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Contents:

• THE BEST RIGA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS RIGA
• GAY RIGA - RIGA FOM
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS RIGA
• GAY LATVIA
• GAY LATVIA TRAVEL GUI
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• GAY RIGA
• GAY BARS/NIGHTCLUBS - RIGA FOM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS RIGA
• RIGA GAY MAP
• RIGA GAY CISE CLUBS
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

THE BEST RIGA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS RIGA

There's been que a lot of ntroversy about gays Riga over the past uple of months followg a Gay Pri rally and the rival Anti-Gay rally anized by. There are two gay clubs Riga - XXL, which is supposed to be more upmarket, and Purvs, which is a gngy alternative bar. There are probably more gay plac than this, but I image that you would need to ask someone who's to the scene about them as they are probably que unrground.

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Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat. While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici. Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. ”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. I know that the school I will be gog to has a fairly large LGBTQ+ populatn, but at the same time I know that that part of the world se a lot of homophobia.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Gay Pri had much opposn the years before 2007 when Riga Pri happened peacefully and succsfully as 400+ LGBT cizens and supporters–cludg straight Latvians and foreign activists–parad a rdoned off park for a show of lor, mic and speech.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

From 2006, the event was officially known as Riga Pri and Friendship Days, expandg the program beyond a para to clu a church service as well as semars on LGBT rights but was dispted by anti-gay right-wg protters om a radil group lled ‘No Pri’, among others. It rotat annually among each Baltic state pal operatn wh the Lhuanian Gay League, the Estonian LGBT Associatn and their lol Pri events.

Passport Magaze thor Stuart Haggis ntued: I traveled to Riga wh a party of gay journalists om England, Ireland, and Germany as guts of Mozaika.

Oour nam and erary had been leaked to No Pri, so we arrived to see all the tails a salac ont page article Latvia’s right-wg newspaper Rdiena, whose lnaire publisher Igors Masiakovs is cintally the chair of the an-gay ‘No Pri’ group. The pany’s charmg young director, Pli, readily adms that Latvia isn’t known as the most open or gay-iendly statn, pecially when pared to ci like Paris or New York, but his aim is to take gay visors to the plac that are welg.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS RIGA

Although they n arrange everythg om treatments at luxur spa rorts, to airport transfers a limoe acpanied by champagne and your very own male stripper, surprisgly ’s the adrenale-fueled activi that are most popular among gay visors.

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While the gayborhood revolv entirely around one ma club - Goln - the gay muny is both welg and close-kn.

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” I barely knew how to travel, wasn’t entirely sure I was a lbian, and I didn’t really know how to give them an LGBTQ-iendly spiel… A gay travel gui assortment of tips and advice… Their qutns really threw me. But I also know that travellg n be the bt gift to give yourself while tryg to figure out which booti you like bumpg and how to live a life that is still not nsired “normal”, there are some super smashg gay iendly ci to fill the spiratn cup along the way.

FAQs of Gay TravellersWrappg Up the LGBT Travel GuiExperienc of LGBTQ Travellers – A Challeng and Inspiratn SandwichFor this article, I terviewed several other badass LGBT travellers.

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Or along the slidg sle of discrimatn, as a gay traveller, you may face var forms of judgement pendg on where you are the world.

A Nugget of Wisdom om a Cutie Interviewee“(Comg om a small cy) I had a very specific imprsn of what meant to be gay… there wasn’t any nuance.

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Travellg Together When GayThere will be differenc the challeng – and rewards – of travellg as a partnership or group of iends pendg on the same factors above.

A Nugget of Sad Realy From Another Interviewee“(In a ral Atralian town) didn’t matter that I knew other gay people town. When I was livg and travellg Central Ameri, two of my gay iends faced more overt threats of vlence om small sectns of the muny (mostly borrachos late at night).

Maybe the real gay agenda is ung enough gays to safely check to a hotel a foreign LGBTQ Travel DtatnsThe bt place for gay travel? Whether you want to swan through classy rtrants, luxury LGBTQ hotels, and seclud beach – or you jt want to PARTY HARD – there are gay-iendly ci for you! However, as I wrote this, I reflected on why there are safe spac and gay ci the first place – even why we have Pri the first place.

