From a hetersexual point of view the gay life in Chiang Mai is noticeable and tolerated and even accepted.

There are a group of bars near to Foxy Lady that cater to the gay. The way to tell if it is a gay bar is if the bar tender is a male and you do not see any females there available for bar fines.

Now this is very generalized and for the bars that employ a male bartender and do not have any ladies working there we trust you will understand.

Entertainment created for and catering to the gay community would be in my opinion Simon Chiang Cabaret where males dressed as females perform musical numbers. Also a new restaurant has taken over from the DownUnder on Nimmenheimen Rd. and features a male dressed as a lady and entertaining the clientle.

At times when I am grocery shopping at a large shopping centre such as the Big C I will see an older male accompanied by a young Thai male. I would guess that the male is gay and living here long term perhaps with a male companion.

As I mentioned earlier the gay bars are centered in an entertainment complex near the Foxy Lady about 30 yards north. Several of the bars are for heterosexuals and a number for gays and you can probably determine on your own which is which. Small bars with one pool table playing music which they think will attract clients.

Gay bar or straight bar the one thing that offends me is a man grabbing anothers man's crotch in public and that applies to a woman exposing her breasts or allowing a man to feel her breasts in public.

There is a time and place for everything and actions which I described above are better performed elsewhere as I know that families with children walk by the bars when they are touring about town or shopping in Chiang Mai.

Other than that if two men want to have several drinks and talk it is the same as two women or a man and a woman in my opinion. There have always been bi-sexuals, gays and hetersexuals and always will be. Some people think it is a matter of choice and I personally believe that choice has little to do with it.

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