Ever wanted to get away om all only to fd yourself surround by all the all same fac? This summer vatn experience a road trip out of your fort zone. This week we follow two gay boys as they embark on an excursn of their own.
Contents:
- YOUR ULTIMATE EAST COAST GAY ROAD TRIP GUI
- GAY ROAD TRIP RPGS ARE A THG NOW, AND I'M INTO IT
- THE GREAT GAY AMERIN ROAD TRIP
- GAY TRAVEL JOURNAL: ROAD TRIPS
- M-APPEAL SR SAL ON GAY ROAD TRIP DRAMEDY ‘THE MAN WH THE ANSWERS’ (EXCLUSIVE)
YOUR ULTIMATE EAST COAST GAY ROAD TRIP GUI
LGBTQ-iendly road trip route om San Francis to New York Cy, cludg LGBTQ-iendly hotels, gay bars, and queer entertament. * road trip gay guy *
In the early 1960s, Bob Damron began creatg pocket-sized addrs books to help gay men fd queer spac while travelg around the natn. But eedom wasn’t always a given for queer people, leadg LGBTQ travelers to favor well-known gayborhoods liberal ci near the US astl.
Marshall’s Beach, a clothg-optnal queer hang beneath the Goln Gate Bridge, is the perfect place to dip your rriere the Pacific; Dolor Park’s southwt rner is a land-locked “gay beach” that attracts crowds on sunny days. One of the untry’s earlit gay anizatns, the Mattache Society, was found Silver Lake 1950, and historic queer protts agast police btaly at Coopers Donuts (1959) and the Black Cat (1967) led up to NYC’s Stonewall Uprisg and the Gay Liberatn Movement that followed. Today, LGBTQ life revolv around Wt Hollywood (WeHo), where you’ll fd the hight ncentratn of LGBTQ tablishments, cludg the Abbey, LA’s go-to gay bar, and Micky’s, the bt spot to see RuPl’s army of glamazons.
GAY ROAD TRIP RPGS ARE A THG NOW, AND I'M INTO IT
The Great Gay Amerin Road Trip. Travel the backroads across 17 stat on a journey to disver queer life far flung rners of the untry! * road trip gay guy *
You’re most likely to fd queer crowds around the Pri Flag Lifeguard Tower or at Roosterfish, a gay bar that also hocks lol art.
This inic Amerin roadway, mythologized by Stebeck as the “Mother Road” The Grap of Wrath, slic eastward through LA’s gayborhood as enters Ameri’s wtern wilrns.
Phoenix might be Arizona’s gayt cy, but LGBTQ-iendly Flagstaff sports an abundance of outdoor activi where weary travelers n stretch their legs. For a gay daytime hang, drive 30 mut to Lake Travis where you’ll fd iendly queer folx sunbathg at Hippie Hollow — the Lone Star State’s only legal nu beach. On top of holdg the state’s largt LGBTQ Pri celebratn, Fayetteville is also the first cy Arkansas to jo the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn.
THE GREAT GAY AMERIN ROAD TRIP
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If you want to keep queer, prs play on Spotify’s Orville Peck statn and drive to hip ‘hoods like East Nashville (the Williamsburg of the South) and the Gulch, an area for eatg and shoppg, while gettg serenad by the gay in of untry mic.
GAY TRAVEL JOURNAL: ROAD TRIPS
, statn travel guis wh a gay perspective. * road trip gay guy *
The cy has more LGBTQ rints per pa than Chigo, two gayborhoods, Short North and German Village, and a iendly rnfed vibe that mak everyone feel wele. Short North Arts District, home to gay hnts Axis Nightclub and Unn Cafe, is packed wh ntemporary art galleri, lolly owned rtrants, and chic boutiqu.
M-APPEAL SR SAL ON GAY ROAD TRIP DRAMEDY ‘THE MAN WH THE ANSWERS’ (EXCLUSIVE)
This blue-llar town wasn’t always a great place to be gay. A mix of universy stunts and young profsnals enjoy nightlife optns like classic gay clubs, snas, and go-go jots.
For a crash urse on LGBTQ history, vis Christopher Park and the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art, a pact art space wh famo and lser-known queer talents.