Gay Friendly Plac Eastern Europe and How To Travel Safely

Contents:

• 9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
• MEILLR STATNS GAY FRIENDLY : 12 PAYS Où VOYAGER EN éTANT LGBT
• GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI
• PRATIQUE. L 15 PAYS L PL “GAY-IENDLY” POUR S’EXPATRIER
• L 10 PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY D'EUROPE
• DéUVREZ LE CLASSEMENT 2019 S PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY

9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE

Acrdg to the latt “Rabow Europe” report - which is published each year by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Associatn (ILGA) - Malta is the most LGBT-iendly untry on the on the ILGA’s analysis of laws and polici 49 untri - examg everythg om hate crime and hate speech to legal genr regnn - Malta received a sre of 92 out of 100, wh the next most acceptg natn (Denmark) only srg 73.

MEILLR STATNS GAY FRIENDLY : 12 PAYS Où VOYAGER EN éTANT LGBT

Azerbaijan me at the very bottom of the list, wh a sre of jt two out of homosexualy is not illegal Azerbaijan, gay marriage and gay adoptn are banned, nversn therapy is legal and there are no protectns agast employment or hog discrimatn for LGBT+ people.

Homosexualy is also legal Turkey, but has bee more religly nservative recent years, wh legislatn around “offens agast public moraly” sometim ed regards to LGBT+ me surprisgly low at number 33, wh a sre of 24 out of 100, while Hungary - which recently proposed banng material which says “enurag genr change or homosexualy” schools - me at number 30 wh a sre of 29. ”Calum McSwiggan, creator of YouTube channel EatGayLove says: “Checkg whether your very existence is nsired illegal a statn is the realy for LGBT+ people - many s ’s a matter of safety, pecially for trans people and those travellg as part of a same sex uple. LuxembourgAdolphe Bridge Luxembourg CyNilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileLuxembourg’s prime mister, Xavier Bettel, is one of only three openly gay heads of ernment the world.

In 2019, durg an addrs at the Uned Natns, Bettel lled on world lears to nmn hate speech, sayg, “Homophobia is a personal choice, and we have to fight agast .

GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI

Nilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileA new bridge beg built Belgium’s pal, Bssels, will be named after inic gay rights activist Suzan Daniel, who found the untry’s first LGBTQ associatn, acrdg to The Bssels Tim.

Le magaze s cultur LGBTQ Têtu vo en cette évolutn tout même notable l'effet plirs iativ, "me l'terdictn s thérapi nversn, l'ouverture la PMA à tout l femm ou du don du sang x homosexuels sans délai d'abstence".

PRATIQUE. L 15 PAYS L PL “GAY-IENDLY” POUR S’EXPATRIER

Le se d'Ilga-Europe achève s observatns à ce sujet: "On perço une montée du sentiment anti-LGBTI en Bulgarie et en Roumanie, la réprsn s March s Fiertés à l'terdictn la promotn d'une inté genre différente du sexe assigné à la naissance, du changement sexe et l'homosexualé. It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville.

This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss. Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter. The cy’s olst gay bar The Waterloo dat back half a century, while another classic spot is the Unrground bar, equally fun for drag or karaoke.

Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags.

L 10 PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY D'EUROPE

Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street.

DéUVREZ LE CLASSEMENT 2019 S PAYS L PL GAY-IENDLY

Start wh bibimbap at the thoroughfare’s Korean rtrant Topokki before drks at Missg, Siwalk or lbian bar The Fox and dancg at the legendary Nightgale Club, the olst gay club the cy, datg back to summer’s hot LGBTQ+ event is Fierce’s Healg Garns of Bab (27 June - 17 July): part of Birmgham 2022 Ftival, ’s an artistic rponse to this summer’s Commonwealth Gam, celebratg “what the Brish Empire tried (and failed) to stamp out”. Mykonos’s rep as queer heaven dat back to the 1970s, when Jackie Onassis beme a regular visor (she first vised 1961), before blossomed as gay rort the 1980s, wh acmodatn sprgg up for the largely male 2022, you n hang out at tablished hotspots Jackie O, bar Porta or Kastro’s, and stay at the Super Paradise (doubl om £249), handy for the island’s ma LGBTQ+ beach.

Photograph: Subodh Agnihotri/AlamyFor many gay men of a certa age, Fland is extribly associated wh leather-clad inic hero Tom of Fland, whose books pict a ggedly sexualised masculy durg a time pre-1971 when homosexualy was still illegal.

Now you n take a tour of where thor Too Laaksonen lived his whole adult life, passg the Kansalaistori (People’s Square) ont of parliament, once a clanste meetg pot for gay karaoke fans should check out Mann’s Street, a boozy stutn; other fun spots are Street Pri the Kamppi district, and Kvääristö, a jot for queer women, transgenr, and non-bary people.