2023 Gay Night Life Budapt provid by Szabolcs Farkas

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• EXPLORE BUDAPT’S VIBRANT LGBTQ CULTURE WH A LOL ACTIVIST THE BUDAPT PRI PARA CROSS THE FAMO SZéCHENYI CHA BRIDGE | COURTY OF PRI BUDAPT EMMA KRASZNAHORKAI 03 FEBARY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT FAMED FOR S RICH HISTORY AND VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, BUDAPT IS BEG A POPULAR STATN FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS. IN ADDN TO THE ARRAY OF QUEER BARS AND CLUBS, BUDAPT’S CLIVE LGBTQ SCENE FEATUR A LOURFUL RANGE OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IATIV. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE HUNGARIAN PAL IS FLH WH QUEER-IENDLY NIGHTLIFE OPTNS. BEYOND RENOWNED LGBTQ VENU WHY NOT BISTRO AND ALTEREGO CLUB, BUDAPT’S DYNAMIC QUEER SCENE ENPASS ACTIVISM, SPORTS CLUBS, MAGAZ AND CREATIVE LLECTIV. WHILE HUNGARY HAS SEEN NOTABLE PROGRS RECENT YEARS REGARDG LGBTQ RIGHTS, CLUDG LAWS REGNISG THE REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP OF SAME-SEX UPL, PRIME MISTER VIKTOR ORBáN’S LG RIGHT-WG FISZ PARTY HAS TAPPED TO AND STRENGTHENED NSERVATIVE ATTUS REGARDG SEXUAL ORIENTATN. IN THIS CHALLENGG NTEXT, LBIAN AND POLIL ACTIVIST EMMA KRASZNAHORKAI, WHO WORKS WH LOL LGBTQ ANISATNS (CLUDG BUDAPT PRI), HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MOST EXCG EVENTS AND PROJECTS TO DISVER THE CY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP TURKEY CROATIA MOROC ICELAND EGYPT JAPAN ECUADOR INDIA BALI SOUTH AI GREECE SPA MEXI THAILAND BUDAPT PRI PRI IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF BUDAPT’S LGBTQ CULTURAL LENDAR | © ATTILA KISBENEDEK / GETTY IMAG GROWG OM A MOST ACTIVIST EVENT ENTLED PK PIIC 1992, BUDAPT’S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH TOOK PLACE 1997. SCE THEN, THE FTIVAL HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. IN 2019, MORE THAN 50 ANISATNS LLABORATED THE MONTH-LONG PROGRAMME, WHICH OFFERED FILM SCREENGS, WE TASTGS, WORKSHOPS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, THEATRE PLAYS, NCERTS, PARTI AND SPORTS EVENTS. IN ADDN TO FILLG THE CY WH VIBRANT RABOW LOURS EACH SUMMER (UALLY JUNE AND JULY), BUDAPT PRI ANIS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CLUDG THE MUNY-BUILDG AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARG PROJECT PRI AMY. THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF LECTUR AND WORKSHOPS, THIS IATIVE AIMS TO CREATE OPPORTUNI FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY TO NNECT, AS WELL AS LEARN OM DISTGUISHED SPEAKERS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP BUDAPT PRI SE S ROLE NOT ONLY TERMS OF EVENT ANISG AND ORDATG BUT ALSO OF ELEVATG PUBLIC DISURSE SURROUNDG LGBTQ ISSU. THE ANISATN STRIV TO SUPPORT OTHERS WORKG TOWARDS SIAR GOALS, NAMELY ACHIEVG CHANG SOCIETY AND LAW: “WE N GIVE VISIBILY TO OTHER ANISATNS, NOT ONLY OM BUDAPT BUT EVEN GROUPS OM THE UNTRYSI,” SAYS KAMA PEKSA, BUDAPT PRI’S SPOKPERSON. ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB AIMS TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE | COURTY OF ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB THE ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB WAS TABLISHED 2004 WH THE PURPOSE OF CREATG A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ALLI TO NNECT. “WE ARE BUILDG A MUNY THROUGH SPORT – THAT’S OUR GREAT MISSN,” SAYS ISTVáN MANHEIM, -PRINT OF THE CLUB. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. WH SPORTS RANGG OM SWIMMG AND HIKG TO SQUASH AND YOGA, ATLASZ NS REGULAR TRAG SSNS AND AN ANNUAL GRAND SPORTS DAY. EVERY YEAR, THE ANISATN ALSO PLAYS HOST TO THE TERNATNAL LGBTQ SPORTS TOURNAMENT BUDAPT ALL NATNS’ GAM, ALONG WH SPORTS MPS AND MUNY DNERS. ONE OF ATLASZ’S KEY GOALS IS TO REACH QUEER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LACK A SUPPORTIVE MUNY, NVEYG THE MSAGE THAT “ SPORTS EVERYONE IS EQUAL”. GARçONS UNNVENTNAL AND OPEN-MD ARE THE TERMS THAT E TO MD WHEN SCRIBG GARçONS – BUDAPT’S BIGGT LGBTQ DANCE PARTY. OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, GARçONS HAS SOUGHT TO CREATE AN CLIVE AND EXCG MUNY FOR ALL THOSE WHO THK THAT “TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE AND DIVERSY ARE KEY AND WHO LIKE SOPHISTITED ENTERTAMENT”, AS JáNOS VRABECZ, ONE OF THE ANISERS, EXPLAS. ALONG WH MEMBERS OF THE WIR LGBTQ MUNY, PARTI BY GARçONS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ATTRACT LOL FIGUR FASHN AND MEDIA. HAVG SUCCSFULLY CREATED A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE AT S BUDAPT CLUB NIGHTS – RELAXED YET VIBRANT AND HIGH-ENERGY – GARçONS HAS LONGER-TERM PLANS. IT WANTS TO FURTHER EXPAND AROUND EUROPE ( OPENED A SISTER VENUE VIENNA 2018) TO CREATE AN TERNATNAL LGBTQ MUNY, AS WELL AS ANISE EVENTS TO FOSTER CLOSER NNECTNS BETWEEN LGBTQ AND NON-LGBTQ PEOPLE. QL THE MUNY QL HOSTS REGULAR EVENTS, CLUDG IMPROV EVENGS | COURTY OF QL WHEN THREE WOMEN REALISED THAT THERE WERE FEW OPPORTUNI FOR LBIANS TO BUILD MUNY BUDAPT, THEY TABLISHED QL 2016. THEIR FIRST STEP WAS CREATG AN ONLE MAGAZE 2017, WHICH THEY HOPED WOULD FOSTER IMAGE AND INTY BUILDG: “IT WAS A GREAT PLATFORM TO EXPRS THEIR VISNS AND VALU,” SAYS -FOUNR DORKA SZEKER. SCE THEN, QL HAS GROWN BEYOND THE PAG OF THE MAGAZE. THE ANISATN HOSTS WEEKLY PG-PONG NIGHTS (DRAWG AROUND 40 PARTICIPANTS), WELL-ATTEND SPEED DATG NIGHTS EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS, ALONG WH IMPROV THEATRE AND PUB QUIZ NIGHTS EVERY MONTH. MAGNUM SNA MAGNUM SNA IS THE HUNGARIAN PAL’S FIRST GAY SNA | COURTY OF MAGNUM SNA OPENG 2001, MAGNUM SNA IS BUDAPT’S FIRST GAY SNA. WH OVER 700 SQUARE METR (7,535 SQUARE FEET) AND TWO FLOORS, THE VENUE OFFERS PLENTY OF SPACE FOR FUN AND RELAXATN AND CLUS A STEAM ROOM, POOLS, SNAS AND BS. MAGNUM WEL A DIVERSE CROWD OF GAY MEN AND HOSTS A VARIETY OF THEMED EVENTS, CLUDG A UV NIGHT, PIZZA EVENGS, WELLNS EVENTS AND DRAG SHOWS. ACRDG TO FOUNR JáNOS KEREK, MAGNUM PLANS TO “WORK HARR TO MAKE THIS A SAFE AND FUN SPACE FOR BOTH LOL AND VISG GUYS”. CHARME HUNGARY DANCE CLUB FOUND 2009, CHARME HUNGARY DANCE CLUB IS THE UNTRY’S ONLY SAME-SEX BALLROOM DANCG CLUB. TRADNAL GENR ROL – WH MEN LEADG WOMEN – DO NOT HOLD SWAY HERE. “THE PARTICIPANTS ALL HAVE THE EEDOM TO CHOOSE HOW AND WH WHOM THEY WANT TO DANCE,” EXPLAS IMRE ZSOLDOS, ONE OF THE MA ANISERS. EACH MONDAY EVENG, THE GROUP GATHERS FOR LAT AND BALLROOM DANCE LSONS, ADDN TO A FORMAL