Gay Moroc: The experience is very different for Morocns and foreigners.

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• CHANGG PERCEPTNS OF WHAT IS LIKE TO BE GAY MOSW – ONE TOUR AT A TIME
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?
• ‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• GAY LIFE KOSOVO

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Censorship✖ Fe as punishmentNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog DiscrimatnAmbiguoMilary✖ Lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people bannedConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

CHANGG PERCEPTNS OF WHAT IS LIKE TO BE GAY MOSW – ONE TOUR AT A TIME

"Vari by RegnAlthough legal most of Rsia, Chechnya there is a facto crimalizatn of homosexualy and attacks agast homosexuals are nstantly ignored by the police. “Unr the new law, which still needs the approval of the upper hoe of parliament and Print Vladimir Put, any actn or rmatn that is nsired an attempt to promote homosexualy - whether public, onle, or films, books or advertisg - uld cur a heavy fe.

”Fe as punishmentIn 2013, Rsia troduced a law known as "for the Purpose of Protectg Children om Informatn Advotg for a Denial of Tradnal Fay Valu" (known worldwi as the "gay propaganda law") which prohibs the promotn of homosexual topics. Acrdg to the Rsian ernment, this law is aimed to "protect" children om beg exposed to homosexualy, sce go agast "tradnal fay valu.

Illegal some ntexts Homosexuals n be protected om cement to hatred and/or discrimatn on the basis of Articl 136 and 282 of the Crimal Co of the Rsian Feratn, albe directly;LGBT employment discrimatn Moskva? None of the documents nta any direct rtrictn or ban for homosexual people to adoIllegalRsian Print Vladimir Put signed a law on Wednday banng the adoptn of children by same-sex upl, as part of an creasgly nservative agenda the Kreml is pursug sce his return to power.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY … MOROC?

Current statSce Jul 1, 2003Lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned Major-General of Medil Service Valery Kulikov stated that "the new statute about ary and medil expertise om July 1, 2003 do not forbid people of non-standard sexual orientatn om servg the ary.

" Also, Febary of 2010, Prime Mister Vladimir Put stated an terview that gays are not banned om servg the Rsian armed forc. I’d like to break the stereotype and show my guts an credible si of the cy’s iendly LGBT life, wh s glamour, amazg drag shows, ol bars, hot men, ‘Rsian gay banyas [steam rooms]’ and more! By takg visors to some of Mosw’s most popular gay clubs, Alex says that he wants to change this perceptn wh tourists visg the pal cy.

‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA

Although data is hard to e by, Rsian human rights activists say there has been an crease the number of hate crim mted agast gay men particular sce the passg of a 2013 law to ban the spreadg of “propaganda for non-tradnal sexual relatns” to mors.

Homosexualy was a crimal offence Rsia until 1993, classified as a mental disorr until 1999 and the fluence of the nservative Orthodox Church – the head of which reportedly pared marriage equaly laws to those enacted Nazi Germany – has also helped create an environment where the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) Rsians are promised. In s 2017 LGBTI equaly x Rabow Europe, ILGA-Europe ranked Rsia as the send worst untry Europe (after Azerbaijan) for gay rights. A monument to the fallen Rsian soldiers of the battle for the siege of Plevna durg the Rso-Turkish War, the 1990s was also known as a hub for gay hook-ups, “when we didn’t have apps for that, ” Alex explas.

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

We will see how thgs will turn durg the World Cup, ” he says while walkg up the street to Mono Bar, a trendy gay nightclub Mosw.

Most recently, last month the gay health webse Parni Pl (Guys Pl) was blocked for “challengg fay valu”, as was the webse March.

The ‘gay propaganda’ law is about fosterg tolerance, and changg the way society views some of s most vulnerable members, ” said the global anti-censorship work IFEX last year. What is tly shockg, however, are the allegatns of the btal tentn, beatgs and torture of men perceived as gay or bisexual the southern Rsia republic of Chechnya, as tailed by a seri of 2017 reports published by the Rsian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. A rearch paper by Katja Sarajeva, who studied lbian spac the cy, observed that: “The gay clubs are populated by gay men and to a certa extent their heterosexual women iends which tends to make lbians visible even wh homosexual spac.

GAY LIFE KOSOVO

“If entreprenrs assume that gay men are terted party[g], drk[g] and sex they n easily translate this to a somewhat profable bs. However, ’s important to remember that Istanbul is pal of an Islamic untry; for all s liberal aspects, Turkey is chg s way closer to Middle Eastern valu daily, and this is havg a knock-on effect on LGBT rights Istanbul that gay travelers to the area should take to nsiratn.

Homosexualy is not illegal Turkey: between adults, same-sex sexual activy was ma legal the Ottoman Empire 1858, and sce morn Turkey’s foundatn 1923 has always been legal. However, there are some rather ambiguo bans the crimal on “offens agast public moraly” which n be terpreted agast LGBT people and homosexuals are banned om ary service. Currently, there are no anti-discrimatn laws Turkey that protect LGBT people om discrimatn the public sphere or employment, although opposn parti have tried to troduce bills providg legal protectn for gay and transgenr people.