Global escorting concerns?

[guru68]

No doubt this has already been discussed (though I did do some searching, at least), but are certain regions such as a Middle East more problematic for escorts (and clients)? Obviously places like North Korea and active warzones are a non-starter, but what about regions where the laws are decidedly gay-unfriendly?

[+ keroscenefire]

One of the biggest places where you can get in trouble is the United Arab Emirates. LGBT rights are very limited and the government has been known to prosecute foreigners. There have even been cases of foreigners getting arrested for simply like putting a hand on another man's leg. Now there are a lot of escort ads in Dubai (9 pages on RM!) so clearly it happens, but I would be very careful if I were visiting. Though personally, UAE's anti-gay policies really make me not want to visit at all.

[+ Pensant]

One of the biggest places where you can get in trouble is the United Arab Emirates. LGBT rights are very limited and the government has been known to prosecute foreigners. There have even been cases of foreigners getting arrested for simply like putting a hand on another man's leg. Now there are a lot of escort ads in Dubai (9 pages on RM!) so clearly it happens, but I would be very careful if I were visiting. Though personally, UAE's anti-gay policies really make me not want to visit at all.

Agreed. I don’t get the allure of a giant desert shopping mall with garish architecture and hostile laws. I’ll take the Adriatic Coast any day!

[+ keroscenefire]

Agreed. I don’t get the allure of a giant desert shopping mall with garish architecture and hostile laws. I’ll take the Adriatic Coast any day!

 

I've known a couple people who ended up in UAE briefly for work. None of them really liked it. It sounds like this really fake world of hotel bars and shopping malls. If you're a single woman or a gay man you can pretty much be harassed and detained at will. One of my best girlfriends lived there briefly with her fiancee (now husband) and she literally had to get written permission from him to leave the hotel complex they lived in. And there were storekeepers that would like harass her for going out without her husband. And they heavily monitor and censor the Internet as well. I would be very careful about using any kind of dating apps or escort web sites. The whole thing sounds really sketch and not worth the stress of it all.