Croatia - GlobalGayz News Archive

Contents:

• SPL GAY TRAVEL
• GAY SPL TRAVEL GUI
• GAY SPL, CROATIA – THE GLOBETROTTER GUYS
• GAY CROATIA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS SPL
• MASLI GAY TRAVEL
• GAY SPL
• CROATIA GAY CIS FROM SPL & DUBROVNIK
• GAY LIFE CROATIA
• DUBROVNIK GAY TRAVEL
• GAYS NIGHT OUT - AMIA CLUB GHETTO
• CROATIA IS GAY-FRIENDLY
• CROATIA GAY SAILG TRIP 2023: JO PRI SAILG HOLIDAYS!
• GAY LIFE CROATIA - ZAGREB FOM
• GAY SAILG HOLIDAYS
• GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
• POMENA GAY TRAVEL
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SPL
• VLENCE, THOANDS OF PROTTERS BRG ABPT HALT TO CROATIA GAY PRI

SPL GAY TRAVEL

While Croatia as a whole is not super fortable wh homosexualy pared to the rt of Europe, that don’t stop drov of gay tourists om visg every year.

Gay travel Croatia ually starts or ends Spl, as ’s an anchor pot for many travelers makg their way along the untry’s spectacular islands.

Croatian ci are creasgly brandg themselv as top gay holiday statns, and Spl has whout a doubt bee a staple world gay travel hotspot! If you’re terted jog my next trip or bookg your own, I n help you anize your first adventure gay sailg Croatia or Greece.

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Neverthels, if you’re lookg for a gay cisg spot Spl, all you have to do is wanr the rocky v past the beach area.

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As mentned earlier this gui, homosexual public displays of affectn are not always tolerated well, unls of urse, is clear that an tablishment is an LGBT safe space. Although Croatia is part of the European Unn and is a popular gay travel statn, there is still a formidable anti-LGBT sentiment among some lols.

I tell you this story only to illtrate why gay travelers Croatia should still make sure they are a safe environment before displayg any affectn.

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In our gui to gay Spl we will ver how we found the cy as a gay uple, if a gay scene exists, share our experience of the gay beach, ver the bt activi to do (and om) Spl, where to stay and practil tips – we highly remend that you vis! As a untry, Croatia is not particularly well known for beg progrsive and gay iendly pared to other untri Europe such as Spa.

In fact, our trip to Croatia was for a gay sailg trip which fished Spl (the trip go each year) and we had a huge pri flag flyg for the whole journey and never had an issue! From the bt gay beach Croatia has on offer, to dreamy sojourns Dubrovnik, here's how to make your gay Croatia travel experience one to remember...

Buža I or II Two open-air bars cut directly to the rocks, facg the island Ten mut om Dubrovnik by boat, this is a hot spot and by gay nu beach. Spl is the send place to have s own pri day after Zagreb, provg that gay life Croatia is out and proud the ma.

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Duilovo beach Sadly not one of the many plac to get rid of a tan le, but has a cisg spot near by, so unts as a solid gay beach beach Very cisy hot spot, and one of the top gay beach Croatia will show you. Plac of tert:Jerolim island A five-mute boat ri om Hvar Town, Jerolim is the most popular gay hot spot, wh a very popular rocky gay nu beach.

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While Croatia was ranked 17th overall LGBTG rights out of 49 observed European untri by the ILGA (Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn), the untry's active lol scene, along wh s history and unparalleled bety make a noteworthy statn to vis. Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munySee how the search rults are rankedHotel Peristil★ 4.

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Although Croatia is part of the European Unn and is a popular gay travel statn, there is still a formidable anti-LGBT sentiment among some lol Croatians. However, gay travelers Croatia should still make sure they are a safe environment before displayg any affectn. The Life Partnership Act allows gay upl to receive the same legal benefs as heterosexual upl for jt about everythg except adoptn rights.

Large centers like Dubrovnik and Zagreb advertise themselv as gay-iendly tourist statns, however, this do not exactly mean discrimatn by lols do not occur. Gay life and by extensn, gay culture is nohels velopment wh lots of ponents of the globe remag bigoted agast the LGBT neighborhood.

CROATIA GAY CIS FROM SPL & DUBROVNIK

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There are other rourc far more suable for more rmatn about gay travel, cludg gay travel guis, acmodatn, gay hotels and apartments Zagreb, Rovj, Dubrovnik, Hvar, Spl and Trogir. For gay travelers to Croatia I personally suggt choosg one of two cis startg om Spl and Dubrovnik to disver all beti of Dalmatian ast and islands, and to do alongsi like-md enthiasts on a specialized cise wh only gay passengers and iendly crew. The Croatian ast is among the most betiful Europe, so if you would like to cise along the dive Adriatic ast together wh your gay partner, this type of travel might be the perfect choice for you.

The untry legalized homosexualy 1977, but overt homosexual behavr is owned upon general and may be met wh hostily ral areas. I wrote some gay-specific tips my Croatia Safety Tips article for those who’d like even more on stayg safe durg their holiday. Fascated by the hospaly of s small but welg and iendly gay muny, the clean water of the Adriatic as well as the possibily to experience some of the most betiful scenery to be found on the European ntent, they return year after year.

