Gay Life Lebanon: Bounce Back Beit - GlobalGayz

Contents:

• GAY BEIT
• GAY BEIT
• DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI
• GAY LIFE LEBANON: BOUNCE BACK BEIT
• GAY RIGHTS IN LEBANON

GAY BEIT

> Gay Lebanon Gay BeitBeit is home to an ever-growg gay scene. Outsi of Israel, Lebanon is the most gay-iendly untry the Middle East.

Although homosexualy is theoretilly illegal, the penal law is rarely ed. Gay travelers Beit shouldn't face any difficulti, but public displays of affectn are ill-advised. In the Magreb, Tunisia and Moroc, long-time gay statns wh very DL scen, have remaed absent om our pag, for fear of helpg to stroy them.

As far as the gay scene is ncerned, more than one reviewer once scribed Beit as the “Provcetown of the Middle East. ” A b of hyperbole, even those more optimistic days, for a untry where homosexualy was still illegal and police uld raid gay meetg plac.

GAY BEIT

In this part of the Arab world few plac offer even the relative eedom om fear and persecutn still found her - but then gay men have never walked hand hand down Hamra Street eher. Gay people n hang out together chic f, de at trendy rtrants, or dance at hip clubs whout fear of beg harassed by the police, but sexual meetg plac like bathho and cisg areas are more dangero. GayInBeit is another blog of tert, datg om more open tim of 5-7 years ago, but not recently updated.

DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI

The Empire Metropolis at Centre Sofil is a gay-iendly art hoe cema wh ternatnal screengs and events. Yunkun Club, still known for s ternatnal crowd and unrground mic scene, did have Gutter gay dance party nights, but like so much of the gay scene the end 2014. Mawaleh, the first and only gay magaze neighborg Syria, was published 2012 - 2015 by Sami Hamwi "a Syrian gay guy, " documentg the stggl of LGBTQ people the face of that natn's scent to hell.

See Proud Lebanon for rmatn about their volunteers' work to help gay Syrian refuge Beit, often victims of torture and extortn by both sis that untry's civil war. LebTour, the LGBT travel service and tour gui, found 2005, wh adventure tours for gay men, once the bt lol rource of s kd, has closed and disappeared om the web.

GAY LIFE LEBANON: BOUNCE BACK BEIT

For some lol bars and other listgs see our Gay Beit maps & listgs tab. Consir all gay guis to Beit, even lol on, to out of date (send any recent rmatn you have).

Clubs open and close, or move around the cy equently, and gay clubs prefer to keep a low profile onle, relyg stead on word of mouth. Everyone is wele: the only gay hangout the Arab world - Saeed Kamali Dehghan - The Guardian, May 17, 2018. Through a haze of shisha smoke and somewhat stiflg sexual stigma, the Arab world unveils an unexpected realm of possibili for trepid gay travellers.

If you n five the state-approved homophobia and are willg to act wh discretn while out and about, the Arab untri n reem themselv a thoand and one different ways, om the ancient centre of Petra to the glterg ephets of Bahra and to the serts beyond. While by and large closeted kgdoms, the handful of gay clubs the progrsive cy of Beit n allow you to be your te self, while the luxury ternatnal hotels across the regn n ensure your privacy is rpected. Jo as we track the 5 most gay-iendly Arab untri.

GAY RIGHTS IN LEBANON

Wh so much do see and do, Mt is bt seen by tour b, allowg you to hop off at untls mms, the Sultan’s Palace and the Mutrah Corniche wateront, before venturg further afield on day trips to the beach and turtle-filled lagoons for divg and of the slightly more tolerant untri the regn, Oman is said to have once had s own gay sultan – Sultan Qaboos b Said al Said – although the state prs is quick to ny this as a pric mour!

Neverthels, the unofficial gossip is that the former sultan leads a lavish gay liftyle wh his palace, divorced om his wife and enjoyg the ocsnal English lover. Much the way of the Sultan, gay life here is to be led unrground, due to the heavy penalti for homosexualy.