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Gay Pri memorat LGBTQ ristance to the vlent police enforcement of immoral ‘moraly laws’ New York ps raid a gay bar – as was typil of the time. Existg as your uneded, loud, proud, gay-ass self giv those around you permissn to be there is no reason for you to not claim your space as an LGBT traveller some of the world’s bt gay ci. #1 Wellgton, New ZealandWellgton mak the top of my list for gay travel partly bee there isn’t a whole lot of dited gay bars and LGBTQ+ spac.

#2 Melbourne, AtraliaThere’s a reason ’s lled ‘Atralia’s most livable cy’ is about great gay ci and good ffee? It might get a b overshadowed by Sydney’s showy Madi Gras para, but the gay travel scene Melbourne is still bt thgs to do Melbourne are terwoven to the fabric of this progrsive cy. So, while you n fd cheeky speakeasi and gay bars all over Melbourne, you don’t have to stick to one area of the cy to have a gay ol’ time!

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Book a place to stay Bangkok, fd a place to party, and the rt will fall to a gay traveller, you’re spoilt for choice Bangkok! The many lourful neighbourhoods of Barcelona are known for brimmg wh a burng passn, vibrant art, bbltone streets, fantastic we… and an epic gay scene!

The balmy weather, the sexy lols, and the tolerance of the cy means is nsistently ranked as one of the bt gay ci the world! Beg gay Berl isn’t gog to be about rtrag your sexualy – but maybe ’ll be about rtrag yourself other ways (like, how about we lim to three i per night? Mexi Cy self is que liberal – was the only place Central Ameri you uld get an abortn and was the first Lat Amerin cy to legalise gay marriage!

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Gus that’s why ’s Mexi-n and not Mexi-n’ Rosa is the famo gay neighbourhood Mexi Cy – and you should fely vis. There is still a good gay scene here, but ’s a b more laid back – thk more good ffee and fe Cy n be que nontg. However, there is such an energy to the cy and the lols are so overwhelmgly welg that I thk should be at the top of your gay travel list!

#8 Mell, ColombiaMell has tly transformed om the murr pal of the world to one of the most welg ci Lat Ameri – and the world – for gay travellers. While Colombia is still que a nservative untry, gay marriage is legal and so is same-sex upl don’t have two left Flower Ftival held Augt is not somethg to be missed.

Along wh torrents of ptivatg ffee, the bt gay ci always seem to have scmpt we of the ve – and Cape Town don’t is credibly betiful scenery around alongsi some great hikg to be done around the edg of the as I might, I’ll never be this Town is also a great place to learn to surf… or even swim wh great whe sharks. I will say that the lived realy of some gay South Ains do not match their fairly progrsive legislatn. Even though gay marriage is legal here, there is still ristance to queer folks parts of the untry.

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I wanna be foreeevveerr are many gay bars Tel Aviv that range om low key garns, to epic nightclubs. But you probably won’t be able to pe this feelg that gay spac Tel Aviv aren’t exactly reprentative of the untry as a whole. ”The most prehensive article on LGBTQ travel safety I found was this list of the 150 Worst and Saft Countri for LGBTQ travel; the article ma the lk between many untri which have “anti-gay” legislatn and their stat as former Brish loni.

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Add that to the dirty lndry list of lonialism – wispread crimalisatn of non-hetero activi and the breedg of stigmas that still lgers to this thkg about the regns of the world and how dangero would be to travel gay there, I thought about this qutn: what would happen if I held the hand of my same-sex partner public this area? If there is a threat of vlence or holdg hands uld be seen as crimal, this is a red area for gay is no easy way to generalise whole untri.

Conversely, some plac that are likely safe for LGBTQ travellers are not safe for LGBTQ wh untri that on the whole are unacceptg, there are still some of the bt gay ci to be found. Even though is a untry that n be que nservative and overtly vlent toward LGBTQ travellers and lols, Mexi Cy is one of the saft and most enjoyable ci for gay travellers the Ameris!