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Gay friendly muslim countries
Discover our selection of the most welcoming Arab countries for gay travellers: Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia and Lebanon.
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Our list of the most queer friendly Arab countries based on our first-hand experience traveling in each, contrasted against their respective LGBTQ laws. Being openly gay in the Arab world is certainly not an easy feat.
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These 10 Muslim countries are few of the many where being gay is not a crime.
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They do — and for many of them, the attitudes of family and society are a much bigger problem than the fear of being persecuted. When the US supreme court ruled in favour of same-sex marriage last year, the White House welcomed it with rainbow-coloured lights and many people celebrated by adding a rainbow tint to their Facebook profile.
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Within the Muslim world, sentiment towards LGBTQ people varies and has varied between societies and individual Muslims. [1][2][3][4] While colloquial and in many cases de facto official acceptance of at least some homosexual behavior was common in place in pre-modern periods, later developments, starting from the 19th century, have created a predominantly hostile environment for LGBTQ people.
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Through a haze of shisha smoke and somewhat stifling sexual stigma, the Arab world unveils an unexpected realm of possibilities for intrepid gay travellers. If you can forgive the state-approved homophobia and are willing to act with discretion while out and about, the Arab countries can redeem themselves in a thousand and one different ways, from the ancient centre of Petra to the glittering epithets of Bahrain and into the deserts beyond.
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And in the Muslim-majority countries of Mauritania, Nigeria, Brunei, Yemen, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, practicing homosexuality is subject to capital punishment under the law. In Egypt, homosexual acts are illegal, and gay marriage is banned.
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When Tugay realised he was gay, he tried to erase his sexuality with an extreme form of his religion. Sitting in my bedroom alone, a wave of fear washed over me.
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The historical study of female and male homosexuality in the countries of the Arab-Muslim world shows a vision that differs in many ways from the Western one. More subversive, the forms of homosexuality in the region during the pre-colonial period did not conform to the dichotomy between heterosexuality and homosexuality characteristic of the West.
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A strong global movement has improved respect for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT people around the world. However, at least 67 countries have national laws criminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults.
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