The disgusting escort market in Morocco

[PeterRS]

On 12/22/2019 at 4:22 PM, pong said:

so do not believe all those cadinot movies are still the way it goes on there.

For better behaved and a tad more honest (but not 100%) maghreb guys go to France.

Many, especially in Asia, may not know the reference to cadinot. Jean Daniel Cadinot was almost an icon of full-length gay sex movies shot in 16mm in France from the mid-1970s to roughy early 1990s. Of the more than 50 he produced, I recall at least two - if not more - were made in north Africa. While including some very handsome young guys, his videos placed an emphasis on story-line. Pics of some of his material can be found here -

https://www.cadinot.fr/en

[PeterRS]

Earlier in the thread I just noticed a few posts starting with one asking: why take the risk of visiting certain countries where homosexuality is illegal, especially Muslim countries?

Those of a certain generation had no qualms about finding gay sex in many countries in Asia, just as they had in North Africa for many decades. Yet a good number of them had anti-gay legislation on their books - Singapore (repealed only in the last few years), Malaysia (still in existence), Hong Kong (repealed in 1990), Taiwan (only after martial law ended in 1987 did gay sex eventually become legal), South Korea (where martial law continued till 1992), China (decriminalised in 1997 and removed from the list of psychiatric illnesses in 2001), and Japan where there were major social sanctions rather than legal ones.

Virtually all of those countries annually jailed some citizens for engaging in gay sex until their laws were repealed. Yet that did not stop a large number of citizens and visitors from engaging in gay sex - for which I remain extremely grateful. I had a ball during those years.

Gay sex all but thrived in Hong Kong and to a considerable extent around the region during my early years there from 1979, despite in Hong Kong the possibility of a jail sentence of between 2 and 3 years. The watchword was relative discretion. Yet as eventually revealed in a major Report, a Chief Justice, senior police officers (all British) and other senior government officials were all bascially gay and had Chinese boyfriends/lovers.

I have no eperience of North Africa other than one trip to Marrakesch and Agadir in 1972. But the Muslim world in particular has changed much since then, the more so after the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran in 1979. I  have to leave others to comment on that as some have done above.

[young11]

22 hours ago, PeterRS said:

Earlier in the thread I just noticed a few posts starting with one asking: why take the risk of visiting certain countries where homosexuality is illegal, especially Muslim countries?

Those of a certain generation had no qualms about finding gay sex in many countries in Asia, just as they had in North Africa for many decades. Yet a good number of them had anti-gay legislation on their books - Singapore (repealed only in the last few years), Malaysia (still in existence), Hong Kong (repealed in 1990), Taiwan (only after martial law ended in 1987 did gay sex eventually become legal), South Korea (where martial law continued till 1992), China (decriminalised in 1997 and removed from the list of psychiatric illnesses in 2001), and Japan where there were major social sanctions rather than legal ones.

Virtually all of those countries annually jailed some citizens for engaging in gay sex until their laws were repealed. Yet that did not stop a large number of citizens and visitors from engaging in gay sex - for which I remain extremely grateful. I had a ball during those years.

Gay sex all but thrived in Hong Kong and to a considerable extent around the region during my early years there from 1979, despite in Hong Kong the possibility of a jail sentence of between 2 and 3 years. The watchword was relative discretion. Yet as eventually revealed in a major Report, a Chief Justice, senior police officers (all British) and other senior government officials were all bascially gay and had Chinese boyfriends/lovers.

I have no eperience of North Africa other than one trip to Marrakesch and Agadir in 1972. But the Muslim world in particular has changed much since then, the more so after the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran in 1979. I  have to leave others to comment on that as some have done above.

I am not sure how the Muslim world changed in the last 50 years but as of now, many "straight" men are up for some fun as long as they are a top. It seems the sexuality boundary for them is really blurry. If one is into a straight acting and looking men, I doubt anywhere else in the world offers a better place than the MENA region. That could be a big reason, so hard to compare to Asia before.

[BangkokDreamer]

I had a great time in the Hamman that I went to in Marrakech. The guy was delicious.

[floridarob]

6 hours ago, young11 said:

If one is into a straight acting and looking men, I doubt anywhere else in the world offers a better place than the MENA region.

It's not as straight forward and easy as say Brasil..... but some people like the chase/danger lol

[khaolakguy]

7 hours ago, young11 said:

I am not sure how the Muslim world changed in the last 50 years but as of now, many "straight" men are up for some fun as long as they are a top. It seems the sexuality boundary for them is really blurry. If one is into a straight acting and looking men, I doubt anywhere else in the world offers a better place than the MENA region. That could be a big reason, so hard to compare to Asia before.

'Twas ever thus.