Dubai: Gay Travel Advice (om a lol) - The Globetrotter Guys

Contents:

• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI
• CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?
• DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)
• PERIL, PRIVILEGE, AND QUEER FORTS: THE NOCTURNAL PERFORMATIVE GEOGRAPHI OF EXPATRIATE GAY MEN DUBAI
• DUBAI GAY CLUB MAP: COMPLETE GUI 2023
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• ASIE EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY DUBAI
• DUBAI GAY TRAVEL
• GAY DUBAI
• DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

Hello me and my boyiend will be visg May, I know 's a nservative untry but I've also been told 's tolerant - so I was checkg to see if there was a gay scene Dubai? I've seen a few YouTube vios of the gay scene Dubai but not specific to any areas or bars.

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That's not to say gay people don't live or vis Dubai as they do but they are not visibly open about. You'll be fe if you vis but no open displays of affectn and don't advertise the fact you're gay.

CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?

Homosexualy is illegal, and any gay bar would be quickly closed and s owners arrted. Regardg bars and clubs we did not go but i have a iend livg there that said there are gay clubs where only men go, the only thg is that you nnot kiss there. The higher-end hotels realize that makg gay upl jump through hoops is bad bs.

Radisson Blu Hotel Dubais Media Cy has a gay & lbian night lled Bar on Fridays.

DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)

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.

PERIL, PRIVILEGE, AND QUEER FORTS: THE NOCTURNAL PERFORMATIVE GEOGRAPHI OF EXPATRIATE GAY MEN DUBAI

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. 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.

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Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty. The cint arose out of allegatns that the Sheikh ma homosexual advanc to Orsi.

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Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required.

ASIE EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY DUBAI

The treatments were jtified based on the social impact of homosexualy and risk for society. Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny. Hormone therapy is nsired a eful treatment to al wh the ‘homosexual problem’ Dubai.

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The topic has been regularly ignored nsirg the taboo nature of homosexualy Mlim untri. 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. Homosexualy is not a disease or mental problem that needs to be fixed.

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Seventeen homosexual men were also arrted 2008 for cross-drsg and beg gay.

DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

While is clearly a vlatn of human rights to crimalize homosexualy and promote discrimatn, there is a fe le between the right to be yourself and the importance of rpectg other people’s cultur. While is imperative that homosexualy be accepted the UAE, is also important for foreigners to be rpectful of the culture which they impose themselv – even if they disagree wh the ctoms. While seems evint that rape occurred, AA is beg charged wh nsensual homosexual sex.

The charg arose January and another man, MN was also charged wh prostutn, nsensual homosexual sex, pornographic material, cross-drsg and sultg relign. There were only few reports of prosecutns and punishments but many people on the Inter censor their nversatns and inty gay chat rooms.

That is the qutn that LSE’s Dr Centner and his -thor Harvard’s Manoel Pereira Neto explore their groundbreakg rearch to Dubai’s expatriate gay men’s nightlife.