Gay-Athens/Gay-Greece

Contents:

• LGBTQI+ TRAVELERS: A GUI TO GAY ATHENS
• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• ATHENS GAY DISTRICT: GAZI
• GAY SEX SCENE ON ATHENS ACROPOLIS SPARKS OUTCRY IN GREECE
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024

LGBTQI+ TRAVELERS: A GUI TO GAY ATHENS

Athens may not be at the top of the “most gay-iendly ci worldwi” but s LGBTQI+ scene has seen a lot of new addns and chang over the past years. Especially if you are planng to stay and explore the central neighborhoods of the cy, you’ll have no problem spottg gay-iendly f, bars and events and mglg wh the lol crowds. Home to several gay-iendly plac, Gazi has had the reputatn of Athens’ most gay-iendly neighborhood for over a .

Athens is home to an abundance of gay bars and f spread throughout the most central neighborhoods like Kerameikos, Syntagma and Monastiraki, rangg om unrground hip bars to zy all-day f and flashy cktail bars. In most s, gay bars and clubs are found the neighborhoods of Kerameikos (Gazi), Monastiraki and Psyrri downtown Athens. Jt a few mut away om Gazi Square, S-Cape is a relatively spac gay nightclub that featur several dance floors and bars where guts n socialize and dance unr the sounds of electronic techno mic.

Shamone Club is a splashy gay nightclub that equently hosts dance performanc, live Dj sets and themed parti the neighborhood of Kerameikos.

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

If you want to meet Greek bears, Big Bar nearby serv up a mellow mood, welg staff, gay anthems and themed nights—along wh rivers of beer. Noiz will keep you dancg until the early morng wh a mostly lbian crowd; while Soda2 is one of the most tablished gay clubs town wh a mastream mob and two stag.

Drive 30 mut om the center of Athens and you’ll fd Limanakia, one of the most famo gay beach all of Greece. 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.

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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.

ATHENS GAY DISTRICT: GAZI

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. It’s bee synonymo wh entertament and nightlife, thanks to a medley of nightclubs, rtrants, shops, rtrants, and gay bars. This betiful serene hotel is the perfect gay uple getaway if you’d rather stay somewhere more private and romantic, rather than somewhere by and full of partyg travellers.

But, ’s still close to all the nightclubs and gay-iendly spots so if you do feel like a ltle excement, you don’t have far to go.

GAY SEX SCENE ON ATHENS ACROPOLIS SPARKS OUTCRY IN GREECE

Thgs to see and do AthensAsi om the obv Acropolis & Parthenon and the wonrful Acropolis Mm there are many other thgs to do Athens that the gay muny like to do cludg;.

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| NYC Sgl EventThursday • 7:00 PMPando 39So Te, Btie (A Queer Comedy Show & Social Hour)Thu, Aug 31 • 9:00 PM + 4 moreParksi LoungeSo Te, Btie (A Queer Comedy Show & Social Hour)Thu, Aug 31 • 9:00 PM + 4 moreParksi LoungeGay Men Speed Datg New York Cy | Sgl Night | Fancy a Go? Formerly a gas works area, Gazi has shed s once dtrial sk, and is now home Athens do not have an intified gay district, most gay life n be found around the Gazi neighborhood. Formerly a gas works area, Gazi has shed s once dtrial sk, and is now home to a buzzg muny of gay-iendly bars, rtrants, and clubs.

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This attracts a gay crowd most nights, and offers a terrace which looks out onto Gazi’s ma square - the perfect place to people-watch! While Athens may be a ltle more nservative terms of an LGBTQ scene, there is no shortage of place to go gay clubbg the cy. Here, you n not only experience an active cisg scene, but also other gay entertament optns, cludg a bar, movie projectns, and a foam more.

