A Gui To Gay Athens for LGBTQ Travelers - Matador Network

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• GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”

GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

In the nearly six years that had elapsed sce ECRI’s last asssment, was noted that good practic had been ma a number of centre-right Greek ernment, followg groundbreakg legislatn implemented by s leftwg precsor – cludg civil unns for same-sex upl – had announced a 2021-25 natnal strategy for LGBTQI+ equaly and, for the first time, placed openly gay dividuals official posts. Siarly, a natnal actn plan agast racism and tolerance was adopted as one of Europe’s most socially nservative societi, the Mederranean untry has faced cricism for s failure to properly implement polici and root out ep-seated homophobia poed by leadg members of the Greek Orthodox church. Bishops have publicly nounced homosexualy as a killg of Zak Kostopoulos, a gay activist and drag performer, broad daylight Athens four years ago, did much to highlight a culture of abe and impuny the untry’s police force.

‘Follow your gaydar’ is the ual stctn given Gazi, Athens’ most LGBT-iendly neighbourhood, wh s ever-changg but always abundant bars, f, rtrants and hotels.

ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”

While known as Athens’ Gay Village, the bt part of Gazi is s diversy; this is also the trendit nightlife scene for everyone else.

From about 11pm onwards, gay and straight lols and tourists alike scend on Gazi to chill out and party. Mykonos, a jewel the Cyclas islands and jt a four-hour ferry ri om the maland, is also a gay travel mec, wh LGBT bars and hangouts stretchg along the wateront between the old harbour and the Panagia Paraportiani church. Likely the most famo gay property on the island is Hotel Elysium, wh a sunset baret show by the pool bar that’s nsired an sential start to an eveng.

For one week Augt, Xlsr ftival draws 30, 000 partygoers and some of the biggt nam on the gay mic scene to outdoor venu. Most tablishments are both gay- and straight-iendly, wh De Facto Bar beg the only official gay bar town. Mykonos may have won over the gay crowds the ’70s onwards, but LGBT travelers to Greece now have a wi range of gay-iendly statns to choose om.

Whether you’re the tellectual type, the art lover or the beach bum, Greece is among the most welg gay-iendly untri Europe, and is slowly but steadily evolvg to a muny of openns and cln. So y, many Greek same-sex upl live openly and publicly and happily among fay, iends and lleagu a society that is takg step – albe baby steps – towards gay liberatn. Is Greece a Good Choice for Gay Travelers?

Not so much for the crazy gay life and partyg (re: Mykonos) but now more so for the feelg of nnectn and muny. 7 Mt-vis Gay-iendly Vatn Spots Greece. A mt for all travelers and a favore for gay holidaymakers, particularly the seclud v along the Mt Peln’s astle.

►Folegandros – Ty and far away, Folegandros has been wng over the gay crowds the last uple of years wh s isolated beach and hikg trails. And some trivia: believe or not, a few years back exvatns on Astypalaia brought to light what is believed to be the world’s olst graffi pictg gay sex.

Gay Travel Greece: What to Do. Take a Gay Cise to Greece or Hire a Sail Boat.

Gay cis love Greece. Participate Gay Events.

The annual Gay Pri Para Athens and Thsaloniki and events which take place Athens every year June and the Internatnal Ersos Women’s Ftival held annually on the island of Lvos September are a great chance to mgle while on holiday.

There’s so much to see and do and wh the help of gay bookg s you n arrange acmodatn. ✔︎If you haven’t ed gay-foced bookg apps or are visg an off-the-grid statn like a remote island or village the mountas, don’t be surprised if you book a room wh a double bed and upon arrival the host scrambl to change to two sgl.

✔︎Believe or not, nudist travelers are more likely to face more unrelentg star than gay upl. And of urse, don’t miss the gay nightlife (which I promise to ver a future post). Gay Marriage⚭✖ Civil unnsCensorship✔ No censorshipChangg Genr✔ Legal, surgery not requiredNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyConversn Therapy✔ Banned.

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"Should society accept homosexualy? Perceived Acceptance of Gay People? 7% of Greeks support gay marriage60.

9% of Greeks support the adoptn of children by same-sex upl69% of Orthodox Christians support the Church's posn on refg to perform same-sex marriagHistoryHomosexual activy Greece? Homosexual activy Greece is legal.

Current statSce Dec 23, 2015Legal In Greece, homosexualy was a crimal offence up until 1951. This article was abolished wh an amendment that was voted on December 23, 2015LegalHomosexualy Greece beme legal 1951 by the new Penal Co, but some discrimatn laws agast homosexuals was valid until recently (article 347 of the Penal Co) marriage Greece?

Current statSce Dec 23, 2015Civil unns In December 23, 2015, the Hellenic Parliament voted wh 193 vot (56 agast and 51 abstentns), the law on the extensn of the habatn agreement to homosexual upl.

In the new form, sexual orientatn is disnnected om the creria that mt be met by prospective blood (fe ferral)In orr to donate blood, blood donors had to fill out a form lled "Blood Donor History”, issued by the Natnal Blood Donatn Center, which stated that donatg blood is prohibed for “anyone who had been a homosexual relatnship sce 1977”Conversn therapy Greece? The worst thg is that she said this to actually fort me, " Albatros year, Albatros (their artistic name) published 'Flty Boy', a book scribg the challeng that genr queer children face Greece, a largely nservative untry where the fluential Orthodox Church teach that beg gay is a s. "Of urse I felt the prsure to change, " said Albatros, g an artistic name and wearg a sparkly black face mask to ensure the book is not lked to a certa this month banned so-lled nversn therapy for mors, practic aimed at supprsg a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty and which health experts and the lbian, gay, bisexual and trans muny worldwi have nmned as psychologilly harmful and, New Zealand and France crimalised nversn therapy earlier this year, jog a growg number of untri to outlaw the Mister Msokakis, who is tryg to break away om the tradnal image of a nservative lear and fac electns 2023, last year appoted a mtee to draft a natnal strategy for improvg LGBTQI+ rights.