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Gay Friendly Guide • DUBAI | What to See, Where to Stay, Leading Gay Bars and Restaurants | LGBT

World Mappers
Apr 13, 2023
11 min read

Updated: Feb 3, 2024

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IS DUBAI REALLY GAY FRIENDLY?

In a country where creature gay is illegal, there are obviously no hotels committed to the LGBT community. Nonetheless, Dubai has some of the best luxury hotels in the world, known for their avant-garde décor, spectacular infinity pools, fine dining restaurants and fantastic spa experiences. Male or female couples (even if with less problems) sharing a bed are prohibited. While the Sharia police will not raid your hotel rooms, many hotels tend to automatically assign a room with separate beds or will combine an extra bed without your information. However, most international luxury brands authorize gay couples to share beds, as long as this is done w

How can a feeling of belonging be forged in a setting where one’s existence is forbidden? That is the question that LSE’s Dr Centner and his co-author Harvard’s Manoel Pereira Neto explore in their groundbreaking research into Dubai’s expatriate lgbtq+ men’s nightlife.

But it was not an easy topic to research. Dr Centner explains: “It's an illegal, or criminalised, identity and put of behaviours and practices, so in a very general sense, it's a taboo. And taboo subjects are very often under-researched, sometimes because people possess a hard occasion gaining access, gaining that trust, but also because, even if people acquire that access, there could be significant repercussions for themselves as researchers, or for the people who are the research participants.

“As two queer researchers, we were able to enter the worlds of relatively privileged Western gay expatriates. Secrecy is often the norm, but the field was familiar to us, through previous visits and research projects.”

These were indeed ‘parties’ ...[but] not bars identified as queer . Not a unpartnered venue’s webpage uses the word ‘gay’ or related euphemisms, nor do they hint at targeting
Jack Kenworthy( Queer Travel Expert )
Queer travel expert Jack Kenworthy turns 250+ city adventures into your guide for safe, vibrant, and inclusively fabulous global journeys.
Dubai is a magnificent experimentation in combing intense Islamic traditions with a ruthlessly futuristic vision, all amidst an exquisitely desolate desert landscape.
Dubai is sleek rooftop terraces, vast shopping complexes, a world-class skyline, lavish infinity pools, scorching beach clubs and, well, just an excessive amount of wealth and gold. Many would argue this grand experiment has been a supreme success, but for the LGBT community, this leap into modernity is very much a facade.
So let’s be clear here…
As forward-looking and multi-culturally diverse as Dubai is, the absolute monarchy rulers here are definitely cherry-picking which parts of progress and modernity they desire to embrace. In Dubai, and across the United Arab Emirates, it is still illegal to be gay.
As Islamic Sharia Law is applied, all sexual relations outside of a heterosexual marriage are considered a crime. The maximum penalty for a person convicted of homosexuality is ten years i

Dubai Gay-Friendly Bars
Dubai has no gay bars, as you may have assumed. It does, however, have an underground gay scene centred around private parties. That being said, there are a number of gay-friendly bars. Just be mindful that public displays of affection are ill-advised in Dubai, for both homosexual and straight couples.
Dubai Gay-Friendly Bars
Level 43,Four Points by Sheraton - Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Although not a gay bar - there aren't any, it's Dubai - Level 43 Sky Lounge is a very Westernized drinking exposure. Located in Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road, you'll be greeted with panoramic views of Dubai. The cocktail list is excellent. Most of the drinkers and staff are international.
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Grosvenor House Dubai, Al Emreef Street, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Located on the 44th floor of the Grosvenor Hotel, Bar 44 is very chic. It's the kind of place where you mak