A Gui To Gay Athens for LGBTQ Travelers - Matador Network

Contents:

• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
• GAY GREECE

20 GAY GREEK GODS

While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns. The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn. While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr.

Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.

Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods. Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's progrs, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be seen wh today's world religns.

GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2. Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium. LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September.

Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. It also hosts an annual gay and lbian film ftival lled Outview.

THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’

Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival.

The boys wre about their travels on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog.

GAY GREECE

From where to party, where to stay and what to do, here’s your gui to gay Athens.

Drive 30 mut om the center of Athens and you’ll fd Limanakia, one of the most famo gay beach all of Greece. Unlike many other queer nightclubs and bars the cy, Noiz is not solely dited to drawg gay men. If you’re lookg for a tour that specifilly vers every popular LGBTQ+ statn the cy, sign up for Alternative Athens’ Gay and Lbian Athens Nightlife Tour.

On this tour, you will have time to vis several queer nightlife stutns — om popular gay bars to fashnable baret loung.

Gay iendly acmodatn AthensIf you are visg Athens for the first time as an LGBTQIA2S+ member and hatg on where to stay, we’ve got you vered. The hotels and gay-iendly lotns are perfect to diffe any worri about beg an LGBTQIA2S+ member travelg abroad, and worried about safety and Area. Today, is a meltg pot of cultur, ethnici, and now, orientatns, havg bee an unofficial gay district.

It’s bee synonymo wh entertament and nightlife, thanks to a medley of nightclubs, rtrants, shops, rtrants, and gay bars.

It’s also got a smatterg of gay-iendly Hotels In and Around Gazi. A For Athens n be found on almost every list of the bt gay-iendly hotels Athens.