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Contents:

• DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BAHRA
• BAHRA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• BAHRA ARRTS 200 MEN AT GAY PARTY - NEWSPAPERS
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI

I'm gay however and sort of worried about my safety Bahra. Is Bahra safe for gay people?

Bahrai opns on Homosexualy.

First there was backlash om people on social media ed when the US embassy hoisted a pri flag their plex, wh thoands of tweets and posts tagged #البحرين_ترفض_الشذوذ (Bahra rejects homosexualy) trendg even today. Through a haze of shisha smoke and somewhat stiflg sexual stigma, the Arab world unveils an unexpected realm of possibili for trepid gay travellers. If you n five the state-approved homophobia and are willg to act wh discretn while out and about, the Arab untri n reem themselv a thoand and one different ways, om the ancient centre of Petra to the glterg ephets of Bahra and to the serts beyond.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BAHRA

While by and large closeted kgdoms, the handful of gay clubs the progrsive cy of Beit n allow you to be your te self, while the luxury ternatnal hotels across the regn n ensure your privacy is rpected. Jo as we track the 5 most gay-iendly Arab untri. Wh so much do see and do, Mt is bt seen by tour b, allowg you to hop off at untls mms, the Sultan’s Palace and the Mutrah Corniche wateront, before venturg further afield on day trips to the beach and turtle-filled lagoons for divg and of the slightly more tolerant untri the regn, Oman is said to have once had s own gay sultan – Sultan Qaboos b Said al Said – although the state prs is quick to ny this as a pric mour!

Neverthels, the unofficial gossip is that the former sultan leads a lavish gay liftyle wh his palace, divorced om his wife and enjoyg the ocsnal English lover. Much the way of the Sultan, gay life here is to be led unrground, due to the heavy penalti for homosexualy.

In realy, the laws are rarely upheld except high-profile s, however, and gay Oman remas a perfectly safe place to | Photo: Katera KerdiPetra, particular, is the crowng glory of Jordan, protected wh sandstone cliffs and offerg an unrivalled llectn of monuments, cludg the fg Siq to the Treasury on an ethereal sert se of red rock and dun known as Wadi Rum2. Now you, avid explorer of gay Arab worlds, get to see the antiqui all their majty, movg om Roman Amphheatre to Csar stle wh a samplg of early Christian art along the way.

BAHRA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

Jordan crimalised homophobia as early as 1951 and while there remas social stigma and ‘public moraly’ laws that hr LGBTQ+ eedoms, gay Jordan gas tractn thanks to s unrground gay muny (most active on Grdr!

BAHRA ARRTS 200 MEN AT GAY PARTY - NEWSPAPERS

) and annual events such as the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Gay Bahra legalised homosexualy 1976 though this means ltle as an LGBTQ crackdown is still force targetg those that supposedly vlate “public cency”, as Jordan. Tunisian society is viewed posively among the Arab gay muny for s LGBT progrs, as the base for anisatns such as ‘Mawjoud’ which mpaigns for LGBTQ mory rights.

On paper, Tunisian law still stat that homosexualy is illegal, yet wh an openly-gay printial ndidate recently nng and ongog activism, ’s lookg more and more likely crimalisatn will e. In a strange twist, one gay marriage beme legally regnised Tunisia and though that don’t say much for society as a whole, ’s a small w for gay Tunisia.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

A clear wner for s LGBTQ eedoms, Lebanon is also hard to beat for s lively gay scene and diversy of spir. Avoid the occurrenc and Lebanon will she, thanks to s fantastic beach rorts not far om the pal as well as s mounta vistas, ancient s and more, all urteoly attend by kdly Lebane social stigma rgs te and the ft array of Arabian gays is likely to be found onle (hello Grdr, my old iend) gay Lebanon is perhaps one of the few Arab natns where a tentative gay scene tak shape real life.

As well as hostg the regn’s largt gay club, POSH, where gay Arabs and ternatnals n fally dance together whout fear of persecutn, gay Beit also hosts annual queer events such as the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia and Beit Pri. By The Numbers42% Of Bahrai people said that homosexualy is not jtifiable.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

18% Of Bahrai people don't want to live next to homosexual neighborsHistoryHomosexual activy Bahra? Homosexual activy Bahra is legal. Current statSce Mar 20, 1976Legal Bahra may nsir homosexualy as "immoral", although homosexual activy is not explicly illegal.

However there has been documented s of arrts beg ma towards homosexual people on virtue of them beg homosexualsAmbiguoNot technilly illegal. UnregnizedNo such laws outlawg or crimalizg gay upl.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Homosexualy remas a crime and the ernment has perdilly ported expatriat livg the natn for their sexual orientatn. Homosexualy has been nsired illegal Bahra sce 1956 when, as part of the Brish Empire, was given the Indian Penal Co.

The subject of homosexualy Bahra is rarely discsed the newspapers, although is not a forbidn topic. Stat of Homosexualy: Illegal. Bahra has a LGBT+ travel rank of 133 wh a total gay travel sre of 30.