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• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• LGBTQI+ TRAVELERS: A GUI TO GAY ATHENS
• GAY ATHENS ATHENS CY GUI
• ATHENS, CY OF DIVERSYSPYRIDON KAGKAS·FOLLOW9 M READ·MAR 2, 2020--LISTENSHAREDTATN: ATHENS PRIATHENS IS OFTEN HAILED AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MOCRACY. BUT ATHENS WAS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF GAY CULTURE. OPENLY PRACTICED AND CELEBRATED, HOMOSEXUALY WAS PART OF THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF ANCIENT ATHENS. TODAY, THE GREEK PAL REMAS A VERY GAY-IENDLY CY, WH UNTLS GAY AND LBIAN BARS, MANY OPENLY GAY CELEBRI, AND A VIBRANT LGBTQI+ MUNY. ATHENS PRI, THE UNTRY’S BIGGT FTIVAL OF DIVERSY, IS HELD EVERY JUNE.LGBTQI ATHENS INFOJT LIKE EVERY VIBRANT EUROPEAN CY, ATHENS N BE A HANDFUL FOR A FIRST-TIME VISOR. HERE’S ALL THE LGBTQI+ LEGALI YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW AND ALL THE ANIZATNS YOU’LL MAY HAVE TO NTACT, WHILE ATHENS.LEGAL STAT ON DISCRIMATNTHE THOR OF THIS ARTICLE ENJOYG A RABOW KE!IN GREECE THERE ARE LAWS PROHIBG DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEX, RACE, AGE, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN; CIVIL UNNS ARE LEGAL, BUT NOT FULL-FLEDGED SAME-SEX MARRIAG; A STAT MANY ERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY WILL SOON CHANGE. THE MAYOR OF ATHENS HAS OPENLY SUPPORTED SAME-SEX MARRIAG AND MANY UPL WA FOR .HOMOPHOBIAFEEL SAFE ATHENS, EVERYONE IS WELE!THERE HAS BEEN A GROWG NCERN OVER HOMOPHOBIA, DUE TO THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT GREECE BEE OF THE CRISIS. ALTHOUGH THAT WAS TE, HOMOPHOBIC CINTS ARE RARE. THE BIGGT OPPOSN TO LGBTQI+ ISSU IS HELD BY A FEW PRITS OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WHO ARE BY AND LARGE REGARD AS “RELICS” BY MOST GREEKS, WHO SEE THE WORLD CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. THERE HAVE BEEN FEWER ATTACKS ON GAY UPL THE LAST 5 YEARS, THAN THERE ARE FGERS ONE’S HAND. ATHENIANS DON’T TOLERATE TOLERANCE.LGBTQI+ ORGANIZATNSTHERE ARE MANY ANIZATNS FOR THE LGBTQI+S OF GREECE AND THE VAST MAJORY OF THEM IS HEADQUARTERED ATHENS. OLKE IS THE MOST PROMENT ONE, PHG OUT THE NON-DISCRIMATORY AGENDA. FOR THE YOUNG CROWD, COLOUR YOUTH IS A H AND VERY ACTIVE ANIZATN (FAMO FOR S PARTI) THAT ACTS MORE AS A MUNY OF YOUNG LGBTQI+ PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE FUN AND CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS, THAN AN OLD SCHOOL NON-PROF ANIZATN. POSIVE VOICE WEL HIV POSIVE PEOPLE, AND IENDS, WHO WISH TO STAND FOR THEIR MUNY AND HELP ANY WAY THEY N TOWARDS A ZERO FECTNS DAY. ATHENS CHECKPOT IS AN NGO THAT OFFERS QUICK AND RELIABLE HIV BLOOD CHECKS FOR EE. IT’S LOTED NEAR MONASTIRAKI SQUARE (METRO LE 1&3) AND HAVE VERY DISCREET STAFF.GAY PUBLITNSTHE OLST AND MOST READ LGBTQI+ PUBLITN ATHENS IS ANTIVIS MAGAZE, A GREEK SPEAKG, BI-MONTHLY EE PRS, THAT FOR OVER A CHRONICL THE NEWS AND EVENTS OF THE GAY, LBIAN, BI, TRANS, QUEER AND TERSEX MUNY OF ATHENS AND GREECE. YOU’LL FD AT BARS, UNIVERSI, HOT-DOG JOTS AND MANY OTHER PLAC THAT SUPPORT THE EQUAL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT. ONE STEP FURTHER, COLOURFUL PLA IS A BOOKSHOP-FE THAT HAS ALSO TURNED TO A PUBLISHG HOE. YOUNG (OR JT NEW) LGBTQI+ WRERS ARE WELE HERE, TO FD A PUBLISHG OUTLET FOR THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD.FTIVALS AND INTERNATNAL EVENTSTHE GREEK CAPAL IS ALWAYS READY FOR BIG LOURFUL PARAS AND OUT FTIVALS! FOR OVER A ATHENS HOSTS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMILLY GROWG PRIS EUROPE EVERY JUNE AND THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS, THE OUTVIEW FTIVAL OF ATHENS DRAWS TERNATNAL ATTENTN WH S SCREENGS AND GUTS!ATHENS PRITHE CY OF ATHENS WEARS S RABOW LOURS WH PRI EVERY YEAR, ON THE SEND SATURDAY OF JUNE, AT SYNTAGMA ( ED TO BE HELD KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE, BUT NOW MOVED TO THE CY’S MA SQUARE). WH UNTLS EVENTS AND PARTI LEADG UP TO THE BIG PARA, ATHENS PRI HAS VELOPED TO ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE EUROPE. IT’S SPONSORED BY THE CY OF ATHENS AND ’S A CTOM FOR THE PARA