BALLROOM DANCE NIGHT EVERY TWO MONTHS. CHARME’S DANCERS REGULARLY PERFORM AT BROAR LGBTQ EVENTS, CLUDG AT BUDAPT PRI. THE GROUP’S MA AMBNS ARE TO BRG SOCIETY TO AN UNRSTANDG OF THE ARBRARY NATURE OF GENR ROL AND, THE LONG TERM, TO GET TO THE POT HUNGARY WHERE SAME-SEX UPL ARE ACCEPTED MASTREAM BALLROOM DANCG. ÖSZTROSOKK ÖSZTROSOKK IS BUDAPT’S LONGT-NNG LBIAN PARTY NIGHT, HOLDG PARTI EVERY MONTH. ALONG WH THEMED PARTI TO MARK SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS, ÖSZTROSOKK IS KNOWN FOR S LIVELY PLAYLIST OF DANCE AND RETRO MIC, SOMETIM WH A DOSE OF KARAOKE THROWN . WHILE THE MA GOAL IS TO PROVI A SAFE SPACE FOR LBIANS TO FEEL FORTABLE WHILE PARTYG, ÖSZTROSOKK OCSNALLY OPENS UP S EVENTS TO A WIR DIENCE, VG REGULAR ATTEN TO BRG THEIR IENDS AND TRODUCE THEM TO THE NCEPT. THE ANISERS’ VISN IS THAT SOMEDAY DITED LBIAN PARTI WILL BE AN UNNECSARY THG OF THE PAST AND THAT THEY WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS TIME “WH NOSTALGIA”. DPE THE POLIL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT HUNGARY BEG MORE CHALLENGG FOR MORY GROUPS, THE TEAM BEHD ÖSZTROSOKK IS TERMED NOT TO STOP THE EVENTS – IF ANYTHG, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT. LGBT HISTORY MONTH BUDAPT’S LGBT HISTORY MONTH HOSTS AROUND 40 EVENTS THROUGHOUT FEBARY | COURTY OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH ORGANISED BY VOLUNTEERS OM TWO OF BUDAPT’S MAJOR LGBTQ ANISATNS – HáTTéR AND LABRISZ – SCE S BEGNGS 2013, LGBT HISTORY MONTH HAS GROWN TO ENPASS AROUND 40 EVENTS EACH FEBARY. THERE ARE PRENTATNS, MOVIE NIGHTS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, EXHIBNS, THEATRE, WORKSHOPS, GAME NIGHTS AND PARTI. THE MA OBJECTIVE IS TO DRAW ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT “LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED HUNGARY, AND TO SHOW WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED AND FELT, AND HOW THEIR ACTNS N BE AN EXAMPLE TO ,” EXPLAS VOLUNTEER PéTER HANZLI. IN THE FUTURE, HáTTéR AND LABRISZ HOPE TO ENURAGE MORE NON-LGBTQ GROUPS TO ANISE THE EVENTS AND SPIRE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART LGBT HISTORY MONTH. LIFT (LBIAN INTI FTIVAL) LIFT EVENTS OFTEN VOLVE VG PARTICIPANTS TO GET CREATIVE | COURTY OF LIFT FIRST ANISED BY LABRISZ 2005, LIFT (LBIAN INTI FTIVAL) TAK PLACE ANNUALLY TO PROVI SUPPORT AND MUNY TO LGBTQ WOMEN AND RAISE AWARENS OF LBIAN CULTURE WH SOCIETY. USUALLY SPANNG THREE DAYS, LIFT’S DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL EVENTS CLUS WORKSHOPS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, MOVI, EXHIBNS AND WOMEN-ONLY PARTI. IT GIV SPACE AND A VOICE TO HUNGARIAN AND FOREIGN ACTIVISTS, REARCHERS AND ARTISTS WHOSE FEMIST VIEWPOT IS LS VISIBLE TRADNAL SPAC. LIFT IS A UNIQUE EVENT SCE IS THE ONLY FTIVAL HUNGARY THAT IS FOR AND ABOUT LGBTQ WOMEN, WH DIVERSY AND THE ISSU OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE TAKG CENTRE STAGE. ACRDG TO -ANISER ANNA BOS, THE FTIVAL AIMS TO “PUT ACROSS A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE WOMEN’S REPRENTATN ART, SOCIETY AND THE LAW, AND TO FOSTER NNECTNS FOR DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS”. