Gay Guide
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About LGBTQ+ Yangon
Myanmar criminalizes same-sex activity under a colonial-era penal code carrying sentences of up to ten years, and conditions have grown far more dangerous since the 2021 military coup. LGBTQ+ people who joined anti-coup protests have been among those arrested, beaten, and killed, with no legal recourse against abuse. A 2020 national survey found broad public support for decriminalization, but the law and the current regime leave little safe ground.
Yangon, the country's largest city, has historically held the closest thing Myanmar has to an organized LGBTQ+ community, once visible around the annual &PROUD queer film festival and grassroots organizing, much of which has been forced underground since the coup.
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We include Yangon for honest context, not as a travel guide. There is no open scene to point visitors toward under current conditions, and discretion is a matter of safety. Anyone considering travel to Myanmar should weigh the broader security situation, not only LGBTQ+ concerns.
Annual LGBTQ+ pride festival in Yangon organized by &PROUD, one of Southeast Asia's most significant queer visibility events in Myanmar's largest city.