TO START ON THE ATHENS MAYOR’S MARK! IT WAS 2004 THAT THE FIRST GAY PRI WAS HELD AND SCE THEN, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND RPORATNS SUPPORT AND ATTEND TO S EVENTS. NOWADAYS ’S LD AS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMILLY GROWG PRIS THE WTERN WORLD.OUTVIEW FTIVALATHENS ANNUAL QUEER FILM FTIVAL, ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY NEW, HAS GAED EXTREME MOMENTUM AND IS ALREADY CLUD THE MOST IMPORTANT LGBTQI+ EVENTS AND CEMA FTIVALS OF THE COUNTRY. EVERY YEAR, FOR A WEEK MAY, A DOWNTOWN CEMA THEATRE (UALLY THE STATE-OWNED GREEK FILM ARCHIVE’S CEMA) HOSTS AN TERNATNAL FTIVAL CELEBRATG MOVI OM ALL OVER THE WORLD, MA BY LGBTQI+ CREATORS OR WH A STRONG LGBTQI+ THEME. DIRECTORS, ACTORS, SCREENWRERS AND MORE ATTEND THE FTIVAL, THAT ALSO ANIZ FOMS AND WORKSHOPS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT QUEER CEMA.OUT AND ABOUT ATHENSGAY NIGHTLIFEATHENS IS NOTOR FOR S NIGHTLIFE! EXPECT EVEN MORE ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE CY’S MANY LGBTQI+ CLUBS AND PUBS! AND NOT JT FOR THE DANCG QUEENS! LGBTQI+ TRAVELLERS WILL FEEL WELE TO ANY FE AND BAR OF ATHENS, AS THE YOUNG AND HIP CROWD IS ALWAYS IENDLY AND UP FOR A TALK. FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO SHOW THEIR DANCG SKILLS, THE ATHENIAN SOUNDTRACK IS A LOUD PLAYLIST FOR EVERY TASTE! DIS DIVAS, POP GUILTY PLEASUR, PROGRSIVE ELECTRONI, GREEK POPULAR MIC? YOU NAME ! THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE THOSE SMALL GAY AND LBIAN BARS.KERAMIKOSTHE OLD GAS REFERY DOMAT THE KERAMIKOS SKYLEUSUALLY REFERRED TO AS “GAZI”, THE KERAMIKOS AREA, AT THE KERAMIKOS METRO LE 3 STATN, PLAYS HOST TO THE MOST FAMO GAY CLUBS GREECE. SOME HAVE OVER A OF NSTANT OPERATN AND ARE STILL AS POPULAR AS EVER! OPEN SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, THE PARTY NEVER STOPS HERE, FOR EVERY LGBTQI+ NIGHT OWL. BEARS, NEXT DOOR GUYS AND GALS, FASHN FORWARD PEOPLE, TRENDY CELEBRI ARE AMONG THE ON JOG THE FUN AT GAZI. OUT FOR A CKTAIL, A BEER OR JT A GLASS OF WE, WHATEVER SOMEONE LOOKS FOR, WILL FD HERE, CLUDG MANY HOT GREEKS! THE SQUARE AT THE CENTRE OF GAZI AREA ALSO HAS MANY F, BURGER JOTS, VROMIKO SANDWICH PLAC AND EVEN A PASTA TO GO, E GAY OR STRAIGHT, AT THE END OF A LONG NIGHT OUT, YOU’LL WANT SOMETHG TO SK YOUR TEETH TO.HISTORIL CENTRELGBTQI+ STREET PARTI ARE NOT THAT UNMON!IF YOU WISH TO START THE NIGHT EARLIER, YOU ULD VIS THE AGIAS EIRIS SQUARE; ’S FULL OF THE HIP “ CROWD” HAVG FFEE, A SNACK OR THEIR FIRST DRKS, AT THE MANY BETIFUL FE/BARS AROUND. A RELATIVELY RECENT ATHENIAN HIGHLIGHT, THE SQUARE IS NOW NSIRED THE DOWNTOWN MEETG POT AND PLACE TO BE FOR ALL ASPIRG FASHNISTAS. ONE N S AT S NUMERO GAY-IENDLY PLAC AND READ A BOOK, NSULT A MAP, OR SIMPLY WATCH THE PASSERBY'S. IN THE PAVED STREETS OM MONASTIRAKI TO SYNTAGMA, YOU’LL FD THE RABOW HEART OF ATHENS BEATG, UNTIL THE SUN UP THE MORNG.VICTORIA SQUARENOT HIP, NOR OL, THE AREA AROUND VICTORIA STATN (METRO LE 1) WAS ONCE THE GO-TO-PLACE FOR GAYS, WHEN THERE WAS NO NCEPT OF EQUAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND MANY PEOPLE WERE STILL THE CLOSET. THE MANY HIDN BARS GAED FAME BACK THEN, BUT ALSO A VOTED FOLLOWG, SO ’S NO SURPRISE THAT SOME HAVE REMAED, ALTHOUGH THEY’RE NOW MORE OF “BOY BARS”. MANY IMMIGRANTS FLOCK TO THE PLAC, SCE MOST LIVE THE AREA OF VICTORIA, GIVG THE GAY BARS A QUE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE ORIENTAL ATTU.KOLDRAG IS AN ART FORM THAT STARTED ANCIENT GREECE!KOL SERV A CHAPTER ON S OWN. FOUND 1994, THE CLUB ORIGALLY AIMED AT HELPG DRAG QUEENS FD A PLACE TO EXPRS THEMSELV. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW IF YOU PUT MANY DRAG QUEENS TOGETHER THE RULTS ARE EHER DISASTRO OR FABULO! AT KOL, FABULONS IS MANDATORY! WHILE MANY CLUBS OFFER DRAG SHOWS (LIKE BEQUEER ), KOL THEY'RE ON EVERY NIGHT! FIERCE AND FUN TAKE CENTRAL STAGE AS INTERNATNAL DIVAS FIGHT FOR THE SPOTLIGHT AND OUR APPLSE. WORD OF WISDOM: MAKE RERVATNS IF YOU WANT TO GET A TABLE!GAY BEACH
• ATHENS GEIA GAY GUI - SPENDG THE WEEKEND ATHENS, GA
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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

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.

LGBTQI+ TRAVELERS: A GUI TO GAY ATHENS

If you want all the perks of a gay-iendly hotel but wh a si of luxury, Hotel Kg Gee is the one. Gay-iendly Hotels other parts of Athens. 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. 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;.

Big Olive Walks “Tal of Same Sex Love” – a walkg tour of Greece’s history of gay love. Vouliagmeni Beach – a gay-iendly beach 35 mut outsi the cy.

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Alexanr Sna – a gay sna the heart of Gazi. Athens has a wealth of popular rtrants, nightclubs, and bars equented by the gay muny.

Rooster Cafe is great for typil Greek fare a gay-iendly rtrant. Prosopa is an amazg gay-iendly rtrant wh some pretty mouthwaterg food.

ATHENS, CY OF DIVERSYSPYRIDON KAGKAS·FOLLOW9 M READ·MAR 2, 2020--LISTENSHAREDTATN: ATHENS PRIATHENS IS OFTEN HAILED AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MOCRACY. BUT ATHENS WAS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF GAY CULTURE. OPENLY PRACTICED AND CELEBRATED, HOMOSEXUALY WAS PART OF THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF ANCIENT ATHENS. TODAY, THE GREEK PAL REMAS A VERY GAY-IENDLY CY, WH UNTLS GAY AND LBIAN BARS, MANY OPENLY GAY CELEBRI, AND A VIBRANT LGBTQI+ MUNY. ATHENS PRI, THE UNTRY’S BIGGT FTIVAL OF DIVERSY, IS HELD EVERY JUNE.LGBTQI ATHENS INFOJT LIKE EVERY VIBRANT EUROPEAN CY, ATHENS N BE A HANDFUL FOR A FIRST-TIME VISOR. HERE’S ALL THE LGBTQI+ LEGALI YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW AND ALL THE ANIZATNS YOU’LL MAY HAVE TO NTACT, WHILE ATHENS.LEGAL STAT ON DISCRIMATNTHE THOR OF THIS ARTICLE ENJOYG A RABOW KE!IN GREECE THERE ARE LAWS PROHIBG DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEX, RACE, AGE, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN; CIVIL UNNS ARE LEGAL, BUT NOT FULL-FLEDGED SAME-SEX MARRIAG; A STAT MANY ERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY WILL SOON CHANGE. THE MAYOR OF ATHENS HAS OPENLY SUPPORTED SAME-SEX MARRIAG AND MANY UPL WA FOR .HOMOPHOBIAFEEL SAFE ATHENS, EVERYONE IS WELE!THERE HAS BEEN A GROWG NCERN OVER HOMOPHOBIA, DUE TO THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT GREECE BEE OF THE CRISIS. ALTHOUGH THAT WAS TE, HOMOPHOBIC CINTS ARE RARE. THE BIGGT OPPOSN TO LGBTQI+ ISSU IS HELD BY A FEW PRITS OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WHO ARE BY AND LARGE REGARD AS “RELICS” BY MOST GREEKS, WHO SEE THE WORLD CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. THERE HAVE BEEN FEWER ATTACKS ON GAY UPL THE LAST 5 YEARS, THAN THERE ARE FGERS ONE’S HAND. ATHENIANS DON’T TOLERATE TOLERANCE.LGBTQI+ ORGANIZATNSTHERE ARE MANY ANIZATNS FOR THE LGBTQI+S OF GREECE AND THE VAST MAJORY OF THEM IS HEADQUARTERED ATHENS. OLKE IS THE MOST PROMENT ONE, PHG OUT THE NON-DISCRIMATORY AGENDA. FOR THE YOUNG CROWD, COLOUR YOUTH IS A H AND VERY ACTIVE ANIZATN (FAMO FOR S PARTI) THAT ACTS MORE AS A MUNY OF YOUNG LGBTQI+ PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE FUN AND CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS, THAN AN OLD SCHOOL NON-PROF ANIZATN. POSIVE VOICE WEL HIV POSIVE PEOPLE, AND IENDS, WHO WISH TO STAND FOR THEIR MUNY AND HELP ANY WAY THEY N TOWARDS A ZERO FECTNS DAY. ATHENS CHECKPOT IS AN NGO THAT OFFERS QUICK AND RELIABLE HIV BLOOD CHECKS FOR EE. IT’S LOTED NEAR MONASTIRAKI SQUARE (METRO LE 1&3) AND HAVE VERY DISCREET STAFF.GAY PUBLITNSTHE OLST AND MOST READ LGBTQI+ PUBLITN ATHENS IS ANTIVIS MAGAZE, A GREEK SPEAKG, BI-MONTHLY EE PRS, THAT FOR OVER A CHRONICL THE NEWS AND EVENTS OF THE GAY, LBIAN, BI, TRANS, QUEER AND TERSEX MUNY OF ATHENS AND GREECE. YOU’LL FD AT BARS, UNIVERSI, HOT-DOG JOTS AND MANY OTHER PLAC THAT SUPPORT THE EQUAL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT. ONE STEP FURTHER, COLOURFUL PLA IS A BOOKSHOP-FE THAT HAS ALSO TURNED TO A PUBLISHG HOE. YOUNG (OR JT NEW) LGBTQI+ WRERS ARE WELE HERE, TO FD A PUBLISHG OUTLET FOR THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD.FTIVALS AND INTERNATNAL EVENTSTHE GREEK CAPAL IS ALWAYS READY FOR BIG LOURFUL PARAS AND OUT FTIVALS! FOR OVER A ATHENS HOSTS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMILLY GROWG PRIS EUROPE EVERY JUNE AND THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS, THE OUTVIEW FTIVAL OF ATHENS DRAWS TERNATNAL ATTENTN WH S SCREENGS AND GUTS!ATHENS PRITHE CY OF ATHENS WEARS S RABOW LOURS WH PRI EVERY YEAR, ON THE SEND SATURDAY OF JUNE, AT SYNTAGMA ( ED TO BE HELD KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE, BUT NOW MOVED TO THE CY’S MA SQUARE). WH UNTLS EVENTS AND PARTI LEADG UP TO THE BIG PARA, ATHENS PRI HAS VELOPED TO ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE EUROPE. IT’S SPONSORED BY THE CY OF ATHENS AND ’S A CTOM FOR THE PARA TO START ON THE ATHENS MAYOR’S MARK! IT WAS 2004 THAT THE FIRST GAY PRI WAS HELD AND SCE THEN, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND RPORATNS SUPPORT AND ATTEND TO S EVENTS. NOWADAYS ’S LD AS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMILLY GROWG PRIS THE WTERN WORLD.OUTVIEW FTIVALATHENS ANNUAL QUEER FILM FTIVAL, ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY NEW, HAS GAED EXTREME MOMENTUM AND IS ALREADY CLUD THE MOST IMPORTANT LGBTQI+ EVENTS AND CEMA FTIVALS OF THE COUNTRY. EVERY YEAR, FOR A WEEK MAY, A DOWNTOWN CEMA THEATRE (UALLY THE STATE-OWNED GREEK FILM ARCHIVE’S CEMA) HOSTS AN TERNATNAL FTIVAL CELEBRATG MOVI OM ALL OVER THE WORLD, MA BY LGBTQI+ CREATORS OR WH A STRONG LGBTQI+ THEME. DIRECTORS, ACTORS, SCREENWRERS AND MORE ATTEND THE FTIVAL, THAT ALSO ANIZ FOMS AND WORKSHOPS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT QUEER CEMA.OUT AND ABOUT ATHENSGAY NIGHTLIFEATHENS IS NOTOR FOR S NIGHTLIFE! EXPECT EVEN MORE ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE CY’S MANY LGBTQI+ CLUBS AND PUBS! AND NOT JT