Jakarta : The Gay Passport

Contents:

• GAY JAKARTA, JAVA
• ADVICE FOR GAY PEOPLE TRAVELLG INDONIA - INDONIA FOM
• GAY JAKARTA TRAVEL GUI
• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
• EXPLORE GAY JAKARTA.
• GAY INDONIA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS JAKARTA
• GAY YOGYAKARTA, INDONIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• JAKARTA GAY TOURS
• THE TURKISH BATH - TRADNAL HAMMAMMASSAGE SERVICE FOR MEN.JAKARTAMENUHOTELSHOTEL DISUNTSBARS & CLUBSMASSAGESHOPSTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPTHE TURKISH BATH - TRADNAL HAMMAM
• GAY INDONIA
• JAKARTA GAY MAP
• WISATA GAY JAKARTA
• PETA GAY JAKARTA
• GAY JAKARTA · BYGUI

GAY JAKARTA, JAVA

Donatns to groups such as As Pelangi, GAYa Nantara, or GWL-INA, help lol LGBTQ people to help themselv and one another.

GAYa Nantara is the natnal gay magaze, wh webse, om the glbt muny center Surabaya. Utopia, the gay Asia web portal, has up-to-date bs listgs for Jakarta, along wh other Javane ci. Jakarta100bars lists bars, clubs, rtrants, cludg gay plac, English - "the bt nightlife Jakarta.

For map lotns and webse lks to the bs below, and more, see our gay Jakarta listgs pag, cludg hotels & gutho and mms and galleri.

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The up-ont gay scene has always been small for such a large cy, but Jakarta was once nsired by ternatnal partiers to have had one of the wilst nightclub scen the world, and l between genrs and cultur often blurred wh wispread e of E the clubs. Appolo (Bellag Boutique Mall UG Level, Jalan Mega Kungan Barat VII) - CLOSED - popular upsle Wednday-Saturday gay dance club and lounge the central bs district mall, erotic male go-go strippers, karaoke and drag shows until 4am; lounge bar 7pm-1am nightly (except Sundays).

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3), a gay-popular Bellag Boutique Mall fé/rtrant, serv French-style cuise; by most nights but pecially on weekends.

Ostensibly straight, had a weekend gay subtext among the younger guys. Jakarta has several gay male-oriented sna/massage parlors and several more hotel facili, outwardly straight but discreetly cisy spots for lols and visors to mix; the hotels Meridien, Millenium, Mulia and Sultan among them.

Millennium Hotel Sirih (Jalan Haji Fachd 3, Jalan Thamr District), small but good facili mastream hotel, popular wh gay men; sna and steam room, gym, outdoor pool, body scbs and massage servic. Swiss-Belhotel Mangga Bar (Jalan Karti Raya 57), North Jakarta mastream hotel wh gym, large door pool, steam room, dry sna, spa and massage servic; popular wh lol gay men. Life for gay men Jakarta beme more difficult 2017 as police raid the Atlantis Sna one Sunday eveng last May, and taed over 140 male staff and ctomers, cludg four foreigners.

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Homosexualy per se is not illegal most of the natn, and there are long-standg tradns of same-sex bondg. Even before events of this year, the prev two years had seen closgs of some gay bs and webs, and the removal of sexually suggtive imagery by those that remaed. Print Joko Widodo had said to the BBC that "there should be no discrimatn agast anyone, " but ments by other officials enuraged discrimatn agast, and physil attacks on gay men by both law enforcement officials and lol vigilant.

The fense mister, Ryamizard Ryacudu, has lled homosexualy a natnal secury threat; part of a "proxy war" waged by foreign stat.

The webse of Appolo, the gay nightclub is down, their twter is ozen, and the club was reported to be closed a November 2017 Travel Gay Asia review. The facebook page of T1, the other gay sna which reopened after Ramadan, still works low-profile mo whout recent updat, but may also have closed. For two long reads on both tradnal and changg attus the untry, see: the May 2017 paper by Mirna Nadia: Shiftg Boundari and Contentns: The Regulatn of “Victimls Crim” Indonia; and the Wikipedia article, Homosexualy Indonia.

EXPLORE GAY JAKARTA.

Other recent articl: Indonia’s Crackdown on Gay Men Mov From Bars Into the Home by Jefey Hutton, ©The New York Tim, Dec 20, 2017. As you may or may not know, there are many gays livg happily Indonia and some of them actually do flnt their gayns, some are very active gay rights and some, probably the majory, are jt blendg to the woodwork like everyone else.

Homosexualy is illegal Malaysia and punishable by 20 years prison. Bee you’re young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive and ol. Dpe several lol bylaws discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people Indonia, s natnal laws have never ma homosexualy a crimal there have been attempts to crimalise homosexualy by nservative policians and groups, while gay upl often face discrimatn the world’s most populo Mlim-majory untry.

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Gay and Gay-iendly Hotels JakartaBook the bt gay hotels wh misterb&b, the lear gay travel chosen by 1M travelers. Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munyAcrdg to human rights and LGBTQ+ anizatns, sexual orientatn and genr inty are crimalized/margalized this statn. A laid-back and cultured metropolis, if Jakarta is Java’s dtrial heart, then Gay Yogyakarta is surely s beatg soul.

