Unless they're in high places. I took a business trip to Oman about 12 years ago, and it was common knowledge that the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos, was a homo. The locals told me about his harem of boys that would drive Porsches around Muscat. You were forbidden, of course, to speak of it.
Michael Jackson is a guest of the Prince of Brunei... go figure...
During the Persian Gulf War I was deployed to an air base in Oman. We worked side by side with Omani Air Force and the RAF. Some of the RAF officers had been seconded to the Omani Air Force. I remember one of them telling me the same thing but advising me to never mention it to one of the Omani officers.