Gay Mumbai 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• GAY : MUMBAI – A LGBTQ+ TRAVEL GUI
• GAY DATG MUMBAI
• GAY MUMBAI TRAVEL GUI
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN MUMBAI
• ‘INTIFIED AS GAY’—MAKG UP QUEER MUNI AND SEXUAL SELV MUMBAI

GAY : MUMBAI – A LGBTQ+ TRAVEL GUI

We learnt that followg the historic 2018 cisn to crimalise homosexualy India, the gay scene Mumbai is fact on the rise.

The gay ‘scene’, once ncealed to the unrworld, is slowly beg accepted both socially and polilly, wh regular events poppg up around the cy. They also anise regular gay-meets and events, cludg club nights at Invcible Boudoir & Jard – Aptly anagrammed as Invcible BJ! While Mumbai is relatively safe for gay travellers, naturally there are some thgs to be aware of when enjoyg your time the cy.

GAY DATG MUMBAI

You uld say this falls unr the tegory of rpectg social etiquette; however, ’s important to note that this isn’t a le jt for gay travellers Mumbai. While there is not a specifc gay neighborhood, and any of the LGBTQ parti and events are unrground, there are some gay-iendly spots popular wh both lols and tourists. They are jt like anyone Mumbai lookg for rental but whose qut for a physil shelter and a genial flatmate had routely e up agast biased landlords, tolerant roommat and pryg neighbours until they found each other as well as the sancty of a secure lost touch wh his fay after the 25-year-old me out as gay eight months ago.

”Jayh and Abhra’s happy hoehold where rpectful strangers live like fay ow self to GHAR – short for Gay Hog Assistance Rource – a pan-India lotn-based, short and long-term acmodatn rource bullet board that has been helpg people om the LGBT muny fd accs to safe and iendly hog wh each other sce 1998. Followg the momento Supreme Court lg this month that stck down Sectn 377 of the IPC that crimalised gay sex, the queer muny has had a lot to celebrate.

GAY MUMBAI TRAVEL GUI

It ma 23-year-old Maddy’s transn om his nservative hometown Solapur to Pune easy when he moved wh a gay and a straight roommate. What started as a platform to enurage the Di LGBTQ+ muny to share their stori, Gaysi Fay has grown to be one of the most popular spac for the artists and wrers the muny. Along wh an active onle publitn, they also moved towards prt wh Gaysi Z, prtg a llectn of stori and artworks om the Gay muny.

The Humsafar Tst (HST) was found April 1994 by journalist Ashok Row Kavi, media profsnal Suhail Abbasi and filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan, to reach out to LGBTQ muni Mumbai Metro and surroundg areas. After much workg and advocy wh the Mumbai Municipal Corporatn beme the first openly Gay Communy Based Organisatn to be allotted space a Municipal buildg Mumbai. In the last two s the outreach programme has reached out to more than 110, 000 Gay, Men havg Sex wh Men and Transgenr and distributed over 700, 000 ndoms every year at more than 129 physil s Mumbai and nearly 40000 HIV tts and 70000 STIs screened and treatments provid.

HST reach out to over 10, 000 gay men and men who have sex wh men and transgenr muni every year through s social media and onle outreach programs. HST anis advocy workshops for health re provis, law enforcement agenci, judiciary, legislators, policians and polil parti, Government bodi, media, stunt muny to sensise them on Gay, MSM and TG issu.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN MUMBAI

The Tst has addrsed var issu faced by the LGBTQ muny like g out to self and fay, alg wh relatnships, alg wh legal issu of gay men and handlg crisis suatns wh fai, cheaters, extortn, blackmail and vlence that is flicted on the LGBTQ muny cg fear of Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co that crimaliz nsensual sex between two adults private spac. In 12 s, adult, homosexual mal were threatened of a false accatn unr Sectn 377, IPC and victims of extortn by ordary persons, sometim upto Rs.

An onle survey nducted by HST volvg gay men and transgenr persons revealed that around 57% had been subject to the fear and mise of law unr Sectn 377, IPC at least once their lifetime varyg gre, wh 37% havg experienced victimizatn wh the last 12 months at the time of the survey. The rults showed that 2 5 LGBTQ persons had faced blackmail or know someone who has been a victim of blackmail sce the Supreme Court’s cisn to recrimalize homosexualy.

Sce then, there haven’t been exclively queer clubs or bars India, but the last , the queer rights movement has proliferated through the crevic of Mumbai’s homophobia. Such parti were prevly ually held suburban areas, far om the cy’s maland, bee prime party spots were tough als to crack, pecially bee of the wispread homophobia, and fear om Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co (IPC), brgg wh them hate crim and raids.

‘INTIFIED AS GAY’—MAKG UP QUEER MUNI AND SEXUAL SELV MUMBAI

One of the longt-nng onle queer support groups India sce 1998, Gay Bombay was also one of pneers to host private queer parti the cy’s clubs 2000. While queer and trans men have a multu of queer party optns to choose om, media pany and onle queer rource centre, Gaysi sought out to level the ground by anisg events for LBT femal Bombay sce 2007.

While the party is ually open to all the members of the muny, Gaysi rightfully sists that male atten mt e along wh at least one female pann. Apart om at Kty Su and Gaysi’s events, there’s a clear lack of trans and LBT folks at many of the clubs, mostly bee of the venue proprietor’s and predomantly gay muny’s phobic attu towards trans, femme folks.

Beg one of the most progrsive ci India, is known as the ‘Gay Capal of India’, and also hosts The Mumbai Queer Film Ftival known as ‘KASHISH’ every year May to celebrate LGBT cema. The Queer Pri Para Delhi is held every year, and is also the very first para to be held India, celebratg and honorg lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr and queers. From Central Park Connght Place to Neh Park, there are plenty of gay-iendly public garns where you n jt s back and have fun wh your loved one.