Gay Thailand: disver everythg travelers need to know - KAYAK

Contents:

• GAY THAILAND RORTS YOU HAVE TO STAY AT
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
• BANGKOK GAY SNAS

GAY THAILAND RORTS YOU HAVE TO STAY AT

★ 10 DAYS ON A GAY GROUP TOUR IN THAILAND, THE LAND OF SMILES ★Bangkok, Krabi, Phet IslandNOVEMBER 20-29, 2023.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

As ’s a very well-known area worldwi for s gay scene, attracts thoands of tourists search of a great party and beach. Dongtan Beach next to the Jomtien Complex is lled the gay beach, but anywhere the cy you’ll fd many gays.

Bee of 's central lotn and easy accs, you get guys om all over Bangkok - Rangs the far North, Ratchada, and Shumv - so you tend to see hotti that you normally don't see if you vised the ual gay areas like Silom.

QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali... CyNews – Years ago, one of the big attractns of Chiang Mai was the relaxed gay liftyle, and gay scene.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Many Chiang Mai’s gay sex-pat muny won’t like what I have to say, though really ep down, most know ’s the tth; they jt don’t want to hear or accept .

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Near the Night Bazaar was an area lled The Peak wh a group of small outdoor gay bars cltered around a climbg wall. The gay bars were a mixture too, ex-pats, tourists, money boys but above all, there were genue Thai gay guys who wanted nothg more than to have fun. But, at least they were maly gay and Thai (rather than straight hill tribe or Burme boys which make up the majory of Chiang Mai’s male sex workers today).

THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

Yet most importantly there were the iendly Thai gay guys there for a good time, whether wh iends, or huntg alone. The go-go bars and massage shops which have changed ltle, the remag so lled “Gay Bars” have bee almost 100% farang foced.

They are totally void of, “nice boys” the regular Thai gays who a ago ma Chiang Mai such a fun place to 2005 the night bazaar area was home to more than fifteen bars, and after midnight the gay crowd shifted to clubs like Hot Shots or Bubble before fishg up at Spicy, eMale, Relax or Mai Peang. Elsewhere there was an tertg selectn of bars Nimmanhaemda, Chiang Mai Land and Chang Phuek areas there are a mere handful of thentic gay bars spread across the different areas of town. Spicy morphed to le homophobia, Mai Peang sells flowerpots, eMale sells sofas and the Glass Onn shattered to the Cosmos.

BANGKOK GAY SNAS

Though, for many olr Farangs, gay, straight, out or closeted, the sex dtry will likely rema part of Thailand’s lure for a few years to e, is certaly social acceptance of gay people has changed remarkably Europe, Atralia and, though to a lser extent and at a slower pace, the US too. Like their unterparts Chiang Mai, many are bereft of the younger generatn who simply have no need for gay bars anymore. Young wtern gays n socialise wh iends anywhere whout much of the abundant prejudice that existed not so long ago.

There may even be some peer prsure to avoid the tradnal gay hnts where the “old pervs” hang out; OK so perhaps prejudice isn’t ad! The mass media munitns and the ter have also played an lculable role advancg gay rights over the last or two.

The Glass OnnFor wterners, unrstandg Thai culture and particularly the standg of gay people wh the untry’s social stcture is not easy. The immediate imprsn that gay is acceptable here actually masks ep routed homophobia and lack of equaly for gay people at many levels. My observatns Chiang Mai suggt that whilst Thai gays are que visible, the majory seem perhaps more nservative and discreet their behavur than ten years ago.

Rightly or wrongly, the Farang gay bar scene is often perceived by gay Thais as orientated towards prostutn and an terpretatn of “gay” wh which the vast majory don’t want to be associated.

Ined, the oppose is te; wh the openg of first See Man Pub and now G-Star vtage Thai gays fally have two cent clubs they n ll their own. G-Star Vtage has taken the cy by storm and, unlike the bars where gay farangs hang out, are packed every night wh hundreds of young gay Thais havg fun.

You’ll fd gay Thais all over Chiang Mai, Thai bars, rtrants, cloth shops, ffee shops, hairdrsers, malls, clubs, snas, gyms and above all, on the ter. Everywhere that is, except for the gay bars where the old dosr farangs hang out whgg about the fact there are no “nice boys” anymore! On the ntrary, although there is always a price to be paid for progrs, the advanc gay rights are far more beneficial than the cle of the gay village ghetto.

Even the so lled gay paradise of Thailand, the legal and social chang necsary for real progrs the acceptance of gays will still take a long time to happen. And Chiang Mai, as more gay foreigners om younger generatns arrive, the tradnal gay scene will undoubtedly change and evolve at an ever creasg rate. Increasgly, gay tourists, particularly the younger on, are g to Chiang Mai firstly bee is Chiang Mai the rose of the north, rather than bee of s perceived attractn as a gay statn.

But, whilst we may champn the e of gay rights, I wonr how long will be before the human rights of hill tribe people and Burme immigrants Chiang Mai will have been rtored to a level that they no longer have to rort to prostutn to earn a livg? There are plenty of upmarket hotels on Sunrise Beach, as well as more budget-iendly optns and even a gay-owned guthoe.