Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Bali | Frommer's

Contents:

• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI
• IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?
• GAY INDONIA TRAVEL GUI
• ADVICE FOR GAY PEOPLE TRAVELLG INDONIA - INDONIA FOM
• 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
• ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO BALI, INDONIA
• GAY BALI · MALE MASSAGE SPAS
• GAY BALI
• BALI GAY BARS & CLUBS

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI

While homosexualy is accepted, any public display of romance, whether straight or gay, is owned upon. Bali is now a gay-iendly place, and is unlikely that gays will enunter any problems while on holiday, pecially the touristy areas of the south.

The bt place to base yourself is Semyak, wh s open gay scene and plenty of gay-owned and gay-iendly acmodatns, bars, and nightclubs. For up-to-date rmatn on the bt plac to stay and Bali's gay scene check out the followg webs:;;;; and Lombok, a Mlim island, owns upon homosexualy and you will fd difficult to fd suable acmodatns and acceptg people. It is one of the few plac the untry that is welg to the gay Indonia, Bali is always the go-to for gay is safer for the LGBTQ island is also one of the iendlit and most welg plac a gay uple uld on the island, there is nothg to hi om the lols.

IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?

Save for the PDA, gay upl n actually do as they please when on the upl n be themselv whout fear of timidatn and and the Gay CommunyBali is a laid-back muny that is very acceptg of the LGBT tourists e and go to the on the island, physil ntact and affectn between iends are acceptable. Whether you are gay or straight, PDA is somethg you do not do when that lols Bali are not vlent. However, one should note that Bali is more liberal pared to the other parts of the fact, Bali is what they nsir the gay oasis of is a gay scene.

And there are gay-iendly bars as no matter how open Bali is to the LGBTQ+ muny, one should always be should always behave appropriately. Fally, you n enjoy a night out town to any of their bars and listen to some live mic while you sip on your a night out Semyak, you n aga laze your day away on one of s Semyak gay-iendly?

Semyak has a big gay muny pared to other parts of always ment that Semyak is the gay haven of the, you will fd villas, hotels, and a lot of om that, is also this part of the island where you n see drag shows and gay beach are gay-iendly.

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Semyak and Gay BarsThere are a lot of notable gay bars there are a few of them I n anythg else, you should know that the gay bars Semyak are jt one is what they ll the Jalan Camplung Tand of the LGBTQ+ crowd equent three popular they are:MixwellThis is the most famo of the three gay bars on the has an amazg drag show durg the if you want a great show and a party afterward, you should vis on a Friday or a Saturday. The are the nights when most of the gay crowd are out to JoeBali Joe is the ual gay, you n dance the night away. Asi om that, party plac and drag shows abound this part of the BeachThe bt beach Bali are mostly should also follow that the sunsets here are betiful sunsets, you n vis the Double Six Belig Beach is also the beach that gays equent.

While Bali is one of the most tolerant and gay-iendly statns on the pla, you will not fd much the way of open gay liftyle except the touristic southwt astal area. Murals The Hall of Jtice the Taman Gili luridly pict the punishments of hell, reprent a wi range of ss -- om ct and btialy to gossipg and fartg -- but no proscriptns agast homosexualy are rerd. Not surprisgly, Bali has been a famo haven for homosexuals, and a number of s renowned foreign rints lead fortable, open liv here.

ADVICE FOR GAY PEOPLE TRAVELLG INDONIA - INDONIA FOM

Gay-owned Blue Corner Dive Rort is a iendly beachont place on the north end of Jungutbatu village.

Gay and lbian-iendly English speakg driver, specializg open road, ctomized tours for dividuals or upl.

Semyak Beach UTOPIA VISITED SEP 2013At the end of Gay Street, Jln Champlung Tand (still referred to by lols as Jln Dhyana Pura), not far om all the gay bars. Late the eveng you will fd many lol Bale, Javane and Indonian guys walkg along the footpath on the oppose si of the street to the gay bars.

'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY

A te, non-mercial gay cisg scene tak place here after dark until about 11pm (after 11pm police ocsnally hassle hangers-on for brib).

ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO BALI, INDONIA

The crowd is a mix of all ag and is iendly for the adventuro foreigner who wants to experience a totally non-touristic gay hot spot. This non-mercial cisg spot for lol gay men is bit the heat of afternoon when most straight people are doors. Easy to fd and nveniently loted the heart of Bali's gayborhood, jt a short walk om Dhyana Pura gay street.

Gay-iendly Gado Gado has earned s reputatn as one of Bali's top rtrants through s fe food, romantic seasi views and attentive service. Gay owned and operated boutique sellg a variety of clothg ma Bali along wh gifts, furnure, homeware and art.

Indonia Gay & Lbian Rource Listgs by Island or Cy:Jakarta | Surabaya | Yogyakarta | other ci and provc.

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QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali...

LGBTQIA+ travelers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals.

Although homosexualy is legal most parts of the untry, there is still polil tensn and revisns to the untry's crimal are currently beg nsired which uld potentially crimalize gay sex and same-sex relatnships. There are que a few queer-iendly bars, rtrants and rorts  Bali, and also an (unofficial) gay strip on Jalan Camplung Tand Road Semyak at the southern end of the island. All members of the gay muny should be able to travel where they want and enjoy the experienc Indonia has to give, but ’s important to be aware of the suatn before travelg.

GAY BALI

As stands, same-sex sexual activy is still legal most provc although there is a strong movement to crimalize gay sex and is currently beg discsed ernment. An anti-pornography law that also forbids sex parti and ‘viant sexual acts’ are often over-broadly terpreted and ed to target LGBT people; this is ed as the exce behd the growg number of police raids on meetg pots for the Indonian gay muny. Islamic anizatns have put a lot of prsure on the ernment to crack down on the gay populatn, and sce 2016 there has been a rise anti-LGBT rhetoric g om policians and public figur, as policians try to e moral issu to w vot.

Tradnally Indonian society, there was a fair amount of tolerance towards gay people, provid they stayed discreet and quiet about their private liv. A lot of the gay scene happened unrground, and gay upl would rarely be publilly livg together or a relatnship. There have been creasg numbers of police raids and asslts on the gay muny, forcg the closure of gay bars and clubs (outsi of Bali).

BALI GAY BARS & CLUBS

Over time, however, as the public discsn around homosexualy has bee more ght and there have been high-profile sndals volvg celebri and homosexual misnduct, the natnal broadstg missn troduced a policy banng programm om portrayg LGBT behavr as ‘normal. Intertgly, transgenr inty is somethg that has tradnally been more accepted than gay, lbian and bisexual inty Indonia.

Waria (men born wh the souls of women) lived openly daily life and are a varied group: cross-drsers, transsexuals, drag queens and effemate gay men. However, while homosexualy might not technilly be illegal, but is a volatile suatn at the moment, one which foreigners will not necsarily be exempt om, so safety and nstant awarens will be ccial.

As mentned above, sharia law erns the provce Aceh and the cy of Palembang South Sumatra, where homosexualy has been ma illegal. Here LGBT travelers n fd a relatively flourishg gay scene, wh plenty of gay-iendly acmodatn, bars, and clubs, particularly Semyak the south of the island.