The gay traveler's gui to Boston - Lonely Pla

Contents:

• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• GAY BOSTON BOSTON CY GUI
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BOSTON
• GAY BOSTON
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BOSTON
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOSTON
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN BOSTON MA
• BOSTON GAY DISTRICT: SOUTH END
• GAY PROVCETOWN TRAVEL GUI
• THE WORLD'S BT GAY TRAVEL GUI
• BOSTON GAY MAP
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BOSTON

THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE

In fact, Massachetts was the first US state to legalize gay marriage back 2004. To this day, Boston remas one of Ameri’s most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci and has a large queer muny actively shapg the cy's future, ensurg remas one of the world’s foremost gay statns for generatns to e. Loted a small neighborhood that’s smooshed between the Theater District and Chatown, Jacqu is Boston’s olst operatg gay bar and the cy’s premier tablishment for drag shows.

The space is a rtrant durg the early eveng hours and is popular amongst the lols, both gay and straight. It’s filled wh an endls array of gay bars and clubs, and tons of LGBTIQ+-owned rtrants, ns, B&Bs, and more.

GAY BOSTON BOSTON CY GUI

In fact, P-town is known as one of the “gayt plac on Earth''.

The Boston LbiGay Urban Foundatn is another group that has ntued to put on queer events and offer support to lols after the dissolutn of Boston Pri.

There's also pl a lively young universy populatn, and what uld be the world's bt cholate chip okie, Flour Bakery + Cafe's Chunky Lola, the name of which refers to a gay ctomer's bulldog. Other lendar highlights clu 36-year-old LGBTQ film ftival, Wicked Queer, and there's typilly a gay event or two that cis wh the annual Boston Marathon. Harvard teacher and art historian, Profsor Andrew Lear, leads a two-hour "Gay Secrets of the Mm of Fe Arts" tour that n be booked through Osr Wil Tours.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BOSTON

It clus admissn to the Mm of Fe Arts and smash through the Puranism of Boston's oln days to get at a major gay 18th-century sndal, "Boston marriag, " and the "sexit J of the Italian Renaissance. Also big wh the bears and beard set, Boston Eagle is one of the cy's olst gay bars to boot.

Although Cambridge's multi-level dance club Paradise closed to much lamentatn 2018, check out the weekly dance and drag events by promoters Gay Mafia Boston, which take place var lotns and clu Hot Ms Sundays at Candibar, Lato Wedndays at Legacy, and more.

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Back Bay's gay-owned Oasis Gay Hoe and Adams Bed & Breakfast spread their 31 rooms over four neighborg brownstone buildgs. Opened 2014 ( a former 1950s motor n), boasts an outdoor pool and plimentary accs to the nearby Boston Sports Club and is easy walkg distance to gay nightclub Boston Mache. Noted for s extensive gay, lbian and transgenr annual events, nightlife, clubs and bars, ’s a fantastic place to travel to as an LGBTQ+ person.

Massachetts was the first state to legalise same-sex marriage and home to the first openly gay state reprentative, Elae Noble, who was elected to the Massachetts Hoe of Reprentativ here back 1974. However, like most ci you’ll fd that some neighbourhoods are gayer than others, and Boston the neighbourhoods clu;.

The South End LGBTQ+ muny then began to build the gay scene here we know and love today plete wh unique bars, wonrful fés and luxur rtrants.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BOSTON

While there is no gay or LGBTQ+ exclive acmodatn Boston, ’s hard to fd any acmodatn here that isn’t LGBTQ+ iendly. Dpe recent gay bar closur Boston, Club Café remas one of the bt all-around gay bars to vis the cy.

Explore the many historic and excg statns gay Boston, one of the most LGBT-iendly ci the Uned Stat.

From s sential role the Amerin Revolutn to s distctn as the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, gay Boston has a host of attractns that is sure to please any LGBT history buff. Gay Boston Boston Cy GuiBoastg some 400 years of rich cultural herage, Boston is arguably Ameri’s olst cy—a place where near every park, buildg and mm has a time-honoured story to tell.

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This was the first state to legalize gay marriage, after all, and let’s not fet ever-beloved gay Provcetown is jt a hop across the Massachetts Bay. While Boston’s tradnal gayborhood still centr around South End and Tremont Street, you’ll fd rabow flags billowg throughout the town. Hudson’s ultimate gay Boston to stay BostonFor old-European charm the heart of Boston’s sought-after Back Bay, The Elt Hotel is a mendable choice.

From the rollg hills of the Berkshir Wtern Mass all the way to Provcetown, the “bt gay rort town”, and also the number one statn for same sex weddgs Ameri.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN BOSTON MA

Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Boston. 617/262-9405) tak place at the begng of June and clus a ftival, a ncert, block parti, and the largt gay-pri para New England.

A good onle rource is Edge excellent gui to lol gay- and lbian-owned and -iendly bs is the Pk Pag. Other eful rourc clu the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Helple (tel. 800/399-7337 or 617/267-2535), both operated by Fenway Communy Health; the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lbian Youth (tel.

Boston is the gateway for one of the untry's top gay vatn statns, Provcetown. The South End, the hub of the muny, is a neighborhood of grand bow-ont ho that had fallen to disrepair until tchg the ey of gays armed wh hammers and pat bsh.

BOSTON GAY DISTRICT: SOUTH END

There are plenty of rtrants along the major thoroughfar of Tremont Street and Columb Avenue, and still a handful of popular gay and iendly bars.

GAY PROVCETOWN TRAVEL GUI

Jamai Pla (lled 'JP' lolly) a b further out the Orange Le, is a muny of profsnals, activists and artists, cludg many lbians & gay men, mixed wh a large Lat populatn.

This is also where Hot Ms Sundays, one of the big weekly gay dance nights, tak place. For the gayt beach Provcetown is the bt bet --an easy ferry ri om Boston Harbor. Bay Wdows is an rmative gay weekly newspaper, wh listgs, news, reviews, and classifieds; prt and onle.

THE WORLD'S BT GAY TRAVEL GUI

Boston Spir is a 6 tim-per-year gay liftyle magaze eebie.

BOSTON GAY MAP

EDGE Boston has gay entertament listgs and event updat. Rabow Tim vers gay New England, and publish annual Pri Guis for Boston, Connecticut and Northampton, MA.

The 200-voice Boston Gay Men's Chos ensemble is one of New England’s largt and most succsful muny-based chos, wh ncerts attend by over 10, 000 people each season. For more LGBT & iends sports optns see: The Boston Gay Basketball League; the Boston Strikers Soccer Club; Boston Pri Hockey; the CBVA (Cambridge Boston Volleyball Associatn); the FLAG (Friends, Lbians, and Gays) flag football league; LANES (Liquid Assets New England Swimmg); The Boston Ironsis Rugby Football Club; the OutRyrs New England Gay Ski and Snowboard Club; and the Beantown Soft-Tip Dart League.

For lotns and webse lks to bs listed below, see our Boston gay map & listgs pag. Near the gay nightlife, The Alise Boston (26 Chandler St; 857-444- 6111), a 56-room Staypeapple boutique hotel the South End, is central to jt about everywhere, eher on foot or a short hop on the T.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BOSTON

Cathedral Statn (1222 Washgton St), South End gay sports bar, ckatails, pub fare menu, Saturday/Sunday and holiday Monday bnch, trivia game nights, pat seatg. Full-service rtrant, fort foods wh a French twist, Sunday bnch; transforms to gay nightclub and lounge nightly, for dancg after 10pm. Hot Ms Sundays at Candibar (279 Tremont St), weekly Sunday 21+ gay dance nights the Theater District, amatr strip ntts and drag diva hosts.