14 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love - Hostelworld Travel Blog

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• THE 15 GAYT CI THE WORLD
• GAY GERMANY TRAVEL GUI
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• GAY MUNICH TRAVEL GUI – GERMANY

THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY

But actually, the first public LGBTQ+ rights prott took place Germany, over a century earlier, 1867—one year before the term ‘homosexualy’ was ed, German! The Nazis ma more severe and imprisoned 10, 000 gay men (and some lbians, although they were not vered by Paragraph 175) ncentratn mps, where they were marked wh the pk triangle—and a majory died. But there is plenty to see today to remember the highs and lows of German LGBTQ+ history, om the Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Natnal Socialism and the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm), both Berl, to the Dtsche Eiche bar and bathhoe Munich, where Freddie Mercury hung out the 1970s.

And let’s not fet Bavaria’s gay (and/or queer) kg, Mad Ludwig, and his Wagnerian fantasy stle, Nschwanste—the spiratn for Disney’s Snow Whe’s Castle. Germany ranks among the top gay-iendly vatn statns acrdg to the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018 due to the gay-iendly environment the major ci like Berl, Hamburg, and Cologne.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

42 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • SpasFriedrichsha-Krzberg (Borough)Gay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissShowg rults 1-30 of 42What travelers are saygI thk Der Boiler is one of the bt snas Europe. In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A.

THE 15 GAYT CI THE WORLD

There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?!

Compared to other plac Mexi, was the cy where I saw the most signs of affectn public between same-sex upl, and there are plenty of gay bars, clubs and parti for everyone. The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta.

Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays. From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island. The Yumbo Centre is the fol pot for the area: a large shoppg mall full of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and boutique shops, makg a gay man’s paradise.

GAY GERMANY TRAVEL GUI

Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui.

Hostels Gran Canaria | Cheap flights to Gran CanariaMilan, ItalyMilan, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly love Milan bee has the bt GLBT scene Italy. There’s Hell’s Kchen, where lots of gay guys hang out, or Henrietta Hudson the Village, which is one of three remag lbian bars the five boroughs. Hostels New York | Cheap flights to New YorkRome, ItalyRome, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly is an credible cy wh tonn of amazg plac to take photos and historil s that will take your breath away.

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You’ll fd yourself talkg to everyone and, wh the night g, you’ll want to disver one of the most popular Italian clubs: Mucssassa wter and Gay Village Pri tak place every June. Hostels Rome | Cheap flights to RomeLisbon, PortugalLisbon, remend by Gian Lu om Viaggia e of the most amazgly gay-iendly ci I n remend for LGBT travellers Lisbon.

Therefore, public displays of affectn (PDAs) and topics like sex and sexualy are thgs Japane do not talk about, though genr norms are more fluid Japan than elsewhere the LGBT people Japan are jt ‘gay for the weekend’ and often even have a ‘normal’ fay durg the rt of the week. The gay bars n be found Tokyo’s gay area Shju-nichōme, the perfect place to eher fd your special someone or to celebrate your love wh your special someone.

To fd the bt gay hangouts, the top neighborhoods clu the U Street Corridor, Dupont Circle or Logan Circle wh LGBT favore spots like Cobalt, 30 Degre, Green Lantern or DIK Bar. The cy’s premier fancial district by day, once the sun go down the area is home to lectable street food, rooftop bars and Thailand’s prospero and lively gay village. And now all ey on our road trip around Germany’s highlights wh rmatn about LGBTQ+ hot spots, cultural highlights, and our favore thgs to do while travelg as a gay uple om Wtern Europe.

THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA

Addnally, we will spend some days some of the most LGBTQ+ and gay-iendly German ci cludg Berl, Drn, Munich, Heilberg, and all the cute ltle villag, stl, and towns on our way.

Although the LGBTQ+ and gay scen are prehensible, events, parti, and loli are offerg a diverse queer life for the lols and for LGBTQ+ travelers. A small but lively gay muny, many bars, fés, and rtrants, and of urse, the river Elbe are creatg this very special Italian cy flair, even Germany. Sce 1979, Stuttgart Pri, the cultural ftival for Christopher Street Day, has been champng the muny of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, transsexual, tersexual and queer people Stuttgart and around the regn.

And the Alliance agast Homophobia and Transphobia, regularly mpaigns for the rights of the queer muny the Nuremberg Metropolan Regn, Bavaria and Germany. Several ci around the world are beg known as ‘gay ci, ’ primarily for their ditn to LGBTQ+ rights, diversy, and cln, and how the plac are beg safe havens for the queer muny.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

In Insir Monkey’s article “25 Gayt Ci the World”, they discs rearch papers done by var universi that help to terme which ci and untri are some of the saft plac for LGBTQ+ people terms of mental and physil health and enomic, polil, and social well-beg.

The goal of one study done by Rutgers Universy and the Universy of Massachetts was to tablish a lk between LGB (Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual) cln and the gross domtic product (GDP) g enomic data om 132 untri. Multiple other studi were discsed, and Insir Monkey nsulted all of the sourc to e up wh s list of ci that are gay-iendly and have large gay populatns. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

GAY MUNICH TRAVEL GUI – GERMANY

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Gay marriage and same-sex unns are legal almost 30 of the natns, allowg for untls pri celebratns to jo and a warm wele om tablished LGBTQ muni each.

On an afternoon Schöneberg, you’ll jo proud gay upl walkg the same historic streets where LGBTQ artists and activists once began the fight for gay rights, as early as the 1890s fact. You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival.