Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Italy | Frommer's

Contents:

• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ITALY
• SALENTO: THE NEW GAY STATN OF ITALY

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

Wh s many gay clubs, diss, B&B’s and beach, the cy offers a wi choice to anyone wantg to make the most of their holiday.

For travelers lookg to have fun one of Rome’s most betiful districts near the Colossm, Via San Gvanni Laterano, the so-lled Gay Street, is a mt: gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants all make for a social eveng. Not to be missed is the Gay Village, one of the most important events hosted by the cy every summer, which attracts thoands of people.

Another mt-do event is the Gay Pri Para, which ually tak place June and clus a march wh tens of thoands of people attendg. “If you love someone take them to Verona” is the Valente’s Day slogan for the cy of Romeo and Juliet, one of Italy’s most gay-iendly ci. Take a stroll to Piazza Bra to admire the Roman Amphheatre and on to the monumental San Zeno Altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna ntug to Porta Nuova, the historic center wh the elegant Lucla Cafe, a gay-iendly hang out and the perfect place for an aperif.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ITALY

Catania is a young and dynamic cy, which boasts an active gay scene thanks to s many shops, pubs and bars. The historil gay hangout Catania cy center is Via Alsi, around Nievki: a bar and an alternative rtrant which has been welg to LGBT people sce the ‘70s.

For over twenty years between late June and early July, the cy is flood by the lors of the rabow flag wh a seri of iativ crowng the tradnal Catania Gay Pri Para. Taorma is one of the most gay-iendly statns on Sicily, an ial statn year round, thanks to the d climate and the foc on fun, relaxatn and joie vivre as well as the warm hospaly of the Sicilian people.

The Vatin Mms even has a number of homoerotic piec of art and a vis to this magnificent llectn is certaly orr. For visors lookg for an LGBTQ+ scene, the relatively small but spired gay nightlife is only steps away om the Colism.

SALENTO: THE NEW GAY STATN OF ITALY

Leonardo Da Vci’s legacy Milan is well known and many historians agree that he was a gay artist leavg his mark many masterpiec of the cy, cludg The Last Supper, hoed by the refectory of the nvent of Santa Maria lle Grazie. There are also many wonrful lser-known plac where an tert LGBTQ+ history uld lead you, such as Florence's Bargello Mm, which ntas an earlier Renaissance statue of David by the artist Donatello—the first ee-standg male nu sce Classil Antiquy, and a super-sexy homoerotic nu at that.

One of the most gay-iendly areas Southern Italy is Puglia, cludg the beachsi town of Gallipoli, which has recently bee a popular statn for LGBTQ+ lols. It was the end of the 19th century, and Italy was one of those untri where no anti-homosexual laws were place. All the most cril ci celebrate Pri, dited to gay Pri and the LGBTQI+ muny, equaly towards genr rights, and openns towards all forms of love.

In addn to Arcigay Catania, which often anis events and activi at s headquarters Via Sant'Elena, other lser-known associatns have a rich lendar of meetgs and activi. In addn, between late June and early July, the cy has been flood wh the lours of the rabow wh a seri of iativ that end wh the tradnal Catania Gay Pri para. The Cassero LGBT Center (via Don Mzoni) has been a very active centre promotg many iativ sce 1978, cludg Gay Pri, workshops, nventns, parti and moments of aggregatn general.

It is loted wh the medieval walls and took the name of one of the most famo artists and activists of the Bologne gay movement, Stefano Casagran. Not far away are the Garns, where there is the first Italian monument dited to the Nazi persecutn of gays, lbians and Aldi: The buildg which Pier Paolo Pasoli set the exterr shots of his last film, "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom". The film created que a few sndals due to s numero referenc to homoeroticism, which were nsired very strong.

Some of their members were gays: Pope Leo III (Gvanni Medici), Ferdand II and Gvanni Gastone ' Medici. In addn, already the 15th and 16th centuri, there were 'maps' of plac where gay enunters uld take place Florence. Today Florence, the LGBT traveller n fd good support the AITGL - Italian Associatn of Gay & Lbian Tourism.

The dtri have acted as an actual gay mag for many Italian and non-Italian young people, who now live their liv proudly and the open. Full of proposals for the gay muny, the cy has a lot to offer, whether you ci to vis wh your partner or a sgle person. Historilly, the centre of Milan's LGBT scene was near the Central Statn, Via Sammarti, where you n still fd some nightclubs and gay clubs.

On the face of LGBT Italy looks somewhat downbeat, but squt a ltle harr and you’ll soon fd a diverse range of gay venu suable for dancg, cisg and dulgg steamy sna meet-cut.