In Athens there are lovely and lively central neighborhoods such as Monastiraki and Gazi where gay mglg blossoms earnt, wh a large number of excellent clubs, f and bars offerg qualy entertament attractg bright, betiful crowds. Top island statns like Mykonos and Santori as well as several other optns that have bee more gay-acmodatg over the years such as Skiathos and Paros, also offer the idyllic batn of stunng lotns and top notch venu wh an excg and enticg.

Greece's northern pal, Thsaloniki, is also beg a popular statn for gay tourists, somethg enthiastilly backed by the cy's progrsive Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, wh some great events (cludg an annual ternatnal gay film ftival) and lol as well as holiday packag geared to gay travelers om around the world now on offer. Legal and social regnn and support for gay rights Greece uld be said to have been officially born 65 years ago, when gay sex was fally crimalized. Acrdg to rearch on gay rights 49 European untri nducted by ILGA (the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn).

In 2005 discrimatn agast gay dividuals was prohibed the workplace (but not the armed forc) and 2006 male prostutn was legalized. A great social triumph was celebrated by the gay muny December 2015, when the ernment passed - wh a wi parliamentary majory - a legislatn grantg gay upl full marriage rights, offerg same-sex upl the optn of havg civil partnerships, th offerg them full marriage rights, but not necsarily. "Homophobia is still rampant the church, state, police and all polil parti wh meagre exceptns, " says gay psychotherapist and wrer Leo Kalyvorias, who has been volved gay rights activism for many years, "but this don't mean LGBT people don't live full happy liv, at least major urban centr.

Although a passnate gay uple smoochg bang the middle of a village square is likely to be owned upon (or give an old man at a nearby kafenen a stroke), LGBT dividuals Greece- both the lol and pecially the tourist variety are generally weled wh open arms. "Beg openly gay and PDA n be dangero certa areas but not tourist rorts, where lols have a laxer attu, " Kalyvorias says. Guys certaly get the better al when to optns for gay liftyle Greece, as bars, clubs, snas and f ter more to their sir.

Any gay visor worth his salt will know that post-dtrial Gazi, the area you will fd upon emergg om Kerameikos metro statn on the blue le, is the gay village of the pal, wh numero optns for all levels of entertament om dk 'til dawn and some hidn gems like art galleri or sign shops, as well as the popular Alexanr Sna, which also serv as a limed-space acmodatn. Eiris Square Monastiraki is another gay hotspot, where you n sip ffee or a drk at Rooster, or choose among a plethora of bars, rtrants, f and clubs as well as enjoyg lic Greek and ethnic street food, and stor sellg trendy vtage clothg and lorful flea market goods.

Bookstore: An all-gay bookstore, Colorful Pla, (Antoniadou 6, Victoria Sq) Maly sells Greek language lerature but also has a variety of gay foreign prs, DVDs and gay gui books to Greece.

On the lol ont, Athens Pri is partnerg wh OLKE (Gay and Lbian Communy of Greece), Thsaloniki Pri and Posive Voice on the telephone hotle 1528 to support LGBT youth. Hotel R Athens a rtored neoclassil buildg the neighborhood of Metaxourge is a 41-room hotel terg exclively to gay and lbian clientele. New Hotel on Filenon Street right by Syntagma Square, is part of a new generatn of upliftg sign hotels and gay-iendly, as is popular and stylish Frh Hotel a block om Athas Street near the Athens Market and close to Agia Iri Square.

Anyone who knows anythg about the Greek islands knows that Mykonos is one of the world's leadg gay tourism statns - and one of the most fun too, among other hot plac like Barcelona and Ibiza. Most of the popular gay bar / clubs are the ma town or hora and clu Jackie O' Bar and VooDoo, which ed to be known as Pierro's (the Paraportiani Church area nearby is a renown cisg area), and Porta Bar nearby, while Glam club has also veloped que a followg. Sandy Elia beach which has a great fish rtrant as a cent rehments and snacks service om your rented sun lounger is by far the most "out" gay beach and even has a rabow flag claimg ; for a ls by optn.