Peril, privilege, and queer forts: The nocturnal performative geographi of expatriate gay men Dubai - ScienceDirect

Contents:

• CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?
• DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)
• THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW
• HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• ONE OF THE MOST ANTI-GAY UNTRI IS ABOUT TO HOST A NFERENCE ON LGBTQ RIGHTS
• PERIL, PRIVILEGE, AND QUEER FORTS: THE NOCTURNAL PERFORMATIVE GEOGRAPHI OF EXPATRIATE GAY MEN DUBAI
• GAY DUBAI

CAN I BE GAY DUBAI?

As every untry, there are plenty of gay people Dubai, is more a qutn of how openly you n be gay Dubai. There are no LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr) rights any of the Uned Arab Emirat. Knowledgeable expats Dubai remend that Gay upl should not even risk old hands public.

This means that the more ual punishments for beg gay – beatgs, prolonged imprisonment, flogggs, torture, and chemil stratn – would be nsired to be gettg off lightly. Back 2013 they discsed troducg some form of ttg to prevent gay foreigners om enterg any of those untri. They only dropped the proposal bee they feared a ntroversy that might rail the 2022 FIFA World Cup , no: not a gay-iendly regn.

DUBAI: GAY TRAVEL ADVICE (OM A LOL)

There are no gay bars Dubai, but you n rt assured that there is a high gay-quotient every trendy bar. Gay marriage is not regnized Dubai, no matter how married you may be your home untry. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ State-enforcedNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

THE UAE'S POSN ON GAY RIGHTS IS ACTUALLY SURPRISGLY PROGRSIVE – AND I SHOULD KNOW

HistoryHomosexual activy Dubai ?Homosexual activy Dubai is illegal (ath penalty as punishment).Illegal (ath penalty as punishment) Homosexualy is punishable by ath this regn.Same-sex marriage Dubai ?Same-sex marriage Dubai is unregnized.Censorship of LGBT Issu Dubai ?Censorship of LGBT Issu Dubai is state-enforced.Right to change legal genr Dubai ?Right to change legal genr Dubai is illegal.Illegal Only allow sex change surgery if there is an unclear sex. Do not regnize genr inty.Legal regnn of non-bary genr Dubai ?Legal regnn of non-bary genr Dubai is unknown.LGBT discrimatn Dubai ?LGBT discrimatn Dubai is no protectns.LGBT employment discrimatn Dubai ?LGBT employment discrimatn Dubai is no protectns.LGBT hog discrimatn Dubai ?LGBT hog discrimatn Dubai is no protectns.Same-sex adoptn Dubai ?Same-sex adoptn Dubai is sgle only.Sgle only No laws for same sex upl.Servg openly ary Dubai ?Servg openly ary Dubai is unknown.Blood donatns by MSMs Dubai ?Blood donatns by MSMs Dubai is banned (fe ferral).Banned (fe ferral) Blood donatns In Dubai for MSM is banned (fe ferral).Conversn therapy Dubai ?Conversn therapy Dubai is not banned.Not banned No rmatn.Equal age of nsent Dubai ?Equal age of nsent Dubai is n/a.N/A Set age of nsent but homosexualy is illegal.

Homosexualy is not jt a taboo subject Dubai – s strictly forbidn and punishable by law. Many LGBT dividuals may chose to vis Dubai or the UAE but is extremely important to be rmed of the nsequenc of beg openly gay this regn. Although one should never have to hi who they are, ’s the only way to travel safely the UAE if you are gay.

Wh harsh and discrimatory laws nmng homosexualy and promotg homophobia the name of relign, one mt nsir the risks que refully. There is a vibrant unrground gay scene Dubai even though beg gay is a punishable offence. If you know the right people and the right plac, one n enjoy the gay scene to a certa extent.

HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

There are no official gay clubs, but lotns of unofficial gay clubs circulate on the Inter and men gather wh ltle fear of the nsequenc. Some claim that the police will simply disperse crowds if a gay club is bted, but other people are fearful that the suatn might be worse. When the police fd out about gay iendly clubs they get shut down fast, people get ported and punishments are likely imposed.

There are stori of fundamentalists chattg onle and meetg up wh gay men and subsequently threateng to report them to the police.

There have been a few wispread reports regardg the nmnatn of homosexual behavr Dubai and the UAE. Reports claim that punishment for homosexualy n range om 10 years prison, f, portatn and even the ath penalty.

ONE OF THE MOST ANTI-GAY UNTRI IS ABOUT TO HOST A NFERENCE ON LGBTQ RIGHTS

The cint arose out of allegatns that the Sheikh ma homosexual advanc to Orsi. Bee the mentaly the UAE is that homosexual men need to be terred om homosexual activy, hormone treatments were required.

The treatments were jtified based on the social impact of homosexualy and risk for society. Eleven of the men nfsed to practicg homosexualy and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for homosexualy, and an addnal year for obsceny. Hormone therapy is nsired a eful treatment to al wh the ‘homosexual problem’ Dubai.

The topic has been regularly ignored nsirg the taboo nature of homosexualy Mlim untri. Kafkaque claims he was disuraged by the police om prsg charg and even faced the possibily of beg charged wh crimal homosexual activy himself.

PERIL, PRIVILEGE, AND QUEER FORTS: THE NOCTURNAL PERFORMATIVE GEOGRAPHI OF EXPATRIATE GAY MEN DUBAI

The law provis that foreigners wh HIV or foreigners who have mted homosexual actns are to be ported, or so seems.

GAY DUBAI

What is apparent though, is that there have been var s over the last 5 or so years that monstrate harsher treatment for foreigners and crimalizatn of homosexualy. Homosexualy has a grave impact on a society where relig books nmn homosexual behavr for beg immoral and agast human nature. While is clearly a vlatn of human rights to crimalize homosexualy and promote discrimatn, there is a fe le between the right to be yourself and the importance of rpectg other people’s cultur.