Gay Portugal | Everythg You need to know

Contents:

• LISBON GAY PRI: PORTUGAL’S BIGGT LGBTI EVENT
• PORTUGAL GAY
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• GAY PORTUGAL | EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW
• MOVG TO LGBT PORTO? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

LISBON GAY PRI: PORTUGAL’S BIGGT LGBTI EVENT

LGBT people have accs to a variety of rights such as gay marriage and adoptn.

Unfortunately, gay upl and trans people might still get shouted at on the street, even the pal. 1982 Same-sex sexual activy crimalized aga, only years after the end of the opprsive and homophobic fascist dictatorship. The cy is filled wh inic gay bars and an unrground drag scene, as well as a diverse muny of queer people.

One of the olst ci Wtern Europe, Lisbon has always had an unrground gay scene. In the 18th century, wrer William Beckford ped England after allegatns that he was gay and moved to Stra, Greater Lisbon. Today, Lisbon is a welg European pal for LGBT people, hostg Gay Pri every year June.

PORTUGAL GAY

While the cy boasts fewer bars and activi for LGBT people than the pal, the muny has built a home for self wh inic plac such as the drag club Invict and the gay fe Pri Coffee. From luxury to affordable rtrants, amazg hotels and gay nightclubs, and the bt beach the untry, the Algarve is the perfect LGBT getaway, havg retreats and hotels tered to LGBT people and found by LGBT people.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON

While more mon other untri, Portugal has been fallg ls behd recent years wh new gay gyms, as well as gyms for the whole LGBT muny. For centuri Europe, snas were a place where gay men uld e together as a muny, outsi the dangers of the real world. Although there are no “official” signated gay beach, there are a few nudist beach Portugal that are particularly popular wh the whole of the LGBT+ muny, such as Praia do Me (Simbra) and Praia da Bela Vista (between Costa da Capari and Fonte da Telha).

GAY PORTUGAL | EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW

This beach is popular wh gay men, particular, many who travel om all over the world to vis. Lisbon Pri is also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri and is anized by ILGA, the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Portugal,  partnership wh the municipaly of Lisbon. Arraial Lisboa Pri is the largt LGBTI event Portugal and sce 1997 has been brgg visibily to the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex muny.

Durg the fascist dictatorship of Salazar, homophobia was wispread, and heteronormative fay valu were imposed. Tmps is loted Prcipe Real, the LGBT neighborhood, and has won many awards such as Time Out’s Bt Gay Night. In gay culture, a bear is a larger and hairier man who reflects an image of “masculy”.

MOVG TO LGBT PORTO? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

Conceição 35 is not officially a gay bar, but the Porto bar is geared toward the LGBT muny. The owners of the Loft also own the Garage Bar, a gay bar known for s lic cktail menu that is updated weekly. Loted Santa Apolónia, this place isn’t a gay club, but is highly equented by the LGBT muny Lisbon.

A gay urban rort, the Late Birds is loted a rtored 18th-century buildg, wh a lounge, large rooms, a garn, and a swimmg pool. The owners wanted to build a getaway for gay men where they uld feel as though they are among iends.

If you’re lookg for a gay adventure the regns of Algarve or Alentejo, Lua nova is the perfect optn. My Rabow Rooms is a gay men’s guthoe Lisbon loted on the send floor of a rtored 1920s buildg.