Gay Cy Podst - Gay Cy: Seattle's LGBTQ Center

Contents:

• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
• REVIEW 2023
• GAY CYPODST
• GAYT CI AMERI 2023
• GAY CY STATE PARK
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY PALM SPRGS

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

Equalx, a llaborative knowledge base for the global LGBT movement that maps the legaly of homosexualy, intifi a number of factors cludg eedom to change genr and to adopt – although hasn’t ranked untri or ci orr of bt to x om the Human Rights Campaign looks at municipal servic, law enforcement and the cy learship’s public posn on equaly across the US. Arguably the size of the LGBT populatn urban areas uld reflect the level of iendls, as “many LGBTI folk head to ci om ral areas bee of the promise of a eer, more tolerant life there, ” says André du Plsis, executive director of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn. San Francis has often been lled the “gay pal of the world” for s culture of tolerance and vibrant even when ci seem progrsive on the surface, the lived experience of members of the LGBT muny n tell a dramatilly different story.

“For a certa social strata [sic], Cape Town and Johannburg are gay mecs, but at the same time black lbians livg poor areas there are alg wh vlence and targeted rape, ” says Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT rights programme at Human Rights Watch. “Wh the electn of an openly homophobic print, Jair Bolsonaro, who has famoly said he would rather have a ad son than a gay son, R’s reputatn as a statn cy may falter, and vlence crease, ” Reid says.

”‘Gay Disneyland’Conversely, some untri wh backward and dangero attus to the LGBT muny, such as Iran and Sdi Arabia, discreet but vibrant unrground scen n thrive. This is even the se Rsia, where activists say two people were killed last week and nearly 40 taed, as part of a new homophobic crackdown by police the Chechnya regn. “Dubl is like gay Disneyland now, and that wasn’t the se 20 or 30 years ago, ” says Prof Andrew Reynolds, founr of the Universy of North Carola’s LGBTQ Reprentatn and Rights Rearch Iniative.

THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020

The untry was the first to legalise gay marriage by popular vote, a 2015 referendum wh a y vote of says: “They went to Atralia.

REVIEW 2023

And November, Jared Polis beme the first openly gay man to be elected as a US state Poland, one of Europe’s most Catholic and nservative untri, voters the small cy of Slupsk this year elected a gay atheist mayor, Robert Biedron.

Jt a few years ago, Biedron was attacked on the streets of his cy bee of his Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunil Pant beme Asia’s first openly gay feral-level elected official 2008, rultg a spate of public scty. The USA has bee a iendlier place for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual muny sce 2003 when Massachetts beme the first state to legalise same-sex marriage. There are rabow-clad streets, gay-iendly districts, and some of the most proment LGBT ftivals and Francis’s Pri Ftival tak plac every June and wel over 50, 000 people om around the world.

READ MORE…MapSee alsoShops at Rivercenter San AntonUned Stat of AmeriThe Rz-Carlton Spa OrlandoUned Stat of Ameri6 Bt Fay Thgs to Do IndianapolisUned Stat of AmeriPortland is one of the most gay-iendly ci the USA – this northwt queer oasis is home to a populatn where over 5% of people intify as LGBT, which is much higher than the natnal average. Thanks to the cy’s progrsive polil views and acceptg attu, Portland’s LGBT muny enjoys a variety of gay bars, paras, and even film ftivals.

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READ MORE…MapNew York Cy is known as one of the earlit LGBT hubs the US, wh gay-rights protts begng as early as 1969 when the Stonewall Rts Greenwich Village kicked off the morn gay rights movement we regnise today. New York Cy is home to more than 270, 000 self-intifyg gay and bisexual dividuals, as well as over 50, 000 transgenr people (the largt the untry) York Cy celebrat s LGBT muny every June durg the NYC Pri March when lourful floats para down Fifth Avenue, flanked by performers, supporters, gay-iendly sponsors. Wh wily popular events such as Disney’s Gay Days and Come Out wh Pri, ’s no surprise why Orlando is so popular wh LGBT lols and ’s Gay Days is a week-long celebratn that tak place every Augt at Magic Kgdom, where over 50, 000 atten drsed up red support of the LGBT muny.

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Come Out wh Pri is a e-long para through Downtown Orlando, celebratg the LGBT muny and honourg the 49 liv lost durg the 2016 tragedy at Pulse, a popular gay nightclub. READ MORE…MapPalm Sprgs, wh s vibrant gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muny, is a well-known LGBT travel statn the USA.

Some of the bt gay bars Palm Sprgs clu Touns Tiki Lounge and Starle Lounge, as well as The Terra Cotta Rort which doubl as a clothg-optnal, adults-only lodgg optn.

READ MORE…MapThe Miami Beach Gay Pri Para tak over the cy every year, wh over 145, 000 people g out to celebrate the LGBT muny. The popular Boston Gay Pri Ftival is preced every year by a whole week of events payg tribute to the muny's diversy and social progrs. Rabow flags rate many streetlights and buildgs, while straight bars and loung host ‘gay nights’ throughout the month of June.

GAY CY STATE PARK

Dupont Circle is where Lambda Risg, the cy’s first gay bookstore, opened back 1974, while Logan Circle and Adams Man are home to plenty of queer-iendly tablishments that su jt about any alternative liftyle. Wh over 65 km of fe-sand beach and a small but thrivg gay nightlife, the cy is also a popular vatn spot for many people, regardls of sexual orientatn.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A. There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?! Compared to other plac Mexi, was the cy where I saw the most signs of affectn public between same-sex upl, and there are plenty of gay bars, clubs and parti for everyone.

The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta. The two ma queer tango ongas the cy are La Marshall ( San Telmo) and Tango Queer ( Releta) Air Gay Ftival tak place every November.

Each year Auckland hosts a week of Pri events, one of which is lled The Big Gay Out (as if New Zealand wasn’t already the most epic spot). Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays. Durg the harsh, reprsive Fran years, the ernment turned a bld eye to homosexualy as the island was too far away om the maland to bother wh.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island. The Yumbo Centre is the fol pot for the area: a large shoppg mall full of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and boutique shops, makg a gay man’s paradise. Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui.

Hostels Gran Canaria | Cheap flights to Gran CanariaMilan, ItalyMilan, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly love Milan bee has the bt GLBT scene Italy. All the gay events Milan start om here and ’s also the bt place to end the night at the most trendy Pri tak place every June. There’s Hell’s Kchen, where lots of gay guys hang out, or Henrietta Hudson the Village, which is one of three remag lbian bars the five boroughs.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Hostels New York | Cheap flights to New YorkRome, ItalyRome, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly is an credible cy wh tonn of amazg plac to take photos and historil s that will take your breath away.

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You’ll fd yourself talkg to everyone and, wh the night g, you’ll want to disver one of the most popular Italian clubs: Mucssassa wter and Gay Village Pri tak place every June. Hostels Rome | Cheap flights to RomeLisbon, PortugalLisbon, remend by Gian Lu om Viaggia e of the most amazgly gay-iendly ci I n remend for LGBT travellers Lisbon. Therefore, public displays of affectn (PDAs) and topics like sex and sexualy are thgs Japane do not talk about, though genr norms are more fluid Japan than elsewhere the LGBT people Japan are jt ‘gay for the weekend’ and often even have a ‘normal’ fay durg the rt of the week.