Peru is a country known worldwide for its fabulous Pre-Columbian History, exquisite cuisine and its wonderful people. But few visitors know about the Gay side of Peru. Well, this article will give you what you should know when you are visiting my country. In other words, the gay scene. I hope with this article more people decide to explore the fun side of gay Peru.
Firstly,we must say that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual is not illegal in Peru. There is no law or local rule that punish with jail, or banning any kind of behavior associated with gays. Indeed, there are a number of legal mechanisms to defend gay against discrimination on sexual orientation in specific cases (Constitutional Procedure Code) and in some councils of Peru there are some specified rules in order to struggle against any way of discrimination included for sexual orientation.
Nevertheless, even a large percentage of the population and the Peruvian authorities have prejudices on this subject. Many of these prejudices are due to the strong Christian influence in Peru (85% and 11% are Catholic and evangelical Christians) and ignorance. This is reflected in the lack of a national law prohibiting discrimination on sexual orientation, gay marriage, lack of other social benefits. Gay also are seen as "scandalous" and little moral conduct. Despite this, it is curious to note that many openly gay and lesbian have programs in national TV with high audience and a large popular support.
Among the young Lima is becoming more "normal" to have gays and lesbians as a friends. And it's bad manners not to be "open mind" For this reason it is not surprising that "Straights" have fun at gay discos and that every year more people to join Gay Pride, which in its latest edition convened more 3 thousand people in Lima.
The gay community organized in Peru dates back to the 80s and today several successful organizations Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals who work mostly in Lima. Many of these organizations or NGOs activists are aided by international cooperation and performing of political activism and prevention of HIV-AIDS, and in many cases are helped by the Ministry of Health in Peru.
As for the gay, Lima is the city that has the largest supply of bars, clubs, saunas, darkroom, video pubs and lodgings (for sexual encounters) The gay area of Lima can be divided into two: The first is located in the historic center of Lima and in particular around the Plaza San Martin and Plaza Francia, very well known cruising area. Here are the oldest and most popular gay bars and clubs in downtown. They are very popular because they are cheap and close to gay accommodation (for sexual encounter) and because is easier dating and even and having sex within them. Sometimes it seems everything is possible to happen. Another strong reason is that most of the inhabitants of the nearly 9 million that Lima has are located in the surroundings, so it's easier get to downtown from there. On the other hand, Miraflores is the other gay area. Situated in the south of the city. Miraflores is a residential and tourism district. There are many luxury hotels and modern restaurants. It's the modern side of the city. There is a varied number of clubs and bars. The vast majority are slightly more expensive than those in downtown Lima, but security and cleaning is a guarantee. For that reason many gays prefer Miraflores than downtown Lima as the best place for having fun, besides for many people Miraflores provides some cachet to its visitors, but curiously many gays end their fun in Lima downtown.
On average entry to a disco in Lima Center can cost between 8 to 10 soles ($ 3) and in Miraflores between 15 and 25 soles depending on the time of admission ($ 6 and $ 9). Many of these offer a drink of courtesy. Both in Lima in Miraflores there are bars and clubs free admission. It's most common drinking beers than cocktails. A pitcher of beer costs between 10 and 15 soles, depending on location and cocktails over 10 soles each one.
Other sites for entertainment are the "darkrooms", where porno videos are projected and in a common area people have sex. Besides these are the very popular Sauna (bath), which is not necessarily going to a meeting chamber steam. To have sex many of Lima inhabitants use hostels. You can rent one for an hour or a bit more. Many of these are located in Lima Center and their prices range are from 10 to more soles.
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