Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Egypt | Frommer's

Contents:

• GAY TRAVEL EGYPT
• GAY CAIRO
• GAY DATG EGYPT
• 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ALEXANDRIA
• EGYPT GAY TRAVEL

GAY TRAVEL EGYPT

Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim. How safe is to be gay Egypt? What should gay tourists expect?

Egypt don’t have the bt track rerd when to gay rights. Homosexualy isn’t technilly illegal Egypt, but ’s still a nservative Mlim untry, and gays are discrimated agast and routely round up by the police.

GAY CAIRO

Who’d have thought that a young man wavg a rabow flag at a ncert Cairo 2017 would spark a major crackdown on gays? “Homosexualy isn’t an official crime Egypt, but laws battg prostutn and “bchery” are ed to imprison gays.

GAY DATG EGYPT

Cisg apps like Grdr are ed to tch gay men, who ver their fac shame when arrted.

Bee homosexualy isn’t an official crime, laws battg prostutn and “habual bchery” are ed to jtify the imprisonment of gay men and lbians for six months to six years.

A favore tactic of the Egyptian police is to entrap gay men, lurg them to hotels, where they are arrted, by g apps like Grdr. Gay Travel Tips EgyptNow that you’re good and sred, ’s time to say, don’t let that stop you om visg a untry that’s sanely rich amazg templ and tombs of the ancient world. As long as you don’t do anythg overly gay — I’m sure you n rist kissg public durg your travels Egypt — you should pass through unmolted.

'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN

Don’t unt on any gay scene Egypt. Even if there were a gay bar, I wouldn’t take any chanc gog to . You don’t have to be gay to be arrted — jt beg seen as a supporter of the LGBTQ muny is enough.

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TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT

Our Experience as a Gay Couple EgyptDe and I didn’t feel unfortable beg gay Egypt at all.

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EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ALEXANDRIA

Wtern cha hotels are where gay travelers will want to stay Cairo. Most likely you already know that homosexualy is unofficially illegal Egypt. You've probably heard of the "Cairo 52" se om 2001, when a group of 52 men were arrted at a gay party the "Queen Boat" moored on the Nile.

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EGYPT GAY TRAVEL

Simply hang out where the trendit straight crowds do, and you'll see plenty of gay lols and expats. Other apparently gay-iendly plac are:. Remendatns for Gay Travelers Cairo.

Everyone ss people-watchg om the sofas as they enjoy specialty cktails, and this is where you're most likely to fd a discreet mix of straight and gay. Fashnable gay men playg straight head to the Marrtt for the expensive drks at s Harry's Pub.

Gay-Friendly Hotels. No hotel Cairo advertis self as gay-iendly, but the large chas do attract wealthy gay upl, pecially those lookg out to the pyramids and offerg all sorts of pamperg servic such as spa and fns center. Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn 18, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCOmar* is a 30-year-old physician livg Alexandria, Egypt, the untry’s send largt cy.