Originally Posted by
bhrubin
Surprisingly, we've had almost NO issues traveling in Muslim countries as gay men (and again, I'm Jewish raised). I LOVE Muslim countries. We don't flaunt our gayness, but we still kissed each other in public and didn't really worry about it--and no one really seemed to care (though I'm sure it might have surprised some). Sometimes, you get what you project, so we've found not worrying about it has played well for us no matter where we've traveled (even kissing in Red Square this past fall after their anti-gay propaganda law had passed). Staying in luxury accommodations and traveling with private guides also likely helped us in that regard. We rarely choose to avoid a country because of anti-gay feeling, though we are going to Rwanda in Dec instead of Uganda for obvious reasons.
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I have to say that in Muslim countries I wouldn't be openly affectionate even as an heterosexual. I do think we should all respect the culture and customs of the countries we visit. I shudder when I think of how I used to dress in Muslim countries when I first visited in my early 20s!