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THE CHALLENG OF BEG A GAY SOLO BACKPACKER
Gay travelers have a unique set of challeng on the road. Our lumnist Adam discs those challeng and how to overe them. * gay backpack *
In this gut post, Adam om Travels of Adam shar his thoughts on the challeng of beg a gay solo backpacker — and how to overe them so you n stay safe and have fun durg your travels! I share not this as a way to sre off gay travelers om backpackg — bee ’s tly a rewardg experience — but as a helpful gui for how to bt enjoy (gay) backpackg a safe and fun way.
Here are 6 challeg gay travelers face as well as how to overe them so you n enjoy your time abroad. Sure, if you only travel to the most nspicuo gay-iendly statns, you might fd them easier and more attractive terms of LGBT culture, nightlife, parti, and ftivals (and sex).
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” (Of urse, not everywhere n be a gay-iendly statn. However, breakg out of the standard “gay travel hotspots” will keep your travels h and add more nuance to your experec abroad. As a mory group, gay people always stggle to feel clud.
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) where, spe the hors of backpackers, I never did fd another gay backpacker to explore the cy wh. Instead, I found myself venturg out to Bangkok’s gay nightlife Silom alone. Sce the Orlando nightclub shootg, there’s been renewed tert the gay bar as a safe space, a place for fosterg and creatg LGBTQ muni.
And so many gay bars around the world, if you walk as a foreigner, you’ll often fd yourself immediately forted by beg around others like you.
While some acmodatns exclively target gay travelers — such as some gay-men-only hostels and gay hotels Europe — most hostels are still very much a part of the heterosexual world. But, perhaps the biggt not-so-secret gay travel tip is that the ubiquo gay datg apps provi so much more than the rnal experienc stereotypil of gay men. In the past year, many of the top gay apps have lnched more social workg featur to make them more PG and to make easier to meet for “more social” enunters.
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(And, ntroversially, even some heterosexual people seem to be g gay datg apps simply to make “gay bt iends. And while some gay travelers may choose to boytt particular statns, not all of do. If you happen to travel to one of the plac, be sure to know the lol legislatn and the current state of gay rights.
I remember my first vis to Amman, Jordan, where I wanted to explore the cy’s gay culture, but I was too aaid to meet anyone om the gay apps — even if was jt for a ffee. Bon: Check out Ellen Page and Ian Daniel’s Gaytn travel TV seri (om Viceland), wh episos on Jamai, a untry notor for s homophobia; Brazil; and Japan (as well as the US). The fast iendships are fun and one of the most amazg experienc, but as a gay traveler, there’s an add challenge: most people assume that others around them are heterosexual — ’s jt a hab of the world.