The Bt Thgs To See And Do In Gay Uguay | Mr Hudson

Contents:

• UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI
• THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY
• SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY
• GETTG THGS STRAIGHT--GAY RIGHTS UGUAY
• UGUAY AND PE DIVERGE ON GAY RIGHTS
• GAY RIGHTS

UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI

LGBT Chamber of Commerce Natnal Conference – Each September the Uguayan chamber of merce has their annual nference showsg the bt of gay travel the untry. Current statSce Dec 16, 2020Legal From December 16, 2020, the l changed, and now Gay men n donate blood unr the same ndns as the rt of the (1-year ferral)Gay and bisexual men uld donate blood Uguay, provid they hadn't had sex for 12 months.

THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY

It was a stark remr a world where, jt 12 months before, the rabow flag of the LGBT muny cked social media followg the approval of same-sex marriage by the US Supreme Court, that homophobia, transphobia and discrimatn based on one’s sexual orientatn, genr inty and sex characteristics is still very much alive.

Homosexualy has been legal Uguay for over 80 years, but ’s really wh the last that the untry has bee a lear for LGBTI rights both wh Lat Ameri and on a global sle.

SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY

In 2005, the pal Montevio beme one of the few ci the world to have a homomonument – a rose-lored grane the shape of a triangle scribed wh the words: “To Honour Diversy is to Honor Life”.

And while olr generatns may be takg their time to e around to the chang, younger generatns are openly supportive of gay are jt a few gay bars and my experience is that gay men and women don’t tend to ghettoise. A gay emigrant to Uguay livg Colonia wr: “I live the Uguayan equivalent of the Bible belt wh my partner of 28 years and th far have enuntered no negative vib at all.

… Unlike the US, UK and Ireland, beg gay has never been a crime here so there isn’t the same historil baggage and rentment that you still fd certa plac… an dividual’s sexualy is viewed as a personal matter and is of no ncern to the neighbors (except perhaps for a b of gossip.

GETTG THGS STRAIGHT--GAY RIGHTS UGUAY

The same year the age of nsent was lowered to 16 – regardls of who you were havg sex past has seen big chang regardg rights for gays, lbians and transAnti-discrimatn laws are place sce 2003, and gays and lbians are allowed to serve openly the ary and jotly adopt children sce upl have been able to enter to civil unns sce 2008 and sce 2013, to marryTransgenr people have been able to change their genr on official documentatn sce looks like ’s time to plan your vis to the gay-iendlit natn South Ameri!

UGUAY AND PE DIVERGE ON GAY RIGHTS

Further readg about gay Uguay EnglishGay MontevioUguay adopts iendly bs certifitn (2018)Uguay sger Ana Prada champns LGBTI rights (2014)A g-out story is told one of Gu’Guay’s 5 Uguayan films you mt see. Many thanks to Rodrigo Borda, of Friendly Maps and half of the first gay uple to register to marry  Uguay, for lettg me pick his bras for this article.

Sophistited, safe, and progrsive, Uguay sc visors wh s sprawlg untrysi, imprsive beach, pulsatg tango clubs, and world-class w—all one of South Ameri’s most open-md, gay-iendly natns. BOOK WITH US Colonia l Sacramento | Photo: Dpkelly07Gay UguayLargely nsired the most LGBT-iendly untry South Ameri, Uguay has an outstandg reputatn among gay travellers for s legislative amework protectg LGBT cizens.

Social acceptance for LGBT dividuals and fai is high, and gay travellers to Uguay n rt assured that virtually everywhere the untry is a safe space to be as you are. Montevio is the most gay-popular cy Uguay, boastg a rivetg gay nightlife scene and even one of the world’s few gay monuments—La Plaza la Diversidad to vis UguayBeach bums chasg the sun and sand at Uguay’s top astal rorts should seek out the height of summer, between late December and Febary. For more on what to see and do, cludg the bt Montevio gay bars (and some of the bt gay clubs Uguay) don’t miss our -pth gay Montevio travel gui.

GAY RIGHTS

You’ve got the gay male-only hotel Undari, the qutsential gay-popular beach Playa Chihuahua, and a healthy smatterg of eic disthequ where you n shake your booty all night long. Adolcents; lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) persons; persons wh disabili; and Ao-Uguayans suffered discrimatn fully accsg ntraceptn and reproductive medil re. The charge of life is gentle here: clean air, equent sunshe, long sand-duned beach and, more importantly to gay and lbian visors, a relaxed atmosphere away om the more formal strictur of Buenos Air.

Although Carlo’s fay all know and accept ( silence) that he is gay, his affairs do not segue to the ual ncerns of the fay, such as his sister’s recent divorce.

And what do Miguel know of the plexy, rponsibily and social life of an urban gay relatnship om havg lived the impoverished nf of a ty macho Catholic village. From several nversatns wh gay men om both untri I me to unrstand that the differenc arose om the fluence of three powerful sourc: the ary tablishment, the Roman Catholic church and the brtle etiquette of the lg upper class. Wh ls ncern for manners, enhanced by unpretent poverty, ’s not difficult to fd guys–gay, straight or between–willg to acmodate sirg partners, om home or abroad.

It is clearly a predomantly straight system that has slowly evolved to morn thkg pecially durg the 5-year tenure (2005-10) of the immediate past print Print Tabare Vazquez who was known for a progrsive attu toward gay rights. Ambi-sexualy is more mon here pecially among younger men who tend to be more at ease and fluctuate between gay and straight on their way to matury.