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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EXPLORE BUDAPT’S VIBRANT LGBTQ CULTURE WH A LOL ACTIVIST THE BUDAPT PRI PARA CROSS THE FAMO SZéCHENYI CHA BRIDGE | COURTY OF PRI BUDAPT EMMA KRASZNAHORKAI 03 FEBARY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT FAMED FOR S RICH HISTORY AND VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, BUDAPT IS BEG A POPULAR STATN FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS. IN ADDN TO THE ARRAY OF QUEER BARS AND CLUBS, BUDAPT’S CLIVE LGBTQ SCENE FEATUR A LOURFUL RANGE OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IATIV. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE HUNGARIAN PAL IS FLH WH QUEER-IENDLY NIGHTLIFE OPTNS. BEYOND RENOWNED LGBTQ VENU WHY NOT BISTRO AND ALTEREGO CLUB, BUDAPT’S DYNAMIC QUEER SCENE ENPASS ACTIVISM, SPORTS CLUBS, MAGAZ AND CREATIVE LLECTIV. WHILE HUNGARY HAS SEEN NOTABLE PROGRS RECENT YEARS REGARDG LGBTQ RIGHTS, CLUDG LAWS REGNISG THE REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP OF SAME-SEX UPL, PRIME MISTER VIKTOR ORBáN’S LG RIGHT-WG FISZ PARTY HAS TAPPED TO AND STRENGTHENED NSERVATIVE ATTUS REGARDG SEXUAL ORIENTATN. IN THIS CHALLENGG NTEXT, LBIAN AND POLIL ACTIVIST EMMA KRASZNAHORKAI, WHO WORKS WH LOL LGBTQ ANISATNS (CLUDG BUDAPT PRI), HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MOST EXCG EVENTS AND PROJECTS TO DISVER THE CY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP TURKEY CROATIA MOROC ICELAND EGYPT JAPAN ECUADOR INDIA BALI SOUTH AI GREECE SPA MEXI THAILAND BUDAPT PRI PRI IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF BUDAPT’S LGBTQ CULTURAL LENDAR | © ATTILA KISBENEDEK / GETTY IMAG GROWG OM A MOST ACTIVIST EVENT ENTLED PK PIIC 1992, BUDAPT’S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH TOOK PLACE 1997. SCE THEN, THE FTIVAL HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. IN 2019, MORE THAN 50 ANISATNS LLABORATED THE MONTH-LONG PROGRAMME, WHICH OFFERED FILM SCREENGS, WE TASTGS, WORKSHOPS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, THEATRE PLAYS, NCERTS, PARTI AND SPORTS EVENTS. IN ADDN TO FILLG THE CY WH VIBRANT RABOW LOURS EACH SUMMER (UALLY JUNE AND JULY), BUDAPT PRI ANIS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CLUDG THE MUNY-BUILDG AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARG PROJECT PRI AMY. THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF LECTUR AND WORKSHOPS, THIS IATIVE AIMS TO CREATE OPPORTUNI FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY TO NNECT, AS WELL AS LEARN OM DISTGUISHED SPEAKERS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP BUDAPT PRI SE S ROLE NOT ONLY TERMS OF EVENT ANISG AND ORDATG BUT ALSO OF ELEVATG PUBLIC DISURSE SURROUNDG LGBTQ ISSU. THE ANISATN STRIV TO SUPPORT OTHERS WORKG TOWARDS SIAR GOALS, NAMELY ACHIEVG CHANG SOCIETY AND LAW: “WE N GIVE VISIBILY TO OTHER ANISATNS, NOT ONLY OM BUDAPT BUT EVEN GROUPS OM THE UNTRYSI,” SAYS KAMA PEKSA, BUDAPT PRI’S SPOKPERSON. ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB AIMS TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE | COURTY OF ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB THE ATLASZ SPORTS CLUB WAS TABLISHED 2004 WH THE PURPOSE OF CREATG A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ALLI TO NNECT. “WE ARE BUILDG A MUNY THROUGH SPORT – THAT’S OUR GREAT MISSN,” SAYS ISTVáN MANHEIM, -PRINT OF THE CLUB. