Answer 1 of 11: Hello, I am a gay man his 20's and I will be stayg Mumbai for a year wh work om Augt. Do anybody have any advice about where gay Indians/ ex pats hang out? I'm maly lookg to make iends as I won't really know...
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- GAY BOMBAY
- A COLOURFUL LGBTQ GUI TO MUMBAI | © ARTCOLLI/YOUTUBE SRIVI NAMBIAR 05 OCTOBER 2016 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MUMBAI’S LGBTQ CROWD IS DYNAMIC AND VERY ACTIVE, YET MOSTLY UNRGROUND. WH HOMOSEXUALY STILL BEG CRIMALIZED INDIA, THE CY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO BEG SAFER FOR S LGBTQ MUNY. YET MUMBAI HAS A LARGE LGBTQ CROWD – ANIZG PARTI, FILM FTIVALS AND PARAS – WH SEVERAL OPENLY GAY FIGUR, CLUDG BOLLYWOOD CELEBRI. IN 2009, THE DELHI HIGH COURT REPEALED A LONIAL-ERA LAW WHICH CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUAL ACTS. THIS PROMPTED AN URGENTLY NEED YET SLOW SURGE PUBLIC STUTNS TERG SPECIFILLY TO LGBTQ CIZENS THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY, CLUDG MUMBAI. AZAAD BAZAAR, THE UNTRY’S FIRST LGBT PRI STORE OPENED BANDRA 2009, WHEREAS D’KLOSET, THE CY’S FIRST GAY FASHN STORE OPENED BANDRA 2010. YET, A MASSIVE BLOW, THE UNTRY’S SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RE-CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUALY 2013. AND, EVEN THOUGH SUPPORT FOR THE CRIMALIZATN OF HOMOSEXUALY HAS EMERGED OM ALL OVER THE UNTRY, CLUDG OM MISTERS OM THE CURRENT ERNMENT POWER, ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN SEEKG TO REVERSE THE URT’S CISN SCE. VIEW ALL TRIPS TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE SPA CROATIA ECUADOR ICELAND EGYPT INDIA TURKEY MOROC JAPAN SOUTH AI MEXI BALI THAILAND REGARDLS, MUMBAI IS A CY MTED TO CREATG SAFE SPAC FOR S LGBTQ MUNY. THE CY STILL LACKS OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED GAY BARS OR CLUBS. HOWEVER, QUE A FEW BARS AND PUBS ACROSS THE CY HOST SPECIAL THEMED NIGHTS. KTY SU ANDHERI AND LIQUID LOUNGE VERSOVA ARE AMONG THE FEW WHICH EQUENTLY FEATURE THEMED NIGHTS SPECIALLY TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP THE CY’S PRI PARA IS AMONG THE UNTRY’S MOST VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC. HAVG FEATURED MOVIE SCREENGS, FLASH MOB, PLAYS, MEET-THE-THOR PROGRAMS, DRAG SHOWS AND STREET PERFORMANC THE PAST, EVERY YEAR THE QUEER AZAADI MUMBAI PRI MARCH SE THOANDS OF QUEER DIVIDUALS TAKE PART AND WALK TO MAND AND ASSERT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS OF EQUALY THE EY OF LAW AND SOCIETY. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. THE KASHISH MUMBAI INTERNATNAL QUEER FILM FTIVAL IS AMONG THE CY’S MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL EVENTS. STARTED 2010 AFTER THE DELHI HIGH COURT LG, KASHISH SCREENS FEATUR, SHORT FILMS, DOCUMENTARI, AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS THAT HIGHLIGHT GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS AND STORI. WH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATN OF BOLLYWOOD AND A STELLAR TURNOUT EVERY YEAR, KASHISH IS ONE OF THE BT CELEBRATNS OF CEMA THE CY. GAY BOMBAY, AN LGBT GROUP THAT WAS FOUND 1998, HAS A LARGE FOLLOWG AND REGULARLY HOSTS PARTI AND MEETUPS THE CY. THEY EVEN HOST FILM SCREENGS, AS WELL AS PIICS AND TREKS OUT OF THE CY. SALVATN STAR IS ANOTHER SUCH GROUP WHICH HOSTS GLOR, WELL-ATTEND PARTI, MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS FOR THE CY’S LGBT CROWD. QUEER INK, THE UNTRY’S FIRST LGBTQIH ONLE BOOKSTORE, ALSO HAS A SMALL BOOKSTORE ANDHERI. THE STORE IS HOED WH THE OFFICE OF THE HUMSAFAR TST, INDIA’S FIRST LGBT MUNY-BASED ANIZATN WORKG AREAS OF HEALTH, ADVOCY, PACY BUILDG AND REARCH. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
- GAY : MUMBAI – A LGBTQ+ TRAVEL GUI
- GAY SNA/PUBS INDIA - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
- GAY DATG MUMBAI
- GAY MUMBAI TRAVEL GUI
- GAY MUMBAI
- GAY BOMBAY: GLOBALIZATN, LOVE AND (BE)LONGG CONTEMPORARY INDIA
- GAY MUMBAI - MUMBAI FOM
- GAY BOMBAY: HOW HAS INDIA'S SEXUAL LANDSPE CHANGED?
