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Contents:

• GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
• HO CHI MH GAY BARS & CLUBS
• "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS

This event, huge as might be, is only a part of a larger scene, where proment NGOs such as ISEE ph for acceptance and tolerance of LGBT general, and gays Vietnam particular through myriad workshops, talk shows, and onle events. The latt events have shown that the untry has gone through major chang om a homophobic society to a more tolerant one, allowg for a flourishg, albe still somewhat unrground, gay culture which has a fair share of unique perks and tras. Artifacts om the era suggted that Vietname at that time actively promoted sexual exploratn and sexual terurse, irrpective whether heterosexually or homosexually, to fd the perfect harmony wh nature, thereby promotg fertily and prospery to the lol muny.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

It is tertg to note that there was no nvictn of homosexualy the official rerd of the se, and seems homosexualy was not nsired a social crime at that time, as evinced other ntemporaneo rerds. After the war, the new socialist ernment did not ban homosexualy, but s lack of support for the upl, as well as overwhelmg support for fay value, created a new issue for gay muni.

Bee there was no official legislatn for them, lol thori found difficult to solve homosexual-related s, so homosexuals Vietnam found themselv a disadvantaged suatn whout legal protectn or regnn. The lols are very sensive wh touchg, even if you are openly gay, so make sure to ask before you touch someone.Except for a few openly gay people, most gays Vietnam would prefer some gree of secrecy, so do not expose their sexualy whout askg them firstVietname love a good round of beer, so if you want to relax wh your Vietname gay iends, head for a lol gay barDon’t show too much affectn for your gay boyiend/girliend public if they are not okay wh .

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

Acrdg to the Encyclopedia of Sexualy: In Vietnam, there has historilly been relatively ltle male homosexualy, although a few of the emperors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuri did mata male ncub. Ai Nam Ai Nu is the clost scriptive approximatn to what is meant ontologilly and behavrally by the Wtern term homosexualy, though, if one tak Ai as a verb, the term closer to "bisexual" behavr. As far as the prevailg sexual activi, mutual masturbatn and fellat, are ncerned, there do not appear to be any strongly veloped sense of playg a mascule or feme sexual role of the kd as is often found other societi where anal terurse is more prevalent and the ultimate objective of homosexual enunters.

Proschan (1998) has reported that although "gay" might be the only English word some of his rmants had known, they had embraced as their own and imbued wh meangs that diverge om those of Englishspeakers elsewhere: Vietname men today are fashng diverse ways of livg as men-who-love-men, drawg varly on endogeno tradns and inti as well as exogeno ncepts and practic, bg and rebg them, and at the same time nttg both cultural nventns that would nmn homosexualy as patible wh filial piety and metropolan notns that would sist there is only one way to be thentilly gay.

For Amerin soldiers, was risky to be volved homosexual activy, bee the army did not tolerate , and spected homosexuals were immediately given a dishonorable discharge (Taylor 1997). The ancient legal s of the Le Dynasty (1428-1787) and the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) tailed the penalti for crim such as heterosexual rape, asslt, adultery, and ct, but left homosexualy unmentned.

HO CHI MH GAY BARS & CLUBS

On the few ocsns when homosexual activi seem to have been punished, they had been treated as rape or as adultery (disregardg the fact that both partners were the same sex, and ncentratg stead on the fact that one or both were married to other partners). Although homosexualy or sodomy was not specifilly referred to anywhere morn Vietname crimal law, "sex buyg and sellg any form" was prohibed, as were more general and vague crim such as "unrmg public moraly. But Vietname thori uld fd legal basis for punishg homosexual behavr if they chose, bee crim such as "unrmg public moraly" uld be ed (as siar crim of "public cency" or "solicg" are the U.

On a raid on a gay sna party, Agence France Prse reported: "Thirty homosexual men have been arrted durg a raid by police on a fns center Vietnam's southern metropolis of Ho Chi Mh cy, officials said. The center, which opened earlier this year, has been popular among the cy's gay muny wh a reasonable entrance fee of only about three dollars, the state-owned Thanh Nien (Young People) daily said. AFP reported: "Outward discrimatn of the kd sometim found Wtern untri is rare Vietnam, possibly bee homosexualy do not yet exist as a firm ncept Vietnam and also bee a large gree of same-sex tactily is accepted as normal Southeast Asian cultur.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

Three hundred stunts om different junr and senr high schools across the cy took part the poll, wh close to half ditg that some school iends were gay, some s as many as 10 percent. The study also found that 80 percent of high school stunts Ho Chi Mh Cy do not thk homosexualy is bad, and that only 2 percent of stunts owned on peers upon fdg out their sexualy.

"In tth, homosexualy has never e up any of the meetgs anized by the school’s pedagogil board or pacy fosterg class I have attend, " Ms Mh said beg ially Teacher Vo Thi Ngoc Mh said "This was a lson on ‘Love’ the cizens tn urse. The plot is groundbreakg for this munist untry where sex is mentned only whispers, homosexualy is still largely nsired a disease, and the state tightly ntrols publishg and broadstg. The 10-episo story le is adapted om award-wng novel Mot The Gi Khong Co Dan Ba, or A World Whout Women, which took Vietnam by surprise 2000 when beme the first book to addrs gay issu a ser manner.

" Physil closens between men — walkg hand hand or stg wh arms draped around each other — is socially acceptable Vietname culture, but homosexualy is ranked by some as a "social evil" alongsi prostutn and dg abe. AFP reported: "Although relatively ee om discrimatn, some Vietname gays feel their existence is ignored rather than accepted Wh his pk lipstick, eye makp and black nail varnish, Ti prefers not to shake hands and stead rais his arm to the classic, cliched limp-wristed posn. The dramatic crease the number of openly gay men Ho Chi Mh Cy and Hanoi has sparked nsirable media tert, wh most newspapers labelg homosexuals as beg eher ill or victims of a current trend.