Gay Life Ivory Coast - an Interview

Contents:

• UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI
• THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY
• SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY
• GAY LIFE IVORY COAST - AN INTERVIEW
• EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY

UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI

In 2005, the pal Montevio beme one of the few ci the world to have a homomonument – a rose-lored grane the shape of a triangle scribed wh the words: “To Honour Diversy is to Honor Life”. In Montevio, ’s mon to see gay upl—men and women—holdg hands on the rambla, the 25-km promena that borrs the River Plate. And while olr generatns may be takg their time to e around to the chang, younger generatns are openly supportive of gay are jt a few gay bars and my experience is that gay men and women don’t tend to ghettoise.

A gay emigrant to Uguay livg Colonia wr: “I live the Uguayan equivalent of the Bible belt wh my partner of 28 years and th far have enuntered no negative vib at all. … Unlike the US, UK and Ireland, beg gay has never been a crime here so there isn’t the same historil baggage and rentment that you still fd certa plac… an dividual’s sexualy is viewed as a personal matter and is of no ncern to the neighbors (except perhaps for a b of gossip.

THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY

The same year the age of nsent was lowered to 16 – regardls of who you were havg sex past has seen big chang regardg rights for gays, lbians and transAnti-discrimatn laws are place sce 2003, and gays and lbians are allowed to serve openly the ary and jotly adopt children sce upl have been able to enter to civil unns sce 2008 and sce 2013, to marryTransgenr people have been able to change their genr on official documentatn sce looks like ’s time to plan your vis to the gay-iendlit natn South Ameri! BeachChihuahua, a nudist beach several wt of glzy Punta l Este has the only hotel exclively for gay men the whole of Uguay.

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SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY

Sophistited, safe, and progrsive, Uguay sc visors wh s sprawlg untrysi, imprsive beach, pulsatg tango clubs, and world-class w—all one of South Ameri’s most open-md, gay-iendly natns. BOOK WITH US Colonia l Sacramento | Photo: Dpkelly07Gay UguayLargely nsired the most LGBT-iendly untry South Ameri, Uguay has an outstandg reputatn among gay travellers for s legislative amework protectg LGBT cizens. Social acceptance for LGBT dividuals and fai is high, and gay travellers to Uguay n rt assured that virtually everywhere the untry is a safe space to be as you are.

Montevio is the most gay-popular cy Uguay, boastg a rivetg gay nightlife scene and even one of the world’s few gay monuments—La Plaza la Diversidad to vis UguayBeach bums chasg the sun and sand at Uguay’s top astal rorts should seek out the height of summer, between late December and Febary. For more on what to see and do, cludg the bt Montevio gay bars (and some of the bt gay clubs Uguay) don’t miss our -pth gay Montevio travel gui. You’ve got the gay male-only hotel Undari, the qutsential gay-popular beach Playa Chihuahua, and a healthy smatterg of eic disthequ where you n shake your booty all night long.

Here is where you’ll fd the untry’s veted hot sprgs, a rejuvenatg way to round out any gay Uguay vatn. Addnally, same-sex upl have been allowed to jotly adopt sce 2009 and gays, lbians and bisexuals are permted to openly serve the ary. LGBT Chamber of Commerce Natnal Conference – Each September the Uguayan chamber of merce has their annual nference showsg the bt of gay travel the untry.

GAY LIFE IVORY COAST - AN INTERVIEW

The charge of life is gentle here: clean air, equent sunshe, long sand-duned beach and, more importantly to gay and lbian visors, a relaxed atmosphere away om the more formal strictur of Buenos Air. And how would Miguel f to this affluent Argentean fay system where gay is not a topic of discsn?

EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY

Although Carlo’s fay all know and accept ( silence) that he is gay, his affairs do not segue to the ual ncerns of the fay, such as his sister’s recent divorce. And what do Miguel know of the plexy, rponsibily and social life of an urban gay relatnship om havg lived the impoverished nf of a ty macho Catholic village.

So, gay or bi, Ricky mak himself available to Carlo whenever he viss the good life Punte l Este.

From several nversatns wh gay men om both untri I me to unrstand that the differenc arose om the fluence of three powerful sourc: the ary tablishment, the Roman Catholic church and the brtle etiquette of the lg upper class. Wh ls ncern for manners, enhanced by unpretent poverty, ’s not difficult to fd guys–gay, straight or between–willg to acmodate sirg partners, om home or abroad. For other gay players town for a few days and not lookg for hbands, the relaxed sexual atmosphere mak for a fortable ocsn.

It is clearly a predomantly straight system that has slowly evolved to morn thkg pecially durg the 5-year tenure (2005-10) of the immediate past print Print Tabare Vazquez who was known for a progrsive attu toward gay rights. He produced a sweepg ti of legislative change, makg Uguay a sirable untry which to be openly gay. Ambi-sexualy is more mon here pecially among younger men who tend to be more at ease and fluctuate between gay and straight on their way to matury.

” But he has not lived among native gays for years and adms that young people are now more open. As may be expected, there is a gay iendly stretch lled Furiferia where cur and eager Uguayans n exchange looks and favors. This progrs has been slow and cremental, spearhead by civil society efforts the regn to abolish laws that crimalize gay sex.