10 of Europe’s bt statns for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pri season | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

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• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??
• OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??

This rapidly lead to the formatn of gay villag, an LGBTQ-iendly oasis an otherwise hostile cyspe which ntaed gay-oriented tablishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathho, rtrants, boutiqu and bookstor. Sce the turn of the 21st century, LGBT rights have creasgly strengthened the Uned Kgdom, and the need for gay villag has waned – but some still rema credibly popular wh high ncentratns of gay rints and bs.

Gentrifitn, changg nightlife trends and an creasgly acceptg society mean many have disappeared but there are still several different gay villag the UK to choose om when you are travelg – here are some of our favor we thk you should try out! It has been a meetg spot for members of the LGBT muny sce the 1950s, and although the neighborhood has gentrified and changed que a b, there’s still plenty of gay nightlife and attractns.

There are so many bars and rtrants to choose om – The Molly Hoe and the Richmond Tea Room are great for bnch, while GAY and Thompsons Arms are lively optns for the younger crowd.

OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED

Its gay village has been named as ‘one of the most succsful Europe’ and Manchter self is equently scribed as ‘the gay pal of the North’, so we uldn’t not clu on our list.

If you do one thg: Go to the annual Homotopia Ftival – is the UK’s longt nng LGBTQIA arts and cultural ftival, they’ve been around for nearly 20 years and are one of the biggt LGBTQIA arts anisatns the whole of the UK. Frequently named one of the world’s top LGBTQ+ statns, London has an unrivalled variety of gay and lbian venu, plemented by a rabow-loured lendar of cultural events and ftivals. Once home to secret and somewhat seedy gay hangouts, there’s now a kaleidospe of smart LGBTQ+ bars, shops and f, while the surroundg streets provi world-renowned shoppg, dg, theatre and culture.

The LGBTQ+ scene is ncentrated an area nicknamed The Pk Triangle, nnectg Newstle railway statn wh Stswood Road and Wtmorland Road, and clus tradnal-style gay pubs, hip lounge-bars, drag baret, and dance clubs wh top DJs. Nearby Saltaire will also appeal to LGBTQ+ visors—the village is signated a UNESCO World Herage Se, wh s Victorian textile l now nverted to shops and f as well as a gallery dited to Yorkshire-born gay artist David Hockney. Liverpool’s regard Homotopia Ftival celebrat LGBTQ+ art and culture annually November, as do London-based arts ftival GFt, and East London’s alternative film showse Frge!

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

LGBTQ+ travel magaze Passport, the UK gay magaze Attu, and Brish gay health and sex magaze FS (his article “Hard Sex: Exposed” was nomated for the Rosemary Goodchild Award for excellence sexual health journalism at the SHUK Awards 2014). Over 2, 500 participants om each cy were asked to rank out of five, three liftyle factors: the strength of their cy’s gay datg scene, the qualy of s LBGT nightlife, and the openns of their fellow cizens. The pani methodology towards the LGBT Nightlife tegory is: Wh their vibrant atmosphere and sense of clivy, gay-iendly parti and venu are often the beatg heart of a cy’s night scene.

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Vis the gay Schwul mm, the first monument of the gay movement, the famo Marietta bar, Cafe Ber, the olst Heile Welt gay club, or for the bt queer party the KKat-Klub.