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. WH SPORTS RANGG OM SWIMMG AND HIKG TO SQUASH AND YOGA, ATLASZ NS REGULAR TRAG SSNS AND AN ANNUAL GRAND SPORTS DAY. EVERY YEAR, THE ANISATN ALSO PLAYS HOST TO THE TERNATNAL LGBTQ SPORTS TOURNAMENT BUDAPT ALL NATNS’ GAM, ALONG WH SPORTS MPS AND MUNY DNERS. ONE OF ATLASZ’S KEY GOALS IS TO REACH QUEER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LACK A SUPPORTIVE MUNY, NVEYG THE MSAGE THAT “ SPORTS EVERYONE IS EQUAL”. GARçONS UNNVENTNAL AND OPEN-MD ARE THE TERMS THAT E TO MD WHEN SCRIBG GARçONS – BUDAPT’S BIGGT LGBTQ DANCE PARTY. OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, GARçONS HAS SOUGHT TO CREATE AN CLIVE AND EXCG MUNY FOR ALL THOSE WHO THK THAT “TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE AND DIVERSY ARE KEY AND WHO LIKE SOPHISTITED ENTERTAMENT”, AS JáNOS VRABECZ, ONE OF THE ANISERS, EXPLAS. ALONG WH MEMBERS OF THE WIR LGBTQ MUNY, PARTI BY GARçONS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ATTRACT LOL FIGUR FASHN AND MEDIA. HAVG SUCCSFULLY CREATED A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE AT S BUDAPT CLUB NIGHTS – RELAXED YET VIBRANT AND HIGH-ENERGY – GARçONS HAS LONGER-TERM PLANS. IT WANTS TO FURTHER EXPAND AROUND EUROPE ( OPENED A SISTER VENUE VIENNA 2018) TO CREATE AN TERNATNAL LGBTQ MUNY, AS WELL AS ANISE EVENTS TO FOSTER CLOSER NNECTNS BETWEEN LGBTQ AND NON-LGBTQ PEOPLE. QL THE MUNY QL HOSTS REGULAR EVENTS, CLUDG IMPROV EVENGS | COURTY OF QL WHEN THREE WOMEN REALISED THAT THERE WERE FEW OPPORTUNI FOR LBIANS TO BUILD MUNY BUDAPT, THEY TABLISHED QL 2016. THEIR FIRST STEP WAS CREATG AN ONLE MAGAZE 2017, WHICH THEY HOPED WOULD FOSTER IMAGE AND INTY BUILDG: “IT WAS A GREAT PLATFORM TO EXPRS THEIR VISNS AND VALU,” SAYS -FOUNR DORKA SZEKER. SCE THEN, QL HAS GROWN BEYOND THE PAG OF THE MAGAZE. THE ANISATN HOSTS WEEKLY PG-PONG NIGHTS (DRAWG AROUND 40 PARTICIPANTS), WELL-ATTEND SPEED DATG NIGHTS EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS, ALONG WH IMPROV THEATRE AND PUB QUIZ NIGHTS EVERY MONTH. MAGNUM SNA MAGNUM SNA IS THE HUNGARIAN PAL’S FIRST GAY SNA | COURTY OF MAGNUM SNA OPENG 2001, MAGNUM SNA IS BUDAPT’S FIRST GAY SNA. WH OVER 700 SQUARE METR (7,535 SQUARE FEET) AND TWO FLOORS, THE VENUE OFFERS PLENTY OF SPACE FOR FUN AND RELAXATN AND CLUS A STEAM ROOM, POOLS, SNAS AND BS. MAGNUM WEL A DIVERSE CROWD OF GAY MEN AND HOSTS A VARIETY OF THEMED EVENTS, CLUDG A UV NIGHT, PIZZA EVENGS, WELLNS EVENTS AND DRAG SHOWS. ACRDG TO FOUNR JáNOS KEREK, MAGNUM PLANS TO “WORK HARR TO MAKE THIS A SAFE AND FUN SPACE FOR BOTH LOL AND VISG GUYS”. CHARME HUNGARY DANCE CLUB FOUND 2009, CHARME HUNGARY DANCE CLUB IS THE UNTRY’S ONLY SAME-SEX BALLROOM DANCG CLUB. TRADNAL GENR ROL – WH MEN LEADG WOMEN – DO NOT HOLD SWAY HERE. “THE PARTICIPANTS ALL HAVE THE EEDOM TO CHOOSE HOW AND WH WHOM THEY WANT TO DANCE,” EXPLAS IMRE ZSOLDOS, ONE OF THE MA ANISERS. EACH MONDAY EVENG, THE GROUP GATHERS FOR LAT AND BALLROOM DANCE LSONS, ADDN TO A FORMAL BALLROOM DANCE NIGHT EVERY TWO MONTHS. CHARME’S DANCERS REGULARLY PERFORM AT BROAR