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Contents:

• CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?
• GAY DUBAI
• GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI
• DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)
• GAY MUNY INTER TO STAY TOUCH THE EMIRAT
• ANTI-GAY SENTIMENT SHOWS LIM OF GULF STAT’ LIBERAL DRIVE
• DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?

"Much of the Dubaian gay nightlife tak place venu wh the cy's p ternatnal hotels, which are technilly open to all who n afford them, " Ryan Centner, a profsor of urban geography at the London School of Enomics, nclud after six years of field rearch among gay expatriat the UAE.

GAY DUBAI

"Not a sgle venue's webpage the word ‘gay' or related phemisms, nor do they ht at targetg a gay crowd, " he said an terview on the school's webse. Dubai-based lawyer Matthew, origally om the UK, found that though there were no official gay clubs, "they're ually known through social media or word of mouth, although they're never advertised [as gay clubs], " he told the webse an anonymo terview. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, or ILGA – reprentg more than 1, 700 anizatns om over 160 untri – reports, however, that only twenty-one people the UAE were prosecuted for such offenc between 2004 and 2021.

One of the tes the new amework explicly prohibs "discsg genr inty, homosexualy or any other behavur emed unacceptable to UAE society" class.

GAY DUBAI DUBAI CY GUI

As every untry, there are plenty of gay people Dubai, is more a qutn of how openly you n be gay Dubai.

This means that the more ual punishments for beg gay – beatgs, prolonged imprisonment, flogggs, torture, and chemil stratn – would be nsired to be gettg off lightly.

PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

Back 2013 they discsed troducg some form of ttg to prevent gay foreigners om enterg any of those untri. They only dropped the proposal bee they feared a ntroversy that might rail the 2022 FIFA World Cup , no: not a gay-iendly regn.

There are no gay bars Dubai, but you n rt assured that there is a high gay-quotient every trendy bar. 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.

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

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.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI

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.

DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)

There have been a few wispread reports regardg the nmnatn of homosexual behavr Dubai and the UAE.

Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty.

Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required. Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny.

GAY MUNY INTER TO STAY TOUCH THE EMIRAT

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.

ANTI-GAY SENTIMENT SHOWS LIM OF GULF STAT’ LIBERAL DRIVE

Homosexualy has a grave impact on a society where relig books nmn homosexual behavr for beg immoral and agast human nature. 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.

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. It has sodomy laws punishable wh imprisonment, but wh such a diverse populatn everyone knows there's plenty of gay lols and visors.

It's also slightly more liberal than other Arab stat, wh no ter ntrol, although many Wtern s are blocked and foreigners have been jailed and ported for simply attendg private "gay parti. Obvly there are no gay bars and clubs town, but everyone mix at the top spots, ually nnected to hotels.

DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

Gay crowds also s at the fés of the Dubai Mall, g bluetooth nnectn on their cell phon to "nnect" wh others.

There are obvly no gay hotels Dubai, but orr to feel safer and be surround by like-md people, you may want to stay at Wtern chas close to Jumeirah beach.