FOR THE DANCG QUEENS! LGBTQI+ TRAVELLERS WILL FEEL WELE TO ANY FE AND BAR OF ATHENS, AS THE YOUNG AND HIP CROWD IS ALWAYS IENDLY AND UP FOR A TALK. FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO SHOW THEIR DANCG SKILLS, THE ATHENIAN SOUNDTRACK IS A LOUD PLAYLIST FOR EVERY TASTE! DIS DIVAS, POP GUILTY PLEASUR, PROGRSIVE ELECTRONI, GREEK POPULAR MIC? YOU NAME ! THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE THOSE SMALL GAY AND LBIAN BARS.KERAMIKOSTHE OLD GAS REFERY DOMAT THE KERAMIKOS SKYLEUSUALLY REFERRED TO AS “GAZI”, THE KERAMIKOS AREA, AT THE KERAMIKOS METRO LE 3 STATN, PLAYS HOST TO THE MOST FAMO GAY CLUBS GREECE. SOME HAVE OVER A OF NSTANT OPERATN AND ARE STILL AS POPULAR AS EVER! OPEN SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, THE PARTY NEVER STOPS HERE, FOR EVERY LGBTQI+ NIGHT OWL. BEARS, NEXT DOOR GUYS AND GALS, FASHN FORWARD PEOPLE, TRENDY CELEBRI ARE AMONG THE ON JOG THE FUN AT GAZI. OUT FOR A CKTAIL, A BEER OR JT A GLASS OF WE, WHATEVER SOMEONE LOOKS FOR, WILL FD HERE, CLUDG MANY HOT GREEKS! THE SQUARE AT THE CENTRE OF GAZI AREA ALSO HAS MANY F, BURGER JOTS, VROMIKO SANDWICH PLAC AND EVEN A PASTA TO GO, E GAY OR STRAIGHT, AT THE END OF A LONG NIGHT OUT, YOU’LL WANT SOMETHG TO SK YOUR TEETH TO.HISTORIL CENTRELGBTQI+ STREET PARTI ARE NOT THAT UNMON!IF YOU WISH TO START THE NIGHT EARLIER, YOU ULD VIS THE AGIAS EIRIS SQUARE; ’S FULL OF THE HIP “ CROWD” HAVG FFEE, A SNACK OR THEIR FIRST DRKS, AT THE MANY BETIFUL FE/BARS AROUND. A RELATIVELY RECENT ATHENIAN HIGHLIGHT, THE SQUARE IS NOW NSIRED THE DOWNTOWN MEETG POT AND PLACE TO BE FOR ALL ASPIRG FASHNISTAS. ONE N S AT S NUMERO GAY-IENDLY PLAC AND READ A BOOK, NSULT A MAP, OR SIMPLY WATCH THE PASSERBY'S. IN THE PAVED STREETS OM MONASTIRAKI TO SYNTAGMA, YOU’LL FD THE RABOW HEART OF ATHENS BEATG, UNTIL THE SUN UP THE MORNG.VICTORIA SQUARENOT HIP, NOR OL, THE AREA AROUND VICTORIA STATN (METRO LE 1) WAS ONCE THE GO-TO-PLACE FOR GAYS, WHEN THERE WAS NO NCEPT OF EQUAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND MANY PEOPLE WERE STILL THE CLOSET. THE MANY HIDN BARS GAED FAME BACK THEN, BUT ALSO A VOTED FOLLOWG, SO ’S NO SURPRISE THAT SOME HAVE REMAED, ALTHOUGH THEY’RE NOW MORE OF “BOY BARS”. MANY IMMIGRANTS FLOCK TO THE PLAC, SCE MOST LIVE THE AREA OF VICTORIA, GIVG THE GAY BARS A QUE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE ORIENTAL ATTU.KOLDRAG IS AN ART FORM THAT STARTED ANCIENT GREECE!KOL SERV A CHAPTER ON S OWN. FOUND 1994, THE CLUB ORIGALLY AIMED AT HELPG DRAG QUEENS FD A PLACE TO EXPRS THEMSELV. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW IF YOU PUT MANY DRAG QUEENS TOGETHER THE RULTS ARE EHER DISASTRO OR FABULO! AT KOL, FABULONS IS MANDATORY! WHILE MANY CLUBS OFFER DRAG SHOWS (LIKE BEQUEER ), KOL THEY'RE ON EVERY NIGHT! FIERCE AND FUN TAKE CENTRAL STAGE AS INTERNATNAL DIVAS FIGHT FOR THE SPOTLIGHT AND OUR APPLSE. WORD OF WISDOM: MAKE RERVATNS IF YOU WANT TO GET A TABLE!GAY BEACH

