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Contents:

• NICE CôTE D’AZUR, A GAY FRIENDLY STATN
• NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA
• TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• GAY SAN DIEGO
• GAY PARIS
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

NICE CôTE D’AZUR, A GAY FRIENDLY STATN

For LGBTIQ+ travelers, most trips beg by seekg out the lol “gayborhood. There’s often a rich gay history embedd, too, vg visors to jo the lol legacy of queer culture—and likely tch Pri ftivi and lorful year-round events. 7 acr of the Wt Village, cludg ty Christopher Park, home to Gee Segal’s strikg “Gay Liberatn” sculptur, and, as of June 1, 2022, the first flagpole on feral land to fly a rabow flag.

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NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA

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There are a few Cap Hill mts for LGBTIQ+ visors, cludg gay-owned Hamburger Mary’s and s zty queens; new--2019, bear-spired Denver Sweet bar; and Blh & Blu, the cy’s lbian-centric ffee and cktail outpost. While the French Quarter has several fun LGBTIQ+ bars and clubs, ’s well worth the walk east, past Frenchmen Street, to reach the Bywater’s classic div, hidn urtyard eateri, vtage shops and the always-worthwhile, gay-owned Country Club (rerve early for smashg weekend drag bnch).

TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

Book your holiday Nice Côte d’Azur and disver a Gay Friendly statn par excellence. To wele you the bt ndns, the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolan Tourist Office, a member of the IGLTA (Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn) has also created the “Nice Irisée Naturellement” label. In Nice Côte d’Azur, the year is filled wh Gay Friendly events.

It is the heart of the Nice Carnival that Lou Queernaval was born, the first and only Gay Carnival France.

GAY SAN DIEGO

The Renntr In&Out and ZeFtival open the petn to gay and lbian cema each year and very often offer te masterpiec. New York is a mag for gays, wh the LGBT muny reprentg an timated 500, 000 people. Wh such a robt muny, 's clear that New York's populatn is one of the most gay-iendly the world.

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It's here where the gay civil rights movement started after the rt 1969. Dpe this history, 's Chelsea that holds the torch as the gayt neighborhood New York. Gay bars Chelsea.

GAY PARIS

If you fancy venturg outsi of Chelsea, don't dispair, there are many more gay bars New York.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Disver the Metropolan Communy Church of New York (446 Wt 36th St) which serv as the church for the LGBT muny, and where gays n get married. 5 ln fe agast the Temecula Valley Unified School District ls than a day after nservative board members voted to reject a state-endorsed curriculum that clus a short bgraphy of gay rights lear Harvey Milk. Komrosky, the board print, has lled Milk a "pedophile, " while dozens of atten, many om outsi the school district, livered impassned speech agast teachg anythg that refers to sex or homosexualy to elementary school-age stunts.