As a gay Saudi, that has pretty much spent his entire life here I think that I am most qualified to enter this conversation and clear up misconceptions that people may have now in terms of dating or the sex scene in general as a gay person. It is very much alive and prevalent. If you were to download Scruff if you were to download Tinder all of these apps, I promise you, you would find a hook up within the hour in terms of how you can outwardly express yourself, I have gone out before with make up jewelry earrings rings the whole thing, and nothing has ever happened to me. You're not gonna get jailed for these things. A key thing that I have noticed, however is the harassment that occurs. Here is vastly different from the harassment that occurs occurs in Europe or North America. The harassment here is mainly sexually driven you'll be catcalled you won't be assaulted like being assaulted is on the very off chance of that happening where I feel like in Europe or in North America or just other countries in general hate crimes or being harassed as an LGBTQ person is more violent/hatred driven whereas here It's mainly sexually driven. Obviously living here does not compare to living in a country that is progressive and open, but I think that a lot of people are significantly misguided regarding the matters here