Gay Moroc: The experience is very different for Morocns and foreigners.

Contents:

• HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• GAY PAKISTAN: WHERE SEX IS AVAILABLE AND RELATNSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT
• SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)
• EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY
• GAY TURKEY
• CAGALOGLU HAMAMISTANBULMENUHOTELSON TODAYBARS & CAFéSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECY GUITOURSGAY MAPCAGALOGLU HAMAM

HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY

Real hugs are rare and if they go on too long, you’re likely to see feet shuffle and hear supprsed ughs of “no homo.

“You’re gay, Fn.

Gay guys don’t get a pass om the pathology of toxic masculy.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

We’re not supposed to be close wh other men unls that closens centers on I walked to a gay bar and hugged a man (more than briefly) who was datg somebody else, hiss of negative gossip would fill the room.

GAY PAKISTAN: WHERE SEX IS AVAILABLE AND RELATNSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT

And let me tell you, when gay men hiss, we don’t play!

I swear I was jt watchg clips of Bra’s Got Talent the other night, fantasizg that Simon Cowell was gay and available.

He talks about his experienc of the gay scene, and also giv advice on where to go and what to expect. But, what about gay people? The Turkish attu towards open homosexualy is ambivalent, to say the least.

SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)

Homosexualy is not mentned the Turkish Legal Co so is neher protected nor persecuted. While male homosexual behavur is unrstood (though not ndoned), lbianism has simply not entered the Turkish psyche.

EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY

Gay visors to Turkey will be treated no differently.

Anyone lookg for a wtern style gay scene will be disappoted.

GAY TURKEY

No other cy Turkey has a gay scene worthy of the name, not even Ankara (the pal) or Izmir (the most wtern-leang cy). This is not an ditn of wispread homosexual behavur (though some of may be). Jamaa el Fna, Marrakech’s ma square, is the cy’s primary gay cisg spot after dk.

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.

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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.

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 arrt of Morocns for “homosexual acts” occurs every day and go unreported.