Egypt: Sexual Mory Rourc - Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, MSM, Homo-Sex

Contents:

• GAY CAIRO
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
• CAIRO GAY GUI - CAIRO FOM
• GAY EGYPT TRAVEL GUI
• A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.
• HOW ONE GAY EGYPTIAN WOMAN STOOD UP TO HOMOPHOBIA AND PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE
• PRIVATE GAY GUI EGPYT - CAIRO FOM
• ARRTED FOR WAVG RABOW FLAG, A GAY EGYPTIAN TAK HER LIFE
• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

GAY CAIRO

Wtern cha hotels are where gay travelers will want to stay Cairo. Most likely you already know that homosexualy is unofficially illegal Egypt.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT

You've probably heard of the "Cairo 52" se om 2001, when a group of 52 men were arrted at a gay party the "Queen Boat" moored on the Nile. Dpe terventn by ternatnal human rights anizatns, the suatn for homosexuals remas que alarmg the untry, wh arrt and torture beg mon practice. As a gay traveler, don't e lol chat rooms to meet lol men, and be ut cisg areas.

Wh mon sense you'll be able to enjoy Egypt and still fd your gaydar peakg plac. Simply hang out where the trendit straight crowds do, and you'll see plenty of gay lols and expats. Other apparently gay-iendly plac are:.

Remendatns for Gay Travelers Cairo. Everyone ss people-watchg om the sofas as they enjoy specialty cktails, and this is where you're most likely to fd a discreet mix of straight and gay.

CAIRO GAY GUI - CAIRO FOM

Fashnable gay men playg straight head to the Marrtt for the expensive drks at s Harry's Pub. Gay-Friendly Hotels.

No hotel Cairo advertis self as gay-iendly, but the large chas do attract wealthy gay upl, pecially those lookg out to the pyramids and offerg all sorts of pamperg servic such as spa and fns center.

Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Egypt. Egyptians have a somewhat schizophrenic attu toward homosexualy. On the one hand, homosexualy is nsired viant and gay men are discrimated agast; on the other hand, sexual relatns between men are often ignored as harmls.

GAY EGYPT TRAVEL GUI

The upsi of the suatn is that gay men n enjoy a variety of sual sexual enunters wh relative ease. The downsi is that, once intified as a homosexual, a visor may experience discrimatn and face problems wh the police. You should also be aware that the secury servic actively work agast the gay muny.

Gay Egypt () tails cisg lotns many of Egypt's ma ci. The se has an active travel sectn, and the more journalistilly cled Gay Middle East has an tertg Egypt sectn ().

A GAY DATE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO.

The Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA) (tel. 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. Many agenci offer tours and travel erari specifilly for gay and lbian travelers.

800/397-2681;) are gay Atralia tour specialists.

It provis regularly updated rmatn about gay-owned, gay-oriented, and gay-iendly lodgg, dg, sightseeg, nightlife, and shoppg tablishments every important statn worldwi. Brish travelers should click on the "Travel" lk at for advice and gay-iendly trip ias.

HOW ONE GAY EGYPTIAN WOMAN STOOD UP TO HOMOPHOBIA AND PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE

The Canadian webse GayTraveler () offers ias and advice for gay travel all over the world.

The followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them om any onle bookseller: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui, 35th Edn (Bno Gmünr Verlag;); Odysss: The Internatnal Gay Travel Planner, 17th Edn (); and the Damron guis (), wh separate, annual books for gay men and lbians. Re: Cairo gay gui. Do not openly exhib the fact that you are gay, do not show any affectnate behavur public and do not seek out or vis any plac or events which have been offered to you as beg specifilly for gays.

The gay scene is very much unrground and you n land trouble if ught a raid on such plac. Egypt is not very tolerant to gays. Havg said that, I know of many gay upl who have vised the untry whout problems and know of many who return year after year.

PRIVATE GAY GUI EGPYT - CAIRO FOM

Egypt is not ‘gay iendly’. There’s been a severe crackdown on any Egyptian gays wh severe penalti.

I agree Egypt is not "gay iendly", you n feel ee to vis any place, hotels or clubs there is no worry but try to avoid showg your sexual behavr public as you will look wired for most of the lols. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

ARRTED FOR WAVG RABOW FLAG, A GAY EGYPTIAN TAK HER LIFE

Gay Egypt. We gave each other a look, but wasn’t sure if was the “oh hey I am gay too look” or the “oh hey we accintally ught each other lookg at each other look”.

I got up the morng to enjoy my ee breakfast; he was still around and I swear we were lookg at each other like “hey lets fuck”, but ugh I have horrible gay-dar so never take actn until I know. I asked him how was to be gay Egypt.

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrted and said she was tortured for wavg a rabow gay pri flag at a ncert Cairo. By wavg the flag, Hegazi beme an in for the gay muny and a target for state vlence.

GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

Her wrgs weaved polil crique to her stggle as an openly gay woman. When Hegazi and her iends raised the rabow flag at the September 2017 ncert by Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebane band wh an openly gay ontman, she was hailed by alli for “breakg many barriers of silence, ” said her iend Tarek Salama.

Police ultimately taed at least 75 people the month followg the ncert what one Egyptian rights group lled an “unprecented upsurge  secury crackdown targetg gay and transgenr cizens or those believed to be so.

“Sarah mted a crime agast relign and society by supportg homosexualy and publicizg her homosexualy and atheism, ” one er wrote on Facebook. In Egypt’s Twtersphere, her name was trendg along wh “People of Lot, ” a reference to a Quranic passage about punishment for homosexualy.