mean a number of risks.

Istanbul and some of the most tourist-iendly areas, such as Bodm, have a fairly thrivg gay scene, wh pulsg dance floors, gay bars, and hamams; but many lols who are volved the gays scene by night are livg a different life by day, as they are not able to be open wh their fay or iends, and certaly not at work, where they uld worry about the impact would have on their future. Public displays of affectn between heterosexual upl are owned upon as well, so any travelers would be advised to be discrete, not jt gay travelers. Generally speakg, gay travelers should feel fortable gog all over the untry and not let any fear lim their adventur.

GAY SCENE/BARS MARMARIS (LGBT INFORMATN) - MARMARIS FOM

Even Ankara and Izmir, Turkey’s pal and most Wtern-leang cy rpectively, don’t have anythg that close to beg scribed as a ‘gay scene’, so while they’re tertg plac to vis, gay travelers shouldn’t expect a party. Gay upl or sgle gay travelers hopg to meet people should not experience any issu if they are booked ternatnal, upsle hotels. Serviced apartments or Airbnb are also acmodatn optns that will save gay travelers havg to n the gntlet of a 24-hour receptn.

As outled above, Istanbul or the beach rorts are the bt plac for gay travelers to go to if they’re lookg to party all night. There is also a range of hamams, but they are equented by everyone bee they are such a tradnal Turkish experience, so gay travelers should not assume they are specifilly gay foced. Gettg to know people is one of the bt thgs about travelg and that’s particularly important a place like Turkey, where the gay scene is not always ‘ your face’.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

If you are stayg Istanbul or a seasi rort like Antalya, startg a night out a known gay-iendly bar is a good way to get chattg to lols and then plan your night om there. In the face of adversy, there’s a strong feelg of fay the Turkish gay muny and ’s good to get to know more about .

Hor is the most prevalent gay social workg app Turkey (Grdr is banned), ’s sensible to stall a high-qualy VPN to protect privacy and avoid censorship. Compared to almost everywhere else the Middle East (Tel Aviv asi), Turkey is (still) one of the more liberal untri gay travelers n vis.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

Clear displays of affectn will be unfavorable (for gay and straight upl) and some areas might be better to avoid. While male homosexual behavur is unrstood (though not ndoned), lbianism has simply not entered the Turkish psyche.

No other cy Turkey has a gay scene worthy of the name, not even Ankara (the pal) or Izmir (the most wtern-leang cy). In Kadasi I got talkg to one of the hotel workers who even took me to there unofficial gay bar (I don't thk they are publicly aloud to highlight a place as beg LGBT) however that moment of 'so this is where you have all be hidg' was apparent! However this will be my first time this rort, om some thgs I have read It do not look like I am gog to have any issu but if anyone is the know about any 'unofficial bars' or gay iendly bars that would be really great to know.

Hi there, hope u don't md me jog this thread but terms of beg openly gay Marmaris, do you have any advice. Hey I'm marmaris right now I'm the grand pasa hotel the mountas tonight I was behd my fay like uple steps away along the sea ont my fay were look for the ptas but same manger and a diffenrt name uple bars down as I was about 15 or 20 steps away I have a man bag I treat like a small handbag sometim this waer this bar stopped me askg what's my name I said Jam and where am I om I told him Liverpool then asked me I'm I a girl at first wtf but I stayed Carlm then he asked am I gay or strict I told him I'm gay I thk I knew what he meant wh girl he meant gay stead by then and asked me if I'm sgle I said y and he is then asked me go to the toilet wh him for 5 ms I didn't tell him I'm 16 I wouldn't know what will or n happen that's the first time any open gay man e to me and we shake hands when we met we hold hands till I left to tch up wh my fay I been out for 1 mouth I thk now to my fay md no I me out May last year to the first two people I told I still n't believe that happened to me kda of me wanted to get my fay and go to his bar I don't know why tho but we jt met I thought might get him fired he asked me is that my fay wasted lookg for me or at me was rried on walkg and. It has many tertg plac to see durg the day, nice beach, good rtrants and excg gay night life the weekends at night.

GAY ALANYA - ALANYA FOM

For those who heard about the se of Ray Cole—a Brish tourist arrted last year Marrakech, Moroc, on spicn of mtg “homosexual acts” and sentenced to four months’ hard time a Morocn jail prr to his early release— is perhaps difficult to image that Moroc was somethg of a gay paradise for whe men of standg the aftermath of World War II. Somethg of the gay scene moved to Marrakech, but suffice to say, is far removed om Tangier’s heyday and very much nfed to the margs. Gay life tak place the pths of certa hammams (Turkish baths) and the back rows of cemas, if people happen to know the right spots; needls to say, cisg plays an important role.

There are no gay bars, but a mix of gay and straight patrons n be found clubs that ter primarily to Wterners. Seen this light, the se of Ray Cole n be said to be another part of the story of the wherg away of gay life Moroc, or at the very least, the end of turng of a bld eye to . But what is more signifint about Cole’s se is that monstrat the te realy for gay men Moroc, namely, that while the laws on homosexualy are enforced nsistently, there is evintly a double standard employed their applitn.

EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY

The lerature available to potential gay travelers to Moroc—of which there is a great al sce, spe of laws and social norms there, Moroc remas a prime statn for package holiday-goers om Bra, France, and Germany—is very clear settg out what is and isn’t acceptable. Gay upl should rea om public displays of affectn and would be advised to seek out hotels and riads (a tradnal hoe wh an terr urtyard) known to be gay-iendly.

The scen of Cole’s fay greetg him at Bra’s Gatwick Airport ntrast starkly wh how gay men are treated Morocn society: looked down upon, rejected by their fai, dismissed wh the Maghrebi Arabic slur zamel. “More than [Cole’s] own se, what happened to him shows how vulnerable gay Morocns are, ”Abllah Taïa, a Morocn wrer and filmmaker who now liv exile, wrote The Guardian, “They are at the mercy of anyone. ” To the qutn of what is like to be gay Moroc, then, the answer very much means one thg to a Wtern visor and que another to Morocn natnals, who are nsired by their society and their state to be of lser value.

GAY ISTANBUL ISTANBUL CY GUI

However, ’s important to remember that Istanbul is pal of an Islamic untry; for all s liberal aspects, Turkey is chg s way closer to Middle Eastern valu daily, and this is havg a knock-on effect on LGBT rights Istanbul that gay travelers to the area should take to nsiratn.