7 Gay Friendly Wter Sun Dtatns You Can't Miss [2022]

Contents:

• LGBTQ TRAVEL & GAY HOLIDAYS
• GAY HOLIDAYS? HERE ARE 19 AMAZG TOP DTATNS
• 7 GAY FRIENDLY WTER SUN DTATNS YOU CAN’T MISS
• THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• LEAST GAY IENDLY HOLIDAY STATNS
• GAY HOLIDAYS

LGBTQ TRAVEL & GAY HOLIDAYS

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. 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.

GAY HOLIDAYS? HERE ARE 19 AMAZG TOP DTATNS

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.

7 GAY FRIENDLY WTER SUN DTATNS YOU CAN’T MISS

You might even be able to jo the Helski Homovaas (Helski Gay Invasn), whose purpose is to “shake up the gay scene” by takg over random straight bars. 5ln people each year, cludg 300, 000 overseas self is one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri the world: same-sex sexual activy was ma legal 1979, and was the third untry to legalise gay marriage, 2005.

First stop has to be Chue, Madrid’s “gaybourhood” wh bars and venu dotted around Plaza Chue (also don’t miss the recently refurbished Merdo San Antón for tasty food stalls and a rooftop terrace).

The seasi town, jt half an hour om the cy of Barcelona, is a lively, yet laid-back statn, which has a very open scene for gay men of all ag. The Playa la Bassa Rodona, one of three gay beach, is right the centre of town and, om May to September, the majory of tourists the town seem to be men. The cy self is a llectn of diverse areas, wh Castro and SoMa (South of Market, and particularly hip) named the world's bt 'gayborhoods' 2016.

THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

High rat of vlence have rulted; while attus may be changg, 2013 half of all LGBTQ people surveyed said they had experienced homophobic vlence. While Print Put says that sexual mori have the same rights and eedoms as anyone else, the current law banng the distributn of materials promotg "non-tradnal sexual relatnships" to mors means that any kd of gay culture remas very much unrground. Although men walk hand hand, this is a sign of iendship, not an ditor of sexualy, and while there may be unrground gay clubs, they are often subject to police raids.

While homosexualy is not explicly illegal Egypt, there are perdic crackdowns on people who are - or who are associated wh - the LGBTQ muny. Although Bali - a lively gay hub this regn - is part of Indonia, the rt of this extensive, spread-out untry is not so welg to LGBTQ people. Eher way, there’s nothg wrong wh wantg to see new plac (gay-iendly or not), meet new fac, and, if you’re feelg up for , a holiday romance.

LEAST GAY IENDLY HOLIDAY STATNS

Emerald Life was started to brg more equaly and diversy to the world of fancial servic and our travel surance is one of our proust achievements wh ver for all travel, whether for gay holidays or not! You will fd that there’s somethg for everyone, whether you want to explore the bars and clubs on your own or wh like-md people – new iends n be an sential part of a gay holiday.

Table of Contents Gay-Friendly Copenhagen, DenmarkLGBT-Friendly Bangkok, ThailandMykonos, Greece — Gay Holiday for NewbiLGBT holidays Tel Aviv, IsraelParis, FranceHong KongNashville, TennseeQueenstown, New ZealandTokyo, JapanSydney, AtraliaPalm Sprgs, FloridaSeoul, South KoreaRome, ItalyPuerto Vallarta, MexiDubai, Uned Arab EmiratOttawa, CanadaRovaniemi, FlandChigo, IlloisVienna, AtriaConcln Gay-Friendly Copenhagen, Denmark If you’re lookg for a gay-iendly statn, but don’t want to lve to anythg too wild and crazy, then Copenhagen might be the bt gay holiday statn for you. Some of the great thgs that you n look forward to if you choose to go to Thailand for your holiday clu the followg: Possibly the bt shoppg spree of your lifeAffordable gay bars and clubsDelectable cuiseVibrant nightlife Suppose your ia of a holiday is synonymo wh adventure. Most people outsi of the LGBT muny wouldn’t know , but this unassumg Greek island happens to be one of the most gay-iendly statns the world.

GAY HOLIDAYS

LGBT holidays Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv is loted one of the world’s most nservative untri and may not appear to be as gay-iendly as the other statns this list. However, that don’t stop om earng the approval of the LGBT muny, and for a good reason: Popular gay nightlife scen that last throughout the year. Let’s put this way — if you want to travel to a place wh beach packed wh some of the ternatnal gay jet set and endls optns for smopolan bars and rtrants, then a holiday Tel Aviv might be the perfect statn for you.

While there’s a lgerg sense of uncertaty the regn wh Hong Kong classified as a “special admistrative regn” unr Cha, there are at least three thgs that sgle gay men n look forward to — geo views, a party crowd, and world-class rtrants. If you want to spend your gay holidays sippg a marti on top of a skyscraper towerg over the metropolis skyle, then Hong Kong is the place to be! Nashville is the place to be, particularly for gay men who are milly and artistilly cled (although we’d also remend a trip to At, Texas too).