Gay Bahamas 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• GAY BAHAMAS TRAVEL GUI
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BAHAMAS
• GAY BAHAMAS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A BAHAMAS ERARY
• THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY LIFE THE BAHAMAS
• HOW GAY IENDLY IS NASS? - NASS FOM
• SANDALS - ARE GAY UPL REALLY WELE? - GREAT EXUMA FOM
• GAY IENDLY? - GREAT EXUMA FOM
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• 4 BT GAY-FRIENDLY RORTS IN THE BAHAMAS
• GAY GUTS AT ATLANTIS RORT - BAHAMAS FOM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NASS
• GAY IENDLY HOTELS BAHAMAS

GAY BAHAMAS TRAVEL GUI

While there are many LGBTQ+ dividuals who are dog an exemplary job tryg to make The Bahamas gay-iendly and turn thgs around, they are challenged every step of the way.

For example, most of the big hotels and rorts are welg, and even the on that prevly banned homosexual upl (such as the Sandals rort) end their discrimatory practic the early 2000s.

There are no gay clubs or events the Bahamas bee of the stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny, but you n still make your own fun wh the betiful beach and islands to explore. While social sentiment the untry is beg more acceptg of LGBTQ people, lols still warn that homophobia still exists throughout the Bahamas and tourists should avoid attractg too much attentn. Many gay people vis or live here, and while the untry once had strict anti-homosexualy laws, thgs are changg urse, the big rorts wele one and all, knowg how important foreign tourism is.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BAHAMAS

800/GAYTRAVEL;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs; go to their webse and click on "Members. It provis regularly updated rmatn about gay-owned, gay-oriented, and gay-iendly lodgg, dg, sightseeg, nightlife, and shoppg tablishments every important statn followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them om any onle bookseller: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui (Bno Gmünr Verlag;) and Odysss: The Internatnal Gay Travel Planner (Odysss Enterpris Ltd. BOOK WITH US Photo: Renato MarzanLGBT suatn the BahamasThough the Bahamas are, generally speakg, welg of LGBTQ+ travellers, ’s sential to know that this is a untry wh a history of anti-homosexualy laws and where full protectns for the gay muny are yet to be legalized.

On the posive si, gay upl are now weled at all of the large rorts and hotels, so rt assured you n still enjoy an idyllic island pe wh the right preutns to vis the BahamasHurrine season ns om June through to the end of November. It’s those latter islands where gay and lbian travelers ually feel more at ease sce lol laws around homosexualy and same-sex marriage match those of their parent untri. But rather than plan vatns to one of the dozen Caribbean islands where homosexualy is crimalized (surprisg, but te), most travelers simply prefer to vatn where they’ll feel fortable.

GAY BAHAMAS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A BAHAMAS ERARY

In the beachont neighborhood of Condado, the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Oasis Lounge are regular gay hotspots, both jt steps away om the low-key gay-beach area.

Oranjtad also is home to District 7, an LGBT-centric nightclub, lounge, rtrant, and n (which was once a simpler gay bar lled Jimmy’s Place). But to wele gay and lbian Caribbean visors, this small island go the extra e by beg an active member of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA). Floris Sue Hotel Spa and Beach Club Curaçao is the go-to gay hotel Willemstad, where adult guts n enjoy luxury, privacy, and views of the island’s famoly-blue waters.

Among Curao’s flirtier spots is MooMba Beach Club, perched on the island’s most gay-iendly beach and servg up cktails, live mic, h seafood, and weekend barbequ.

THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS

LGBT travelers n take their pick of gay-centric beach to swim, sunbathe, and snorkel, pecially Happy Bay Beach and the clothg-optnal Orient Bay Beach (both on the French si), and Cupey Beach (Dutch si) where nu sunbathg is mon. And you n patronize gay-owned bs like lorful Le Pasha boutique and La Canta bar Gtavia; and scy Le Ti baret and tavern Pote Milou. The anizatn’s motto is “the most gay iendly island the Caribbean, ” and based on s long roster of lol hosts and sponsors, ’s clear how clive the statn really is.

In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.

The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. “In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom. “Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

“We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe. Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson.

It was ranked so highly 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, ” says Fergson. “This oil-rich Middle Eastern untry enforc up to three years prison, floggg and the ath penalty unr Sharia law for any acts of homosexualy.

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“In Yemen, the punishment for beg gay for both men and women is prison time and 100 lash, wh ath by stong for married men, ” says Fergson.

“Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson. “In Tanzania, any homosexual acts rult 30 years to life prison, and there has been a recent ernment crackdown on LGBT activy wh the untry.

HOW GAY IENDLY IS NASS? - NASS FOM

“Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson. “Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.

“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus.

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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. That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson.

Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist.

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“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson.

“Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society. Currently, Kenyan law stat that same-sex terurse between mal rults 14 years prison, while all other homosexual acts between mal are punished wh five years imprisonment, ” says Fergson. In fact, Jamai was lled ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’ by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today.

