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Anyone who has experienced getting their dilators confiscated by customs when traveling? I read a post on reddit where she got her dilators confiscated by customs when entering Malaysia, and it's something I've thought about a lot when thinking about traveling. Like I'd rather not run into this issueπ
Seems to be the sex toy ban
Yeah that's what I was thinking too. I actually just looked it up and Malaysia does ban sex toys, but it seems like Thailand does too so idk. Do you think faking a doctors note for vaginismus could avoid confiscation?
It's worth a try, but the places that would usually confiscate it for being obscene material would likely not care about "vaginismus" either. Probably be better to put it in checked luggage rather than taking it with you
Yeah that's true, it's just hard to gauge which countries would be risky to travel to. I kind of want to go to Russia this summer and I'm not sure if they would care or not, and I'd have to use Turkey as a stopover. I usually never travel with checked-in luggage, but wouldn't there be a risk there too?
Neither country should have an issue. Turkey is muslim but it doesn't have the same laws regarding obscene materials, that is unless the customs officer wants to make your life difficult. Russia will be no problem. Don't mention you're trans in either country of course. Checked luggage is less scrutinized in my experience for some reason.
I'm mainly worried about Russia as I'll be going to the Northern Caucasus region, possibly crossing Chechnya, so their laws could be stricter. From what I've read they do sometimes check luggage upon entering Chechnya and Ingushetia, so I might need to avoid going through there. I could end the trip in Vladikavkaz, but I hope to end the trip in Dagestan and fly home from there.
Very random, but you don't happen to know if Georgia would know if I entered Abkhazia and South Ossetia through Russia? Like if I get a new passport they wouldn't know right? I want to avoid being banned from Georgia.
I'll try looking into checked luggage for the flights.
No clue about those specific republics, I've only visited the capital and SPB and it's just my assessment of how strict it was (before the war). Regarding Georgia, I don't have specific info pertaining to it, but generally countries that ban travelers who've been somewhere usually just check the visa stamps, so a new passport (or not getting a stamp) will most likely work. Also, it is worth checking if the ban for travel applies broadly or only to citizens of Georgia.
Alright, I'll do some more research. I guess I'm just worried that they would be more strict due to the war and increasingly bad relations between the West and Russia. I do know some Ukrainian, but I'll try learning some Russian before going too.
Georgia considers it illegal to enter Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Russia as they see it as illegally entering into Georgia, so I think it applies broadly to everyone. I think you are right regarding the visa stamps, I can't see how else they would know outside of that.