9 Most Gay-Friendly Countri In Europe | TravelAwas

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• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• THE BT GAY SNAS EUROPE
• 9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
• THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

Here’s the lowdown on seven popular untri that are — spe their flaws — worthwhile travel statns, ranked om the least to the most gay iendly plac Eastern Europe.

THE BT GAY SNAS EUROPE

When travelg the Rsian Feratn, ’s bt to keep md that sce 2013, there has been a law place that basilly mak illegal to engage the “promotn of homosexualy to mors, ” which they term “gay propaganda.

“Don’t tell people this, ” I was advised by a uple their 20s that my partner and I were sharg a table wh at a Kyiv Christmas market after we told them we were a gay uple.

9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE

There’s also Café Gallery, the kd of warm and welg space that every cy needs, a gallery/fé/bar/club that accepts all typ of people, om gay to straight to trans, and om young to old. The spac mentned above embody one of the secrets of LGBTQ life not-so-iendly plac — the muni are ually que bond and highly supportive of one another, makg Geia, at least safe bubbl, one of the most gay iendly plac Eastern Europe.

In 2021, he enacted further legislatn that censors LGBT posive ntent om movi, books, or public advertisements, and severely rtricts sex tn school, forbiddg any rmatn thought to “enurage genr change or homosexualy. Romania’s urban centers feel very safe, but neverthels, is advised that public displays of affectn should be avoid bee many people — police officers particular — still garner some homophobia. Thor’s Hammer is a warm and welg gay bar Buchart and Cluj, a llege town, is an acceptg and safe environment for queer folx, maly bee the town has a young populatn.

THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville.

THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS

This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss.

Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter. Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street.