Rankg 19th on our x, Ethpia outlaws same-sex relatns and ‘cent, ’ or homosexual, acts rult up to 15 years prison, ” says Fergson. “Recently, there have been ath threats by Ethpia’s Orthodox Christian muny over gay tourism to the untry, puttg LGBTQ+ tourists at risk.

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

“Same-sex acts rult up to three years prison wh a fe, and posssn of homosexual materials rults up to two years prison wh a fe. In The Bahamas dividual and small groups of homosexual tourists are left alone for the most part but boatloads of gay visors were rallied agast on three separate ocsns, first March 1998 and a month later April 1998 and aga July 2004. Most of the noisy homophobic rant me om certa fundamentalist Baptist church, who alleged to be Christian but are stuck dim scriptural thkg.

(At the time, the LGBT advocy group Rabow Alliance, now closed, held a unter prott durg the 2004 monstratns, welg the gay visors. His prs release said, “The Bahamas’ Constutn tablish that we are a natn based upon Christian prcipl… They clu the virtu exemplified J’ life on earth – a life guid by fah, love, peace, patience, gentlens, kdns, and fivens… The Bahamian nstutn provis guarante for the protectn of the human rights and liberti of all persons rint and/or visg… My Government rejects bias any form and fds discrimatn repugnant… the hysteria beg created by certa dividuals agast gay persons visg The Bahamas and who reprents themselv as the learship of the Christian Council, is beg irrponsible….

4 BT GAY-FRIENDLY RORTS IN THE BAHAMAS

I do not believe that the future of The Bahamas will be placed danger bee chartered cis by gay persons are permted to ntue to ll at Bahamian ports… The Bahamas is not threatened by foreign persons of homosexual orientatn.

Homosexualy is not a ntag disease; and is not a crime here… Whether a private sexual act between nsentg adults is homosexual or heterosexual is not my bs, and I do not thk is your bs eher. Regardls of the length of time together, upl have no legal standg and the crimal discrimat agast LGBT people wh unequal ag of nsent–18 for gays and 16 for straights. The members of those groups, BGLAD (Bahamian Gays and Lbians Agast Discrimatn) and Hope TEA (Hope Through Edutn and Awarens), cid would be better to pool their rourc together and create one natnal gay rights anizatn.

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However, 2004 when Bishop Sam Greene threatened to blow up parliament if the ernment had followed Canada and legalized gay marriage The Bahamas, group members felt the need to stand up agast him and other forms of bigotry and discrimatn the untry.

All that said, and sce we are everywhere cludg homophobic plac like Jamai and Tridad, there is a LGBT muny The Bahamas that mostly choos to live discreetly beneath the radar–g gaydar stead. As a rult of the lack of nfince the judicial system, legal equali and homophobia the untry, many LGBT people are the closet–or on the ‘down-low–about their sexual orientatn or genr inty and LGBT social events are often prsured to rema low key.

The obv drivg force of homophobia is nservative Christian sects that view homosexualy and cross-drsg as signs of nce and immoraly. Joan Sawyer, the Print of the Court of Appeal, was quoted as sayg, ”One is entled to e whatever force is necsary to prevent one’s self beg the victim of a homosexual act. -July 2011 a gay photographer was murred his home wh the crime at first beg lled robbery but later nsired a targeted or revenge killg.

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In a highly symbolic se, June 2011, The Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board attempted to block the showg of the Bahamian-produced, gay-themed movie ‘Children of God’ the public square downtown Nass.

One-hour vio of Members of Bahamas LGBT Equaly Advot (BLEA: Bahamas L-Bi-Gay Equaly Associatn), Mll Small (journalist and director of BLEA) and Travis Johnson and Magi Wright (non-gay iendly), wrer and activist, appeared on Guardian Talk Rad 96. Important update Augt 2014: The gural Bahamas Gay Pri, known as Freedom Weekend Pri Paradise, is set to take place over Labor Day Weekend, om Friday, Augt 29, through Monday, September 1, at the all-clive Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach. Hi, i ma a bookg for a short break at the Sandals Emerdald Bay for me and my bf through their web se (which looks awome), only to fd afterwards that they are a upl only rort which ed to discrimate agast gay upl.

GAY IENDLY HOTELS BAHAMAS

LOL -- no they are not at all gay iendly or welg, they only changed their policy unr durs and threat of lawsus the US and Canada. Not only are there gay upl, there are often moms and dghters, sisters, brothers, weddg gut sharg one n tell the relatnship, nor judg the relatnship. Unfotunately howeve, r you will stand out amongst the "typil" honeymooners, and SEB is a small enough rort where everyone will know you as the gay uple.

I n tell you om experience of beg on rort wh, and workg wh gay upl who have traveled there, they ARE weled and not ma to feel unfortable. 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).

“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. 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.