- GAY MUMBAI BARS, SERVIC AND HOTELS
- GAY BOMBAYGAY SUPPORT GROUP AND EVENT ANISER.MUMBAIMENUHOTELSBARS & CLUBSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY BOMBAY
- ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
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A prehensive LGBT+ Travel Gui for gay travellers visg Mumbai. Inclus Gay Events & Bars Mumbai, gay-iendly hotels, thgs to do and more. * gay bombay india *
Gay Bombay’s signature event “Makar Sankranti Rabow K Flyg Event” returns this month The GB ke flyg event is a vibrant open air public queer event where members and alli set rabow k soarg … More.
Wh homosexualy still beg crimalized India, the cy has a long way to go to beg safer for s LGBTQ muny. Yet Mumbai has a large LGBTQ crowd – anizg parti, film ftivals and paras – wh several openly gay figur, cludg Bollywood celebri. In 2009, the Delhi High Court repealed a lonial-era law which crimalized homosexual acts.
A COLOURFUL LGBTQ GUI TO MUMBAI | © ARTCOLLI/YOUTUBE SRIVI NAMBIAR 05 OCTOBER 2016 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MUMBAI’S LGBTQ CROWD IS DYNAMIC AND VERY ACTIVE, YET MOSTLY UNRGROUND. WH HOMOSEXUALY STILL BEG CRIMALIZED INDIA, THE CY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO BEG SAFER FOR S LGBTQ MUNY. YET MUMBAI HAS A LARGE LGBTQ CROWD – ANIZG PARTI, FILM FTIVALS AND PARAS – WH SEVERAL OPENLY GAY FIGUR, CLUDG BOLLYWOOD CELEBRI. IN 2009, THE DELHI HIGH COURT REPEALED A LONIAL-ERA LAW WHICH CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUAL ACTS. THIS PROMPTED AN URGENTLY NEED YET SLOW SURGE PUBLIC STUTNS TERG SPECIFILLY TO LGBTQ CIZENS THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY, CLUDG MUMBAI. AZAAD BAZAAR, THE UNTRY’S FIRST LGBT PRI STORE OPENED BANDRA 2009, WHEREAS D’KLOSET, THE CY’S FIRST GAY FASHN STORE OPENED BANDRA 2010. YET, A MASSIVE BLOW, THE UNTRY’S SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RE-CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUALY 2013. AND, EVEN THOUGH SUPPORT FOR THE CRIMALIZATN OF HOMOSEXUALY HAS EMERGED OM ALL OVER THE UNTRY, CLUDG OM MISTERS OM THE CURRENT ERNMENT POWER, ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN SEEKG TO REVERSE THE URT’S CISN SCE. VIEW ALL TRIPS TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE SPA CROATIA ECUADOR ICELAND EGYPT INDIA TURKEY MOROC JAPAN SOUTH AI MEXI BALI THAILAND REGARDLS, MUMBAI IS A CY MTED TO CREATG SAFE SPAC FOR S LGBTQ MUNY. THE CY STILL LACKS OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED GAY BARS OR CLUBS. HOWEVER, QUE A FEW BARS AND PUBS ACROSS THE CY HOST SPECIAL THEMED NIGHTS. KTY SU ANDHERI AND LIQUID LOUNGE VERSOVA ARE AMONG THE FEW WHICH EQUENTLY FEATURE THEMED NIGHTS SPECIALLY TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP THE CY’S PRI PARA IS AMONG THE UNTRY’S MOST VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC. HAVG FEATURED MOVIE SCREENGS, FLASH MOB, PLAYS, MEET-THE-THOR PROGRAMS, DRAG SHOWS AND STREET PERFORMANC THE PAST, EVERY YEAR THE QUEER AZAADI MUMBAI PRI MARCH SE THOANDS OF QUEER DIVIDUALS TAKE PART AND WALK TO MAND AND ASSERT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS OF EQUALY THE EY OF LAW AND SOCIETY. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. THE KASHISH MUMBAI INTERNATNAL QUEER FILM FTIVAL IS AMONG THE CY’S MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL EVENTS. STARTED 2010 AFTER THE DELHI HIGH COURT LG, KASHISH SCREENS FEATUR, SHORT FILMS, DOCUMENTARI, AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS THAT HIGHLIGHT GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS AND STORI. WH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATN OF BOLLYWOOD AND A STELLAR TURNOUT EVERY YEAR, KASHISH IS ONE OF THE BT CELEBRATNS OF CEMA THE CY. GAY BOMBAY, AN LGBT GROUP THAT WAS FOUND 1998, HAS A LARGE FOLLOWG AND REGULARLY HOSTS PARTI AND MEETUPS THE CY. THEY EVEN HOST FILM SCREENGS, AS WELL AS PIICS AND TREKS OUT OF THE CY. SALVATN STAR IS ANOTHER SUCH GROUP WHICH HOSTS GLOR, WELL-ATTEND PARTI, MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS FOR THE CY’S LGBT CROWD. QUEER INK, THE UNTRY’S FIRST LGBTQIH ONLE BOOKSTORE, ALSO HAS A SMALL BOOKSTORE ANDHERI. THE STORE IS HOED WH THE OFFICE OF THE HUMSAFAR TST, INDIA’S FIRST LGBT MUNY-BASED ANIZATN WORKG AREAS OF HEALTH, ADVOCY, PACY BUILDG AND REARCH. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * gay bombay india *
Azaad Bazaar, the untry’s first LGBT pri store opened Bandra 2009, whereas D’Kloset, the cy’s first gay fashn store opened Bandra 2010. Yet, a massive blow, the untry’s Supreme Court of India re-crimalized homosexualy 2013.
And, even though support for the crimalizatn of homosexualy has emerged om all over the untry, cludg om Misters om the current ernment power, activists have been seekg to reverse the urt’s cisn sce.
The cy still lacks officially acknowledged gay bars or clubs.
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Started 2010 after the Delhi High Court lg, KASHISH screens featur, short films, documentari, and experimental films that highlight gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr characters and stori.
Gay Bombay, an LGBT group that was found 1998, has a large followg and regularly hosts parti and meetups the cy.
We learnt that followg the historic 2018 cisn to crimalise homosexualy India, the gay scene Mumbai is fact on the rise. We certaly hadn’t heard of any ht of a gay scene the lik of Jaipur, Varanasi, or even Goa!
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Mumbai Maharashtra India gay and lbian travel rourc by Utopia Asia. Comprehensive liftyle rmatn and gui to hotels, acmodatn, gutho, bars, diss, karaoke clubs, snas, spas, massage, rtrants, art galleri, shops, bs, books, homosexual news, msage personals, queer and HIV AIDS anizatns. * gay bombay india *
Asis om the gay scene, she is a paradoxil cy.
