Venice's Mayor Wants to Ban the Gay Pri Para — But Says He's Not Homophobic

Contents:

• VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
• GAY VENICE VENICE CY GUI
• VENICE'S MAYOR WANTS TO BAN THE GAY PRI PARA — BUT SAYS HE'S NOT HOMOPHOBIC
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS VENICE
• GAY VENICE
• CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR OF VENICE BANS GAY PRI PARAS OM THE CY
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VENICE
• NO GAY PRI PARA VENICE, SAYS ITALIAN MAYOR AMID FD WH ELTON JOHN
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• VENICE GAY SNAS
• CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR OF VENICE BANS GAY PRI PARAS OM THE CY
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• VENICE'S MAYOR WANTS TO BAN THE GAY PRI PARA — BUT SAYS HE'S NOT HOMOPHOBIC

VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023

About Venice and s gay life. There are only a few gay plac, most of which are loted the.

Larger venu, gay parti and Pri events n be found Padua,.

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VENICE'S MAYOR WANTS TO BAN THE GAY PRI PARA — BUT SAYS HE'S NOT HOMOPHOBIC

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. 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.

Though smaller than Rome, Milan stands out wh Italy’s largt and most visible gay scene. 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. Bologna and Tur are very gay-iendly statns northern Italy.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS VENICE

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. Serg Srdia is the -founr of Italy Gay Travels, a pany anizg LGBTQ+ group trips Italy.

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Gay Venice Venice Cy GuiIf there’s a cy that needs no troductn, ’s Venice.

While there’s no fed gay quarter, s famed month-long rnival is surely one of the mpt events on the pla, and this ancient tradg cy has a long tradn of ‘live and let live’.

But which are the most gay-iendly ci Italy?

CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR OF VENICE BANS GAY PRI PARAS OM THE CY

It was the end of the 19th century, and Italy was one of those untri where no anti-homosexual laws were place.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VENICE

Attracted by this eedom and tolerance, many male gays travelled to Capri, Taorma and Venice. Other statns the diari of gay travellers of the time clud Florence, Rome and Napl. 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.

Rome: Gay Street and Gay Village. The epicentre of gay culture antiquy and then the Renaissance, up to the splendour of Dolce Va.

Rome has s own Gay Street, and is loted right oppose the Colossm. We're talkg about Via San Gvanni Laterano, a meetg place for the gay muny sce the 1960s.

NO GAY PRI PARA VENICE, SAYS ITALIAN MAYOR AMID FD WH ELTON JOHN

Here you will fd all the most famo gay venu the pal. The most important LGBT event Rome, apart om Pri, is the Gay Village, held every year sce 2001. It is a seri of events throughout the cy aimed at fightg homophobia and vlence general.

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

Gay Art the Vatin.

Y, is here that so many untold thgs about Michelangelo and gay art are 'hidn'.

Catania: the gayt cy Sicily.

VENICE GAY SNAS

Gay Street is jt a few steps away om Piazza Universà, among the clubs on the Alsi steps. 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.

Here the 1930s, there was one of the largt gay muni Italy.

The tree was a meetg place for arsi (gay dialect). It was one of the first Italian ci to open a centre to protect gays rights.

CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR OF VENICE BANS GAY PRI PARAS OM THE CY

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.

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

Florence: historilly Gay-iendly. It was the first cy to abolish the ath penalty 1786 and 1853 to abolish punishment for homosexualy.

Some of their members were gays: Pope Leo III (Gvanni Medici), Ferdand II and Gvanni Gastone ' Medici.

VENICE'S MAYOR WANTS TO BAN THE GAY PRI PARA — BUT SAYS HE'S NOT HOMOPHOBIC

In addn, already the 15th and 16th centuri, there were 'maps' of plac where gay enunters uld take place Florence. And was also Florence that Italy's first gay bar opened (currently operatg near Piazza Signoria).