LGBTQ EVENTS, CLUDG AT BUDAPT PRI. THE GROUP’S MA AMBNS ARE TO BRG SOCIETY TO AN UNRSTANDG OF THE ARBRARY NATURE OF GENR ROL AND, THE LONG TERM, TO GET TO THE POT HUNGARY WHERE SAME-SEX UPL ARE ACCEPTED MASTREAM BALLROOM DANCG. ÖSZTROSOKK ÖSZTROSOKK IS BUDAPT’S LONGT-NNG LBIAN PARTY NIGHT, HOLDG PARTI EVERY MONTH. ALONG WH THEMED PARTI TO MARK SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS, ÖSZTROSOKK IS KNOWN FOR S LIVELY PLAYLIST OF DANCE AND RETRO MIC, SOMETIM WH A DOSE OF KARAOKE THROWN . WHILE THE MA GOAL IS TO PROVI A SAFE SPACE FOR LBIANS TO FEEL FORTABLE WHILE PARTYG, ÖSZTROSOKK OCSNALLY OPENS UP S EVENTS TO A WIR DIENCE, VG REGULAR ATTEN TO BRG THEIR IENDS AND TRODUCE THEM TO THE NCEPT. THE ANISERS’ VISN IS THAT SOMEDAY DITED LBIAN PARTI WILL BE AN UNNECSARY THG OF THE PAST AND THAT THEY WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS TIME “WH NOSTALGIA”. DPE THE POLIL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT HUNGARY BEG MORE CHALLENGG FOR MORY GROUPS, THE TEAM BEHD ÖSZTROSOKK IS TERMED NOT TO STOP THE EVENTS – IF ANYTHG, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT. LGBT HISTORY MONTH BUDAPT’S LGBT HISTORY MONTH HOSTS AROUND 40 EVENTS THROUGHOUT FEBARY | COURTY OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH ORGANISED BY VOLUNTEERS OM TWO OF BUDAPT’S MAJOR LGBTQ ANISATNS – HáTTéR AND LABRISZ – SCE S BEGNGS 2013, LGBT HISTORY MONTH HAS GROWN TO ENPASS AROUND 40 EVENTS EACH FEBARY. THERE ARE PRENTATNS, MOVIE NIGHTS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, EXHIBNS, THEATRE, WORKSHOPS, GAME NIGHTS AND PARTI. THE MA OBJECTIVE IS TO DRAW ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT “LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED HUNGARY, AND TO SHOW WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED AND FELT, AND HOW THEIR ACTNS N BE AN EXAMPLE TO ,” EXPLAS VOLUNTEER PéTER HANZLI. IN THE FUTURE, HáTTéR AND LABRISZ HOPE TO ENURAGE MORE NON-LGBTQ GROUPS TO ANISE THE EVENTS AND SPIRE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART LGBT HISTORY MONTH. LIFT (LBIAN INTI FTIVAL) LIFT EVENTS OFTEN VOLVE VG PARTICIPANTS TO GET CREATIVE | COURTY OF LIFT FIRST ANISED BY LABRISZ 2005, LIFT (LBIAN INTI FTIVAL) TAK PLACE ANNUALLY TO PROVI SUPPORT AND MUNY TO LGBTQ WOMEN AND RAISE AWARENS OF LBIAN CULTURE WH SOCIETY. USUALLY SPANNG THREE DAYS, LIFT’S DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL EVENTS CLUS WORKSHOPS, ROUND-TABLE DISCSNS, MOVI, EXHIBNS AND WOMEN-ONLY PARTI. IT GIV SPACE AND A VOICE TO HUNGARIAN AND FOREIGN ACTIVISTS, REARCHERS AND ARTISTS WHOSE FEMIST VIEWPOT IS LS VISIBLE TRADNAL SPAC. LIFT IS A UNIQUE EVENT SCE IS THE ONLY FTIVAL HUNGARY THAT IS FOR AND ABOUT LGBTQ WOMEN, WH DIVERSY AND THE ISSU OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE TAKG CENTRE STAGE. ACRDG TO -ANISER ANNA BOS, THE FTIVAL AIMS TO “PUT ACROSS A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE WOMEN’S REPRENTATN ART, SOCIETY AND THE LAW, AND TO FOSTER NNECTNS FOR DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS”. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Budapt Pri Growg om a most activist event entled Pk Piic 1992, Budapt’s first gay pri march took place 1997.

