Spartac is the brachild of Tom Budniak, a well-travelled Polish man who first disvered the gay iendly statn durg a 10-day vatn wh iends, some 25 years ago. He kept returng to Mexi on a regular basis until eventually obtag his permanent rince and lnchg a real tate bs Playa l Carmen, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta 2005. For a while, he tried the nightlife, openg Club Pinte Puerto Vallarta, but quickly realized that the late-night hours were not for him. “Pinte was loted the same buildg as Spartac is today,” he explas. “I’ve been a fan of bathho my travels, and realized that Puerto Vallarta was lackg a fortable space where guys uld enjoy themselv such an environment, so I cid to give a go.”
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- SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2023 | BELGIUM 17TH MOST GAY TRAVEL IENDLY UNTRY; MALTA ON 1, CANADA AND SWZERLAND SHARE 2ND
- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- CROATIA IS NOW AS GAY-IENDLY AS THE USA
- SPARTAC INT’L GAY GUI RANKS GAY FRIENDLY DTATNS, AMERI DON’T EVEN RANK IN THE TOP 30
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- THE GAY ACTN HERO ON SPARTAC IS BACK
- THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2023 | BELGIUM 17TH MOST GAY TRAVEL IENDLY UNTRY; MALTA ON 1, CANADA AND SWZERLAND SHARE 2ND
The Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui ranks Belgium on a shared 17th place s Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2023. This year's most gay travel iendly untri are Malta, Canada and Swzerland. The updated Spartac Gay Travel Inx provis an overview of the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex (LGBTQIA+) people 203 different… * gay friendly spartacus *
In orr to support the safety of gay tourists worldwi, we publish the Gay Travel Inx.
The annually updated SPARTACUS Gay Travel Inx rms travellers about the suatn of lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr (LGBT) a total of 202 untri and regns.
A specific new tegory for queer travellers is that of gay marketg, ditg how and if gay travel is promoted per untry. The only exceptn is the ath penalty: A untry gets one m pot if the ath penalty for homosexual acts is anchored the law but not executed.
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
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In the Gay Travel Inx USA we therefore take a close look at the dividual stat. Instead, we have add new tegori tailored to the USA, which emphasize the differenc between the stat: Hate crime laws, gay and trans panic fense, anti-discrimatn legislatn and queer astcture.
What had been, 1960, a brave attempt by scriptwrer Dalton Tmbo to reflect the nuanc of Roman (and Greek) attus to same-sex love and timacy is now a straightforward pictn of homosexualy. The seri quickly unfold to an trigug tale of power, honor, vengeance, and romance -- romance which clus the love story that began last season between two gay rebel warrrs, Agron (played by Dan Ferriegel) and Nasir (Pana Hema-Taylor). On Starz, hunky Dan Ferriegel tells about his preparatn for scen between his character and Nasir, survivg the show's tense physil trag regimen, and playg one of TV's first gay actn hero.You'd been workg as an actor Atralia for a few years before landg the role of Agron Spartac.
There's somethg there." But other than that wasn't until the send season that was absolutely clear and right ont of your face.What was your reactn when you found out you'd be playg a gay gladiator?It didn't make any difference to me. His sexualy don't change that as far as I'm aware.For many gay fans, watchg a character like Agron on Spartac is huge bee there aren't any other gay characters like him on televisn.
CROATIA IS NOW AS GAY-IENDLY AS THE USA
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I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me bee they now feel like they have a gay actn hero and 's very enarg to hear that kd of stuff. I hated myself afterwards for eatg , but was jt so good.Sadly, gay characters have a history of beg killed off TV and film.
The Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui ranks Belgium on a shared 17th place s Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2023.
The updated Spartac Gay Travel Inx provis an overview of the suatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex (LGBTQIA+) people 203 different pennt untri and notable or notor regns.
SPARTAC INT’L GAY GUI RANKS GAY FRIENDLY DTATNS, AMERI DON’T EVEN RANK IN THE TOP 30
This chart shows the saft and least safe untri for LGBTQ+ travelers acrdg to the Gay Travel Inx 2023. * gay friendly spartacus *
The most dangero untri for LGBTQIA+ travelers 2023 also clu stat such as Sdi Arabia, Iran, Somalia, and now Afghanistan, where homosexuals are massively persecuted and killed. Oklahoma and Tennsee brought up the rear and Florida fell om 23rd to 31st place the US rankg, partly due to new censorship (‘Don’t Say Gay’) laws. “In orr to support the safety of gay tourists worldwi, we publish the Gay Travel Inx.
“In the Gay Travel Inx USA we therefore take a close look at the dividual stat.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Acrdg to a new survey, Croatia is now as gay-iendly as the USA. German-based Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui released s 2019 figur rankg untri * gay friendly spartacus *
EXHIBITION | ‘Homosexuals and Lbians Nazi Europe’, Kazerne Doss, Mechelen. BRUSSELS | Explorg gay timacy and sexualy at ‘In The Mood For Love’ exhibn. Polil and ernmental homophobia and transphobia Europe not necsarily backed by public opn.
THE GAY ACTN HERO ON SPARTAC IS BACK
The 2012 Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui, an ternatnal gay travel guibook published annually sce 1970, origally by John D. Stamford… * gay friendly spartacus *
European Unn clared ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’ as Belgium mourns murred gay man.
THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
Dan Ferriegel, the hunky actor om Spartac: War of the Damned, talks about playg one of TV's first gay actn hero, survivg the show's btal boot mp, and preparg for those famo same-sex love scen. * gay friendly spartacus *
Queer a hostile world: more likely to be arrted for lookg gay than for actual homosexual acts. The iendlit untri for LGBT travelers are Canada, Portugal and Swen, acrdg to a newly released gay travel x. Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui, based Berl, Germany, provis tips for gay travelers on s webse and mobile app.
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