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THE INTERNATNAL GAY & LBIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATN (IGLTA)

INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION INC is a Board of Tra headquartered null, null. * gay and lesbian travel association *

The Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn was found 1983 and is the world's leadg work of LGBTQ-welg tourism bs.

The Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn provis ee travel rourc and rmatn while ntuoly workg to promote equaly and safety wh LGBTQ tourism worldwi.

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The Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn is the world's leadg global travel work dited to nnectg and tg LGBT travelers and the bs that wele and support them along the way. IGLTA was found 1983 by gay and lbian travel agents and now operat 80+ untri on all six habed ntents.

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IGLTA is the world's leadg travel tra associatn mted to growg and enhancg s members gay and lbian tourism bs through tn, promotn and workg.

~ Found 1983, wh 25 foundg members, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA) is today a 1000 pl member strong and growg anizatn of gay, lbian and muny iendly travel profsnals. Both jumped at a chance for Moss' girliend to be somewhere "culturally entirely queer"bee she had not had as much experience socializg LGBTQ+ more: Bt travel suranceFor some LGBTQ+ travelers, gay cis have offered a kd of haven on the seas.

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While early cis tered primarily to gay men and lbians, the market has grown recent years, wh more optns aimed at a more diverse array of queer travelers. Cise operators that tered to gay and lbian passengers began sailg the '80s and '90s, acrdg to a timele om IGLTA.

Where people uld be together wh members of their muny and get away and be ee om fai or work, you know, be out, bee the world was so different the '80s, " John Tanzella, print and CEO of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn, sailgs were a tougher sell back then, though. "It was probably really hard to get a cise le to take a gay group ( the early days), " Tanzella some s, ships rryg LGBTQ+ passengers were turned away om ports, he add.

'I jt want to see more of ':The importance of seeg people like you while travelgJon Fenwick went on his first gay cise 2008 wh Atlantis Events after some iends talked him to . "You fely see a lot of the same fac om trip to trip, and a lot of people would go on the same on every year jt to have a rnn, or sometim we ll gay summer mp, " said Fenwick, a ernment rmatn technology specialist based Arlgton, optns were also more limed and siloed, wh cis aimed primarily at gay men or lbians, he add.

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Fenwick has met other gay passengers on mastream cis but said the experience isn't the same, "You fely don't have the (same) eedom to be yourself on a regular cise.

The pany's clientele is predomantly gay men, but 20% of the sailg's guts were women.

"We have gay, straight, queer iends our real liv, " said Riedlg, who liv Spokane, Washgton, and Palm Sprgs, California. Among those, Atlantis is particularly popular among gay men but wel women, transgenr and nonbary guts, and "even straight parents, " as well, CEO Rich Campbell said an while Olivia Travel's guts primarily intify as cisgenr lbians and queer women, nonbary and transgenr guts have always been wele, acrdg to VP of marketg Autumn Roper's part, he said the kds of sailgs VACAYA aims to offer shift the dynamic LGBTQ+ people experience elsewhere, even if only for a week or two at a time. INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION INCCy State | IRS lg year: 1999 | EIN: 65-0443108 Organizatn Missn A TRAVEL TRADE ASSOCIATION THAT PROVIDES AN ANNUAL CONVENTION, MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIUMS TO ENHANCE MEMBERS GAY AND LESBIAN TOURISM BUSINESS THROUGH EDUCATION, PROMOTI...

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