This is a popular gay hnt, beg loted the Gazi area. Sultry Athens may not wear s rabow hu as loudly as Mykonos or Amsterdam; but the Greek pal has a boomg gay and lbian scene that’s wag to wele you wh open arms, all year round. You n’t talk about a gay utopia whout mentng ancient Greece—and Athens specifilly.

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In his Symposium, Plato talks about “men who take pleasure havg sex wh men and ung wh them”; Aristophan stigat all misogynistic views and speaks of three sex, origal androgyno forms, and the normaly of homoeroticism. If you are thkg "gay utopia", start thkg ancient Greece as well. Myths about Hercul, Achill, the Amazons, gay lovers the Trojan and Spartan wars, the wrgs and life of Sappho, the list go on and on; buildg an unniable narrative.

1951: Homosexualy is crimalized Greece. This roarg all-day hnt lnched the gay lonizatn of pretty Agia Iri Square. 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. If you dare to bare, explore Athens’ most famo gay nudist swimmg spot at Limanakia.

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Their most famo film is about kaliarnta, the dialect ed by Greek cross-drsg prostut and gay men to avoid persecutn sce the 1940s. From where to party, where to stay and what to do, here’s your gui to gay Athens.

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

Gay bars, nightclubs, and iendly rtrants Athens. Unlike many other queer nightclubs and bars the cy, Noiz is not solely dited to drawg gay men.

Alternative Athens’ Gay and Lbian Athens Nightlife Tour. 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. 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. So, LGBTQI+ travelers here is a tailed gui to gay Athens for all tast and ag.

Gay iendly Neighborhoods Athens.