Gay Dubai LGBTQ* nightlife and travel 2023

Contents:

• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI
• DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM
• DUBAI GAY-FRIENDLY BARS
• GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM
• GAY DUBAI
• ASIE EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY DUBAI

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

Gay bars and nightclubs. Hello me and my boyiend will be visg May, I know 's a nservative untry but I've also been told 's tolerant - so I was checkg to see if there was a gay scene Dubai?

Good gay clubs and bars? I've seen a few YouTube vios of the gay scene Dubai but not specific to any areas or bars.

Re: Gay bars and nightclubs. No, homosexualy is illegal Dubai.

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

That's not to say gay people don't live or vis Dubai as they do but they are not visibly open about. There are no 'gay' clubs or scene as such. You'll be fe if you vis but no open displays of affectn and don't advertise the fact you're gay.

As Hannah has said, 's not gay iendly so be discreet.

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

Dubai is urteo, but not gay iendly.

Homosexualy is illegal, and any gay bar would be quickly closed and s owners arrted. Regardg bars and clubs we did not go but i have a iend livg there that said there are gay clubs where only men go, the only thg is that you nnot kiss there. The higher-end hotels realize that makg gay upl jump through hoops is bad bs.

PERIL AND PRIVILEGE: GAY EXPAT NIGHTLIFE DUBAI

Radisson Blu Hotel Dubais Media Cy has a gay & lbian night lled Bar on Fridays.

Dubai nightlife for gay male tourists.

Although homosexualy is officially forbidn, gays and lbians n enjoy private gay life relative fort pared to other untri the regn.

DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

However, showg gay affectn public n lead to penalti or prison, so be reful. Dubai has an tertg unrground gay scene.

Some gay / chat apps are blocked so prepare a secure VPN nnectn.

That is the qutn that LSE’s Dr Centner and his -thor Harvard’s Manoel Pereira Neto explore their groundbreakg rearch to Dubai’s expatriate gay men’s nightlife.

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

“As two queer rearchers, we were able to enter the worlds of relatively privileged Wtern gay expatriat. [but] not bars intified as gay.

DUBAI NIGHTLIFE FOR GAY MALE TOURISTS - DUBAI FOM

Not a sgle venue’s webpage the word ‘gay’ or related phemisms, nor do they ht at targetg a gay crowd.

DUBAI GAY-FRIENDLY BARS

They also nducted terviews, relyg on personal ntacts, to fd 26 gay men, aged 24-48 and reprentg 15 natnali.

GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS - DUBAI FOM

Their forthg paper explas: “Much of the Dubayyan gay nightlife tak place venu wh the cy’s p ternatnal hotels, which are technilly open to all who n afford them. The rearchers wonred, at first, how so many men knew that the are events attend by many other gay men: “The were ed ‘parti’ – on a specific night of the week for different s – equented by gays, not bars intified as gay. Gay datg apps are also shunned for fear of entrapment by ’s this nstant sense of your hair standg on end and havg to be ut about who's listeng, who's at the door, who's ved, or what might be said and passed along, that uld get most such venu, the rearchers note that the mic played is rarely the kd of remixed, beat-heavy tracks or classilly “gay” songs that domate self-proclaimed LGBTQ bars across many global ci.

GAY DUBAI

Only those wh the most cumulative privilege among a generally imperilled populatn of heterogeneo Dubai-based homosexuals would attempt to ploy this repertoire openly. Fdg your “gay fay”. As you might image, is private hom where Wtern gay men experience the most eedom to build a “more robt sense of belongg, tablishg supportive works that rerce their intifitn as both gay and Wtern, dividually and as a group.

Most terviewe talked about needg to fd their “gay fay” Dubai as soon as they arrived, so they might make a “home away om home.

Sce most pani arrange randomly assigned hog shared flats, is up to gay men to ask heterosexual flatmat to swch wh a gay ntact, so two or more gay men n habate and anise private and very selective social seekg some sense of home away om home... The men are, advertently, unwillgly, or some s, que explicly, keepg out other typ of gay or queer people who are not ‘siar’ to them.

ASIE EXPAT REVEALS WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY DUBAI

Reflectg on the signifince of the rearch, Dr Centner says: “In addn to brgg some attentn to this kd of existence, is also important to note how this is very much an expatriate, relatively privileged, experience of gay life Dubai. So, part of what we try to do is to pot out how, seekg some sense of home away om home, that the men are, advertently, unwillgly, or some s, que explicly, keepg out other typ of gay or queer people who are not ‘siar’ to them.

“So even if homosexualy is illegal, Dubai don't want to be seen as specifilly anti-gay. “However, we felt that, ntrast to plac where even if homosexualy is not illegal, but there's plenty of vlent homophobia, everythg felt more on edge Dubai. Hi, a iend and I are planng a holiday to Dubai, and we were wonrg what the night life would be like wh beg gay mal?

Would be advisable to steer clear of gay clubs and drkg?