14 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love - Hostelworld Travel Blog

Contents:

• GAY DATG NETHERLANDS
• GAY LIFE NETHERLANDS ANTILL (CURAO)
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY ROTTERDAM
• GAY LIFE A TOLERANT SOCIETY ABA
• GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

GAY DATG NETHERLANDS

And, y, acrdg to many sourc, The Netherlands is one of the most LGBT-iendly statns the world (rankg #14 on the Spartac Gay Inx 2021). Beg gay has been legal sce 1811, and 2001 the Netherlands beme the first untry the world to legalize marriage for all upl, regardls of genr. That is why we’ve asked gay traveler Ryan Thomas Woods to share his experience travelg to the Netherlands (wh his boyiend).

Durg our three-week stay, we got to experience the culture, cuise, nightlife, and day-to-day life as a gay uple livg Amsterdam. “We are mted to welg all visors to the island and hope that this new se will help spread the word to the gay and lbian muny worldwi.

Highlights the many tourism partners on island that are members of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn and provis a listg of plac to gather and meet other gay travelers, as well as lols.

GAY LIFE NETHERLANDS ANTILL (CURAO)

Our island offers diverse culture, art galleri, beach, mms, fe acmodatns and exquise cuise that are enjoyed by all visors to the island, ” mented André Rojer of CHATA (Curaçao Hospaly and Tourism Associatn), who has labored tirelsly to ordate the gay-iendly efforts of the tourist dtry Curao. Founr Thirza Stewart strs how important that is: “The silence that falls when you tell your mother you are gay is very hard. Acrdg to FOKO neher Curao Society general, nor s policians particular “are sufficiently nsc of the fact that gay rights the Dutch Kgdom Europe are based on equaly and anti-discrimatn prcipl that are enshred the nstutn of Curao… recently rogatory remarks have been ma about homosexualy and same-sex relatnships…” See this report om Suzanne Gomez, Chair and Dudley Ferdand, Coordator of FOKO.

Foko head Mar Klemoedig nfirms gay people on Curaçao face an uphill battle, though thgs are not as bad as Jamai, where they fear for their liv. Another urt led a se of enrollment of a homosexual partner a llective health surance scheme, statg explicly that if enrollment was only possible for male-female married or unmarried straight upl, th excludg same-sex upl, this would nstute discrimatn. Although beg gay Curao is safer than Jamai, general, many closeted and married men n easily check out Adam4Adam, a hook-up se popular the Caribbean.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

“But Jamai, the homophobic Rastafarians and the equally homophobic God-fearg Evangelils would not even know what Adam4Adam was. “The gay and lbian muny is que large, ” explas Madame Jeate Pepper, of Curao GayPlasa Foundatn, anizers of Curao’s annual Gay Pri event. “The G-Lounge, Williwood, Wet & Wild and Tutu Tango, where every send Saturday of the month is a party by Curaçao GayPlasa.

Gay upl also equent the so-lled straight clubs, as all of the beach bars and nightclubs on the island have such a relaxed and gay iendly attu. So, plac like Papagayo,, Mambo, Bermuda, Pamp, Mundo Bizarro, Omundo and De Heeren are all very gay iendly as well, ” says Pepper, om GayPlasa, who also anize route gay events throughout the year.

GAY ROTTERDAM

There is also a Mr Gay Curao ntt each year to select a ndidate for the Mr Gay World Contt held at different plac around the globe. Cl Douglas’ book ‘Homosexualy the Caribbean—Crawlg Out of the Closet‘ ( March 24, 2008; 60 pag) exam anized efforts to crimalize homosexualy the Caribbean.

While the book speaks directly to the homophobic particulars of the Caribbean experience, fails to explore fully, how relatnships of jtice are exercised wh the i of the Caribbean’s sexual ethics…” (From). The book, entled ” Homosexualy the Caribbean, Crawlg out of the closet” is a study of attus towards Homosexualy throughout the English Speakg Caribbean, spanng the homophobic realy of Jamai, the ambivalence of the majory of Eastern Caribbean isl, to the open affirmatn of alternative liftyl Barbados. Furthermore, Haarlem is loted jt a stone's throw away om some of the most betiful parts of the Dutch beach (cludg a gay nu beach).

Together wh untri like Germany, Canada, and Swen, is currently ranked among the gay-iendlit natns the world, acrdg to the annual Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018.

GAY LIFE A TOLERANT SOCIETY ABA

Numero gay bars var areas around the cy make easy to meet new iends, lols and other LGBTQ+ travelers om all over the world. The Netherlands, general, hosts six Gay Pri events begng wh the Gay Pri Alkmaar May and endg wh the popular Gay Pri Rotterdam September.

Distant natural wonrs, famo metropolis, theme parks, gay sports events and faraway iends are great reasons to travel. Even more importantly, ’s a liberal mocracy that enshr gay rights and promot a healthy work-life balance… surely that’s enough reason to move there?

Thanks to s stat as the first untry the world to legalize same-sex marriage (2001) and one of the earlit to legalize homosexualy (1811), the Netherlands has long been a draw for those search of alternativ to the heterosexual liftyle and an active gay scene. Whether ’s the Dutchi’ egalarian approach, their iendls, the fact that the untry was the first to legalize gay marriage, the generally low crime rate, the expandg enomy and great work-life balance, Dutch gezelligheid, the hash, the boats, even the wdls, pendg on who you talk to, you’ll e up wh different answers to what’s wonrful about beg an expat the Netherlands – maybe even as many answers as there are expats.

GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI

Picture: iStock@mizoula Last week, all of Amsterdam was given over to Gay Pri: for an entire week, extra attentn for the acceptance of homosexualy and LGBTI+ rights was asked and given, pped off by the world-famo Amsterdam Pri Para. Four qutns for John W, Profsor of Social and Behavural Scienc and an expert the study of homosexualy and social scienc.

The abolishment of homosexualy – more specifilly sodomy – as a punishable offence origated the French era at the start of the 19th century, while the societal emancipatn that has been unfoldg sce the late 19th century has been driven by velopments Germany. There is no doubt that Amsterdam was an ternatnal (homosexual) tourist attractn, pecially for gay men, the last s of the 20th century. This untry also has a long tradn of gay-rights anisatns, the heir to the beg today's COC (Dutch anisatn advotg for LGBTQI+ rights).

What else n you tell about the current state of acceptance for homosexuals (and other LGBTI+ persons) the Netherlands?​. The Netherlands is performg pecially poorly the area I like to summarise as protectn agast homophobic statements and homophobic vlence.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

In recent years, attentn paid to promotg the acceptance of homosexualy has foced primarily on the tolerance of others, of migrants and of people wh an Islamic background. The past year has been a turbulent one for the Netherlands: take, for example, the two gay men who were beaten Arnhem, or the advertisg poster om Susupply that picted two men kissg.

Time and aga, polls show that virtually all Dutch people who participate such surveys are acceptg of homosexualy.