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Contents:

• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
• THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• AFFORDABLE GAY VATN TOWNS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

Explore the chic vib at Bar Renard, watch some sexy dancers at the famo Camp male strip club, or have some seedy fun at a nearby gay sna—Sna Oasis is my favore! Most of the cy’s excg gay nightlife is Le Marais, cludg the well-known Le Raidd, Everyone lov stoppg by Raidd for sexy “shower shows” where you n tch a ltle risqué performance.

Rambunct drag bnch rtrants like Hamburger Mary’s, evengs dancg at The Abbey, and pesg quirky ems at gay shops like Block Party WeHo are all classic experienc for LGBT travelers. An epic gay rort statn, Torremolos is popular wh Spaniards and other southern Europeans, but gay travelers om other areas of the world typilly often don’t even know about !

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The enormo gay nightlife center La Nogalera alive each eveng where you n make new iends, tch a drag show, and dance the night away at gay clubs like Centuryon. Handsome men dancg at Klter and the Tanga party always e to md when I thk of Madrid—nowhere else the world have I walked to a packed multi-level gay club at 7:30 PM! Everyone lov beg the Castro, San Francis’s loud and proud gay neighborhood, where you’ll fd dozens of gay clothg stor, nightlife, and rtrants along Market Street.

Stayg at one of Key Wt’s gay hotels is a mt—some of the most memorable experienc are gay pool parti at the Island Hoe or sunbathg the nu your hotel’s sunck area.

The most popular gay statn Europe, Sg attracts travelers of all ag wh s whewashed buildgs, of pretty beach, art galleri, lic tapas rtrants, and welg gay bars.

THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020

’Outsirs may thk of the old Conferate pal as a cy stuck s ways, but ltle do they know that Richmond, Virgia is anythg “g out” 2014, Richmond has emerged as the gay pal of the South. 4 percent of the cy’s populatn intifi as LGBT), the New England pal has bee a haven for East Coast gays lookg for somewhere tamer and quater than Boston and NYC.

The Milwkee Gay Arts Center offers one-of-a-kd LGBTQ productns, and Walker’s Pot is settg self up to be the next big most renowned “gay statns, ” Santa Fe, New Mexi don’t have a go-to district like L.

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S., but ’s also home to North Carola’s annual Pri Ftival and the state’s Gay & Lbian Film if that’s not enough for North Carola, head wt to Asheville and fd an LGBTQ bohemian paradise smacked the Smoki. Lolly known as the San Francis of the regn, the gay cultural landspe is vibrant, and the drag scene is easily among the bt the natn–jt watch “Kgs, Queens, and In-Betweens” cy is also a risg fashn mec, hog the third most fashn signers the untry, along wh retail giants like L Brands, Exprs, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fch.

” It mt be somethg the over 140 gay-owned bs, rangg om B&Bs to bars to art galleri to cuty ice cream shops, the small neighborg towns of Sgatuck and Douglas are home to the largt gay rort the Midwt–and thanks to lol protectn of genr inty and sexual orientatn, you’ll be hard-prsed to fd anti-LGBTQ attus here.

The cy created the first gay and lbian muny center the untry, and ’s Albany that was home to one of the earlit transgenr groups datg back to the cy may not have the crazy, never-endg nightlife of NYC, and may not have the sheer numbers of NYC, but, for general “Queer Life, ” Albany ranks seventh the untry–not to shabby for a cy overshadowed by the Big LGBT muny and the Mormon church hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye. ) There are dozens more Pri events around town, many hosted by lol queer-owned and -allied tablishments that are out-and-proud all year, cludg 801 Bourbon, Aqua, the Garns Hotel, and LaTeDa Hotel and Piano Henry/UnsplashPhilalphiaLGBTQ+ pri ns ep  Philalphia, where some of the untry’s very first homosexual civil-rights protts began 1965, four years before New York Cy’s 1969 Stonewall uprisg.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

Anchored by the actn along North Halsted Street, the Northalsted/Boystown neighborhood is where visors n tune to lol queer culture, pl memorable gay-owned rtrants, shops, and clubs. The cy rolls out the rabow rpet to visors all year long via s very own My Gay Hoton webse, sharg tips on gay-iendly bs neighborhoods like Montrose, Midtown, and hotels nearbyYounger guts who like a funky vibe will feel right at home at the 1950s motor lodge once served as a hangout for classic rock bands town to play at The Fillmore, today 's mid-century hip. The Netherlands has long been known as one of the most progrsive and tolerant untri on Earth, and that mak s pal cy of Amsterdam an excellent choice of gay-iendly travel statn.

GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

Though Amsterdam is not as large of a cy as some of s European neighbors, those hopg to experience all of the gay iendls has to offer won’t be disappoted bookg a hotel neighborhoods like Kerkstraat, Amstel, or Reguliersdwarsstraat.

When you’re not loungg on the whe-sand beach or olg off the crystal clear turquoise waters for which Aba is so famo, be sure to grab a drk or two at Jimmy’s Place, one of Oranjtad’s most famo gay bars. Ined, the Curao Tourist Board has published on s webse: “Wh exceptnal gay iendly hotels and attractns, [Curao] enurag gay and lbian travelers to vis the island and experience s ‘live and let live’ atmosphere for themselv.

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Elia Beach is pecially popular amongst Mykonos’s gay muny, as is Jackie O’Beach, a by beachsi bar plete wh a pool, hot tubs, daily drag show, and even a private church for weddgs. Travelers terted seeg some breathtakg natural scenery will have their pick of erary optns, and wh nearly 100 gay-owned home stays throughout the North and South islands, their pick of plac to stay, too. ” That is, of urse, referrg to San Juan, where travelers will fd the Eros club and the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Bar, which is set on a gay beach and hosts a weekly drag show).

R has a lot to offer the LGBTQ traveler, so ’s not surprisg that this vibrant Brazilian cy nsistently ranks as one of the most popular gay-iendly travel statns the world. If you’re travelg wh teenagers terted learng about LGBTQ history, check out the Stonewall Natnal Mm and Archiv, one of the largt gay librari and archiv the U.

For the ultimate fay vatn, e the last weekend of June for Seattle’s Pri weekend, when the regn’s thrivg gay muny tak center stage and there’s a huge LGBTQ+ para and piic.

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The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like.

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany. Of VACAYA's all-gay charters, he says, "For one magil week, our muny gets to be the majory and live life out loud the blissful utopia VACAYA creat on a gay cise.

This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round.