Magnum Sna Openg 2001, Magnum Sna is Budapt’s first gay sna.

Magnum wel a diverse crowd of gay men and hosts a variety of themed events, cludg a UV night, pizza evengs, wellns events and drag shows.

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Re: is Budapt gay iendly?

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BUDAPT

I give my pot of view, as several of my iends are gays (and lbians) livg BP, and several of them are expats gays who has selected to live BP of all the plac. As lot of untri and ci Europe (wh an exceptn of Spa), gays tend to live down to earth life style i. Not particularly brgg up their gay liftyle - there is no areas like Oxford street Sydney or old town of Ibiza or Sg BP, although there are lot of gay bars, clubs, snas etc.

None of my gay iends (eher hungarian, brish, amerin, sndavian etc) has told me to have had any difficulti at all, and are happy to have their liv here (i mean as to beg gay).

IS BUDAPT GAY IENDLY? - HUNGARY FOM

But outsi the gay muny (bars, clubs etc), do not expect particularly pro-gay atmosphere eher. Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Budapt. U., Hungary has had to modify s laws regardg gay and lbian rights, though some olr gay people say they had better unr Socialism.

Gays and lbians have a tenncy to stay visible as much as possible. In Budapt, there are only two exclively gay bars and both are for men only.

This is not a hotspot for those seekg a primarily gay orientated vatn. The Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA; tel.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BUDAPT

954/776-2626;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs; go to their webse and click on "Members.

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He said he did not know of a sgle gay person his village. But never any gays. “We are the most homophobic untry on the map of Europe the EU, ” said Biedroń.

Forty-seven percent said “homosexualy should not be accepted by society, ” when the Pew Rearch Center nducted a poll, between 2015 and 2016. Dpe all this, Biedroń, cid to enter activism, -foundg the Campaign Agast Homophobia 2001.

Bis I knew I’m the ‘only gay the village. In 2011, he beme the first openly gay member the Sejm, the lower Hoe of the Polish Parliament.