It’s fair to say LGBT travelers should look stead to Taipei, Sgapore, Ho Chi Mh Cy or Bangkok if their tert purely li hedonistic gay nightlife and snas. While other Mlim-majory ci like Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur have surprisgly large gay scen, Indonia, LGBT rights are rapidly beg rolled back, and acceptance is on the cle. Even other large ci like Jakarta, Medan and Bandung, the gay muny is forced to the shadows as history seems doomed to repeat self.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS JAKARTA

See homosexualy Indonia for the latt on-gogs here, or read an explanatn for the latt spike LGBT bigotry and hatred here.

While homosexualy is still currently legal Indonia (except the ultra-nservative northwternmost provce of Aceh), we don’t remend planng your big, fabulo ‘here and queer’ gaytn to Yogyakarta. You n always e a VPN to nnect wh lol guys Yogya and discretely meet up – or perhaps to get the si sop on the latt gay gatherg plac that seemgly change overnight.

GAY YOGYAKARTA, INDONIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

We don’t even want to ndone returng to the closet or any of the ugls befallg the Indonian LGBT muny – but we also strongly believe cultural exchange and that gay people should be ee to travel everywhere and anywhere, they want. In the se of travel to Gay Yogyakarta, that means adaptg to a more nservative society, for which you will be reward wh luxury hotels cheaper than you ever imaged, a vibrant sign muny, history, culture, food and more than a few epic nightlife venu….

JAKARTA GAY TOURS

Warng: Blued is one of the most popular hookup apps ed by Indonian gay men, but was recently removed om the Indonian Google Play store wh most other LGBT apps. Bee gay life Yogyakarta is vert and secretive at bt, durg the day, travelers have nothg to do but s poolsi, dulge at a spa or check out the cy’s top attractns – which should keep you by for a few days at least!

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Remember – gay or straight – public displays of affectn are not normal here and bt totally avoid, but pecially those between same-sex people. One of the bt tips we n give you for explorg Gay Yogyakarta is to pre-orr a travel SIM rd for easy airport pickup and activatn the moment you arrive, so you will not pay a fortune ternatnal roamg charg. Get rtrants remendatn and rervatns on the fly, public transport stctns up to the mute, bar openg hours and, if is your thg – accs to gay hook-up apps to fd out more about the lol scene.

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The ial tour for travelers wh only a short time Gay Yogyakarta and who want to see the cy’s bt mt-see attractns, cludg the Keraton Palace, the Taman Sari Water Palace, and the Bergharjo Tradnal Market. A known gay and lbian-iendly hotspot focsed on muny-based and staable tourism. Given the current LGBT hostili Indonia, is safe to say no gay hotels Yogyakarta will be openg any time soon, but travelers to gay Jogya are unlikely to experience outright discrimatn if they book to upsle ternatnal hotels.

JAKARTA GAY MAP

Some hotels might tomatilly change your rervatn to two sgle beds – how you want to handle this is up to you, and remember, even the current hostile environment, homosexualy is still currently legal Indonia (except the ultra-nservative northwternmost provce of Aceh).

The gay-popular hotels  Yogyakarta are equented by members of the LGBT muny and have received rave reviews.

WISATA GAY JAKARTA

Set a lonial buildg datg om 1918, this refed hotel wh the personaly mak for a remarkable travel experience – no matter if you are gay, straight or unirn. Our favore choice to disver the charm of Gay Yogya, this landmark hotel is set the heart of Yogyakarta, close to Malboro street, and offers dér and style which reviss the classil era wh a fn of Asian and European r.

Ial for gay travelers search of a unique and memorable stay that won’t break the bank –. The unique boutique hotel is very gay-popular and well-known wh the LGBT travel muny, and all are only 20 mut om the heart of Yogyakarta. Very gay-iendly and a pletely exceptnal experience you will not soon fet.

A gay-popular luxury hotel Yogyakarta elegantly set 22 hectar of betifully landsped hotel garns on the scenic outskirts north-wtern of the cy.

PETA GAY JAKARTA

One of the most equently booked hotels by other gay travelers offerg sign at a very, very affordable price. A simple 7-room guthoe, but they are very gay-iendly wh a great garn/pool to relax , a quiet lotn away om the ma road and iendly staff. Varied sexuali are a key part of Indonia’s cultural taptry, but thanks to an creasgly hostile climate, disverg the lol LGBT scene  Gay Yogyakarta may take some time and effort.

In Gay Yogyakarta, almost every openly LGBT venue has been closed – cludg the popular Hugo’s and Embassy Club, but even the more mastream Indonian party scene has taken a h wh spot checks and ure tts for dg e beg creasgly mon. Unr the circumstanc, ’s easy to unrstand why so many people are optg to avoid the nightlife scene Yogyakarta and foc on the cultural attractns, but there are still a few standout venu Gay Yogyakarta to vis – even if you should be discreet about your sexualy.

Of urse, the homophobic and dranian approach taken by Indonia will never ‘elimate’ homosexualy, and you n still meet plenty of queer guys the bars and clubs of Yogyakarta. For now, the are our favore bars, clubs, and hang-outs Gay Indonia – none are outwardly ‘gay, ’ but still, you never know who you will meet! A gay-owned bar and rtrant wh iendly wa staff and entertag dancers who enurage plenty of fun.

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One of the most popular clubs town (and the origal lotn, now there is another Gay Bali) is known for s live mic, skilled DJs, punk-rock style and glam karaoke rooms.

There is a mixed crowd, but is rather gay-iendly, and you never know who you will bump to on the dance floor. Many of the staff here are gay – if you are discreet, you n ask them for more rmatn on the scene Gay Yogya.