Acrdg to the Croatian Penal Co, is also forbidn to produce, sell, import/export or by Inter propagate homophobic material to the wir public. There are three anisatns workg for LGBT rights Croatia; Iskorak [Comg Out] is the natnal gay and lbian rights anisatn. Both newspapers and televisn programm have foced on gay issu by terviewg gays and lbians and highlightg annual events such as the Queer Zagreb ftival and Zagreb Pri.

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Even though LGBT anisatns are tryg to promote gay and lbian rights by rmg and tg a large number of the public, many still nsir homosexualy to be an illns. People bigger ci [Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek] have more open-md attu towards homosexualy while people ral areas often view negatively. LGBT people Croatia generally meet each other outdoors public plac, which are known to be gay iendly but don’t specifilly unt as beg gay.

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In public plac homosexuals tend to act “straight” and therefore hard to “tect” while they’re much more relaxed on the gay-iendly beach.

CROATIA GAY SAILG TRIP 2023: JO PRI SAILG HOLIDAYS!

The police are much more supportive than ten years ago but their protectn is still need so the Gay Pri para also looks like a ‘Police Pri’ para.

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A new Penal Co, which equalised the age of nsent for both hetero and homosexuals, was adopted by the Croatian parliament [Sabor]. Croatia’s homosexual muny, and pecially the younger generatn, is aimg to show through an active fight for s rights, and agast strong odds, that one should not be ashamed or discrimated agast for beg gay. Dpe threats om skheads and rightist protters who rail agast any form of homosexual exprsn and oppose all pro-gay legislatn, the brave marchers have stepped out of the shadows.

Corrponnts say prejudice agast homosexualy is strong Croatia, but recent years a few gay and lbian bars have opened across the untry.

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But the head of the lbian associatn Kontra, Sanja Juras, said the march would provi an opportuny for gays and lbians the nservative, Catholic untry to e out”. In Augt 2003 new feral legislatn was approved by parliament allowg gay partners the same legal rights as their unmarried straight unterparts, a signifint, although limed, achievement this untry where gay rights are opposed by vol opponents or poorly unrstood.. Croatian gay and lbian groups have phed for legislatn that would protect their rights and bodi, warng of discrimatn agast homosexuals.

“Croatia has not taken (legal) measur aimed at the fight agast homophobia yet, ” the lbian associatn Kontra (Oppose) and s gay unterpart Iskorak (Step Forward) said a report on the rights of homosexuals Croatia 2002. The somewhat creased gay visibily of gays Zagreb, embolned by the new partnership law, had some effect for the better. In June 2004, about the same number of gays marched aga through a small area of Zagreb aga unr strong—but fewer–police guard, wh no vlence reported.

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“Between 200 and 300 participants of the Zagreb Pri gay para gathered last Saturday on Zrjevac and proceed, wh strong police protectn, through the streets of downtown Zagreb.

“Yellg “Gay is OK” and “Love is Love” slogans, the participants the para promoted the rights of homosexual, bisexual and trans-sexual persons. “The para lasted about half an hour, after which the participants talked agast homophobia and tolerance of the Catholic church and other nomatns Croatia.

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They stood for the right for homosexual and lbian marriag and the right to adopt children for partners such marriag. “At the head of the third Zagreb Pri, the participants rried the “Proud Aga” banner, together wh a six-meter long rabow flag (photo at left), as well as other banners wh msag such as: I love Carla Del Ponte; Get out of the closet; Long Live diversy; I am lbian; I am a proud homosexual; Gays and Lbians wish you good morng; etc. Unfortunately, progrs the cy of Spl, Croatia’s send largt cy, Gay Pri 2011 went horribly wrong when thoands of right-wgers asslted the gay march and overwhelmed their police protectors.

Globalgayz: What is like for a person to grow up gay or lbian the Croatian culture and how is homosexualy received by dividual fai? However, most people still do not live by the laws and LGBT people still fd public discrimatn as a normal part of beg a gay person.

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The followg thoughtful analysis of the current suatn gay Croatia was wrten for GlobalGayz by Aleks Gajsek, a member of Iskorak and edor of Gay Croatia Tourist Info web se ().

There are LGBT people Croatia that believe that there are no vlence agast homosexuals the USA or Holland and that LGBT people Swen don’t experience discrimatn. There are only a small number of people, mostly skheads, who really attacks homosexuals – but a larger number of people who don’t react to this and who are not ready to stand up for human rights and rpect for mori.

VLENCE, THOANDS OF PROTTERS BRG ABPT HALT TO CROATIA GAY PRI

As many untri there are a large amount of people who don’t like homosexuals, but the sptg on Pri March participants (Zagreb Pri 2002) and vlence agast LGBT people general have been executed by a mory of neo-nazis and extremists (sometim olr people wh extreme valu).

Readg the report of BBC (Zagreb Pri 2002) one get the feelg that the whole Croatian society are vlent and that anyone n and will attack you if somebody fds out that you’re gay. However, I believe this is a proof of that Croatia and the cy of Zagreb have failed batg the tablishment of nazi- and hooligan anisatns, rather than the public oppn of homosexualy the two untri. There may be new laws and the yearly Pri event but the topic of homosexualy or gay rights is far om the mds of most Croatians.