You’ll fd a list of gay-iendly hotels and bars and our top tips as an LGBT uple Mumbai. Thankfully, September 2018, a historic cisn, saw acts of homosexualy crimalised India.
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Gay marriage and same-sex adoptn are currently unr review by the India law missn.
The gay ‘scene’, once ncealed to the unrworld, is slowly beg accepted both socially and polilly, wh regular events poppg up around the cy. The legal uncertati of the past two s meant that until recently, gay bars & events Mumbai were kept hidn unrground.
While you won’t fd a thrivg gay scene like London or Bangkok, there are several LGBT centred events Mumbai. Here are some rourc that will help you plan a fun-filled gay night out the cy.
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Wh ethnography, text analysis, historil document analysis, and memoir, Parmh Shahani provis perspectiv on what means to be a gay man Bombay. * gay bombay india *
Gay Bombay: A platform created by gay men for gay men. Gay Bombay is a safe space for like-md people to nnect and share experienc.
They also anise regular gay-meets and events, cludg club nights at Invcible Boudoir & Jard – Aptly anagrammed as Invcible BJ!
It was the first event sce homosexualy got crimalised (aga!
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While there are no specific gay hotels Mumbai, most will happily wele LGBT+ travellers. The hotels, by reliable rourc, are acclaimed to be gay-iendly.
GAY BOMBAY: GLOBALIZATN, LOVE AND (BE)LONGG CONTEMPORARY INDIA
When he left India the 1970s, Zareer Masani nsired himself to be a sexual migrant, fleeg a untry where beg gay was – and technilly still is – a crime. But, on a recent trip home, he disvered that, while legal battl simmer, attus are fally changg * gay bombay india *
To see all the bt sights of Mumbai wh a gay and lol gui, check out India Gay Travel Buddy. For now, this service is for gay men only. While Mumbai is relatively safe for gay travellers, naturally there are some thgs to be aware of when enjoyg your time the cy.
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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. Gay travellers Mumbai may wish to rea om public displays of affectn to avoid unwanted attentn.
GAY BOMBAY: HOW HAS INDIA'S SEXUAL LANDSPE CHANGED?
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Siarly, navigatg certa hashtags on Instagram such as #lgbteventsdia or #gaymumbai n help you lote all thgs LGBT near you. Well, that nclus Gay : Mumbai – A LGBTQ+ Travel Gui.
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For travelers to India, there is a general perceptn that India is closed to Gay travelers, the untry is largely nservative however the bigger ci like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore are more acceptg of gay people. Delhi has some good gay sna's (of urse the are no where close the large morn sna's Europe / Thailand, but atleast a begng has been ma). I fd Delhi the most gay iendly after the Delhi High Court passed a judgment strikg the Sectn 377.
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The bt gay sna is Spartac (they have a webse too) and is que happeng on Fri / Sat. The other gay massage jot is Kalpkaya South Delhi - East of Kailash ( you n google out) this is not as nice as Spartac but like they say ' change is the spice of life' rather than visg the same sna everyday, you uld try this one.
On Tue the pegsnpts offers a good night a gay nightclub each tue for the longt time but I gus there mt be many more that has e up now. Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.
You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File PhotoLIMA, July 21 (Rters) - A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated. Reprentativ of the office were not immediately available for is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.
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However, 61% disapproved of gay people public Lima urt orred the rerds office to "proceed wh the registratn" of the woman's marriage, the Superr Court of Jtice of Lima said on urt clared "applible" an article of the Pevian Civil Co of 1984 on the fay, which refers to marriage as the voluntary unn between man and is likely that an appeal agast the lg will be 2020, a gay uple took Pe to the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights after they lost a bid for regnn of their Mexin marriage the time, the nstutnal urt led that the civil registry of Pe only regniz the marriage between a man and a untri South Ameri, cludg Argenta, Uguay, Brazil and Colombia, have legalized gay marriage recent years. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).
However, many lol gay hotspots aren’t published so ’s bt to do some rearch before travelg here.
There are several webs and sourc onle where you n disver any upg gay parti or events. Sce 2010, the film ftival screens gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer films om India and around the world.