GAY ATHENS - A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Contents:

• ATHENS GAY PRI
• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• GREECE GAY TRAVEL
• GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
• GAY THSALONIKI
• GAY CRETE

ATHENS GAY PRI

‘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.

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.

GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

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.

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

Athens Gay Pri Week is normally held the first week of June, and is the cy's largt genuflectn to the lol LGBTQ muny.

The gay pri event of the Greek pal is celebratory wh parti and events, but also rri a strong social msage. In recent time, the Greek pal has bee creasgly more open towards the LGBTQ muny, makg Athens Gay Pri worth pencilg to your gay events' lendar this year.

2005 was special for Athens Gay Pri, however, as was the first time a full-sle monstratn transpired downtown Athens, outsi of the cy's Parliament. Until 2016, Athens Gay Pri took place  Klathmonos Square, and 2017 shifted to the more centrally loted and well-known, Syntagma Square. It is the untry's ma square, makg the event self much more public, and is also much larger than Syntagma Square, facilatg the creased participatn Athens Gay Pri each year.

GREECE GAY TRAVEL

Athens Gay Pri is a chance for the lol LGBTQ muny and anizatns to put forward aims, activi and mands. So if you like the ia of experiencg your pri unr the dreamy Greek sun, get yourself to Athens Gay Pri and immerse yourself  somethg that is equal parts social and equal parts polil.

Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2. Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium.

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LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September. Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival.

GAY THSALONIKI

ATHENS – Greece legalized gay civil unns Tuday spe opposn om the Church and a rebelln by some right-wg members of the lg aln. Lawmakers voted 193 favor vers 56 agast the long-awaed reform, followg a heated 10-hour bate which supporters of the bill — some wearg rabow gay pri badg — trad barbs wh opponents. Outsi parliament, gay rights mpaigners gathered wh banners readg “Love is the Law” and “All I want for Christmas is Equaly.

Activists say regnn of same-sex civil partnerships is an important step towards gag greater acceptance a untry where the Orthodox Church still holds sway and where reports of homophobic vlence have creased recent years. While many untri already allow same-sex marriage, Greece is one of the last European Unn stat to legalize gay civil unns.

GAY CRETE

Prsure for change creased after the European Court of Human Rights led two years ago that was discrimatory for the untry to exclu gay upl om existg legislatn givg tax, pensn and herance rights to unmarried heterosexuals.

Bishop Seraphim of Piras lled homosexualy “unnatural lewdns” while the ntroversial Bishop Amvross of Kalavryta orred church his dce to sound funeral bells “ mourng” over the bill’s expected passage.

“This will allow gay people to be more visible, ” said Nancy Papathanasu, a board member at the OLKE lbian and gay anizatn. Gay iendly acmodatn AthensIf you are visg Athens for the first time as an LGBTQIA2S+ member and hatg on where to stay, we’ve got you vered.

The hotels and gay-iendly lotns are perfect to diffe any worri about beg an LGBTQIA2S+ member travelg abroad, and worried about safety and Area. Today, is a meltg pot of cultur, ethnici, and now, orientatns, havg bee an unofficial gay district.