Moroc gay Travel - Moroc Classic Tours

Contents:

• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC
• GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI
• GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS
• MOROC GAY TRAVEL
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY TOURS MOROC
• MOROC GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.
• GAY MARRAKH
• MOROC USED TO BE A HAVEN FOR GAY ARTISTS. IT’S A B MORE COMPLITED NOW
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MOROC

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

GAY MOROC TRAVEL GUI

Homosexualy is nsired relatively mon, though rarely acknowledged, amongst Morocn men.

Platonic affectn between Morocn mal -- such as holdg hands, which is a sign of iendship and rpect -- is eely shown, and some of the Berber trib (the Atlas Chlh, for example) are known as particularly tolerant toward homosexual behavr. Tangier -- the world's first gay rort -- is still nsired somewhat gay-iendly. Marrakech certaly has a mi gay scene, thanks largely to the number of gay French upl now ridg there.

800/448-8550 or 954/776-2626;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs and tour operators.

GAY-IENDLY: MARRAKECH FOR HOMOSEXUALS

-based onle travel rource of statns that ter to the gay liftyle, cludg Moroc. Beyond the Mask () has gay-based rmatn and news articl on each Ain untry, cludg Moroc. GlobalGayz () is a gay-owned travel, news, and culture webse foced on l-bi-gay-trans life untri around the world.

MOROC GAY TRAVEL

Their exposé and other stori on gay life Moroc are very tertg and well rearched. The followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them om any onle bookseller: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui (Bno Gmünr Verlag;); Odysss: The Internatnal Gay Travel Planner (); and the Damron guis (), wh separate annual books for gay men and lbians.

Technilly homosexualy is not legal the untry of Moroc although is not necsarily enforced.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

Gay travelers are advised to be discreet and should fd that the saft cy will be Marrakh. LGBTQIA+ travellers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (a more clive LGBT ialism), pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals, as well as those who intify beyond the monly ed sexualy and genr exprsns. Homosexualy is illegal and punishable by prison time and f unr article 489 of the Penal Co.

At a time when much of Europe and North Ameri imposed particularly nservative laws, Tangier was a liberal haven where alternative travelers uld e and dulge all the thgs that were taboo back home, cludg dgs, gay sex and prostutn. Travelg to an Islamic untry and experiencg the magic of the Thoand and One Nights together – as a homosexual uple?

GAY TOURS MOROC

Even though Marrakech’s clubs and hotels do not openly e labels such as “gay” or “gay-iendly” for advertisg, is the new “Pk Cy”, havg overtaken the formerly ternatnal zone of Tanger. To beg wh: Acrdg to Morocn law, homosexual acts are illegal and will be punished severely. Near Rabat, for example, two young Morocns were sentenced to four months imprisonment each 2013 bee of homosexual ntacts.

MOROC GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

Strongly fluenced by relign and patriarchal stctur, Morocn society is characterized by tradnal valu, and is, th, rather homophobic. Neverthels, homosexualy is tolerated to the greatt possible extent, as far as ’s lived out discreetly.

Hetero — as well as homo — or bisexual upl should be discreet and save livg out their passns for the privacy of the riad. Soon, the word of a gay night life the South-Morocn imperial cy spread.

BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.

The top addrs is, whout a doubt, Le Diamant noir, which is rather gay than gay-iendly durg the week.

Apart om that, the gay party scene meets at the VIP-Club, Le Pacha, Le Comptoir Darna, or the other bars along the Avenue Mohammed V. Some gut ho are labeled “gay-iendly” and are ed to homosexual clients, so there are no irratns when, say, a double bed is requted. The gay night life n be bt experienced one of the clubs mentned above, but is advisable to keep a keen md even there: It is not unlikely that the young man showerg you wh pliments is a prostute, and the police are rather strict their effort to nta prostutn, pecially as is gradually creasg Moroc.

GAY MARRAKH

Apart om this, Marrakech is as good a holiday statn for gays and lbians as is for heterosexually orientated. But gay travelers face the add plexy of navigatg a myriad of LGBTQ+ laws around the world.

MOROC USED TO BE A HAVEN FOR GAY ARTISTS. IT’S A B MORE COMPLITED NOW

And although there have been some improvements over recent years, more than 70 untri still have homophobic laws, acrdg to Equalx. Sce the Fergsons’ study on the most dangero plac for gay travelers 2019, several laws have changed—some for the better (Sudan), and some for the worse (Hungary, Poland).

The journalists have noticed the Covid-19 panmic negatively affect gay rights around the world. “Of the ‘least safe’ untri on our list, the top 49 still have prison sentenc as punishment for beg gay, ” says Fergson. The wi variatn gay rights pendg on the state you’re certaly ntributed to the Uned Stat’ low rankg of saft untri.

See the entire world rankgs and important safety tips Lekki-Ikoyi bridge Nigeria—the most dangero place for gay. “It was ranked so poorly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

This Middle Eastern kgdom is another on our list which n implement the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson. Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson.

“Unr state terpretatn of Sharia law, homosexualy Malaysia rults up to 20 years prison, whippg, and f. “The punishments for homosexualy Malawi have earned this Ain untry as the number four worst untry for LGBTQ+ travelers, ” says Fergson.