The 14 Bt Gay Datg S: LGBTQ+ Datg Apps to Fd Love | Observer

Contents:

• IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
• GAY DATG KAMPALA
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA

IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?

But n also be dangero – a hotbed for tfish, thiev and unrver police, creatg a society which sharg a photo of your face n get you a rult, Grdr clus several safety featur what lls ​“dangero neighbourhood untri”, like Uganda where 67 were charged after a raid on a gay bar earlier this month, Indonia where two men were publicly ned after they were ught havg sex, or Egypt where police are known to e Grdr to entrap and arrt gay men.

THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

In such untri, Grdr offers advice lol languag about how to meet safely and disabl their lotn feature by flt, meang is easier for LGBT ers at risk to rema spoke about Grdr experienc wh five people om untri where is illegal or taboo to be gay. It’s eful if you’re gay bee ’s dangero to flirt wh someone real life – your gaydar might fail, and would be a sndal if he turned out to be n brg people together, pecially sce you n’t be open about your sexualy public. I have close gay iends I met om Grdr.

I like s and love letters and the ​‘guy next door’ e Grdr to entrap and arrt gay people. If you expla and say you’re gay, maybe they’ll get your phone back but then arrt you for beg gay.

GAY DATG KAMPALA

But now the app is blocked by the ernment, along wh all gay datg apps, so we mt e a VPN [virtual private work] to accs .

Same-sex activy is not illegal here, but people still view homosexualy very badly, except the upper class.

Police sometim jo gay i, too, stayg unrver until people start g dgs, when then start makg arrts.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

If you live one of thirty rooms a big hoe, and a guy threatens to scream that you’re gay, you’d probably pay jt to keep them quiet. The legal punishment for homosexualy Iran is very ser, even executn, but sce there are protts agast the regime at the moment, the thori are foced on polil vlence.

Sayg bad thgs about the regime would be more ser than a gay relatnship.

It’s even possible for gay upl to live together Tehran. Obvly would be different small ci, where you n’t be openly gay your fay or muny, but Tehran ’s more or ls five years I met maybe 30 or 35 guys om apps.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA

I do worry about the dangers meetg gay people, so I prefer to talk before we meet and make sure ’s not somebody nnected to my home life or work, bee if people fd out about your orientatn you uld lose your job.

I don’t have any gay iends.