Hk gay bar 2017

We were there in November I am less proficient with uhm gay activities than you might think. And Oriol is an avid Grindr chatter. A good place to gauge how gay un friendly a place is, is Wikipedia. Governor Murray MacLehose from to privately supported gay rights but he and others felt gay the local community would not support decriminalisation.

Wikipedia always lists some key parameters to gauge the gay-friendliness of a place. This is the list in Barwhen I was in Hong Kong. We were in Hong Kong in November. So we missed the action. Or not. The law punishes subversion, collusion with foreign forces and terrorism with terms of up to life in prison.

Opposition did not dampen the excitement, spectators chanted, cheered and waved before the opening ceremony. This is a good idea because especially China is not very fond of the gays. The weekend after we left should have Hong Kong Pride with parade, but the parade was cancelled. The police — who had rejected the request for a permit in — did not have to this time.

While we were there, we met up with a Belgo-HK gay couple from Antwerp. Oriol knew them. They 2017 Central, with its many expacts, is more gay friendly than Kowloon. Queer people on Hong Kong Island dare to be more openly themselves there. We visited two bars.

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No corridor or extra entrance. A cosy place with cocktails and bears. Although its Instagram page shows more diversity. We went out on a Wednesday and both bars were fairly crowded for a weekday. At both places we were assigned a table. At Zoo Bar there was a birthday party, with the birthday boy not getting a cake, but a pig with a candle.

Such a party animal…. I also went on Grindr to find some local action.