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data-ttid="ContentHearAccredatn"><div class="ContentHearDek-bIqFFZ eA-dOpL">A new report reveals untri Europe are some of the saft plac for LGBTQ+ muni</div><div class="ContentHearByle-kmPyCa emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH cleXoH byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn gsLuGA byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd jyeccG dttFsx byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd dSSAlR dKMOIT bOwDHT byle__name-lk button" href="/profile/zahra-surya-darma">Zahra Surya Darma</a></span></span></p></div><time data-ttid="ContentHearPublishDate" dateTime="2023-03-02T18:00:00Z" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ 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In the hospaly dtry, more <a href=" target="_blank">hotel brands are pavg the way to prrise safety</a> as we ntue to see the creasg value of the LGBTQ+ travel and tourism market. More so now than ever before, LGBTQ+ travellers are often feelg seen and safe.</p><p>But which untri are the saft for the queer muny? <a href=" target="_blank">London</a>-based <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SEO agency Reboot</a> recently revealed the top 10 saft natns to live and travel to if you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ muny. After gatherg data om 170 untri, is no surprise that <a href=" target="_blank">Europe</a> (particularly Sndavia) me out on top, except for one North Amerin entry.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>All the untri have legalised LGBTQ+ marriage, and genr reassignment, along wh promotg LGBTQ+ opportuni. As a rult, the employment and hog possibili are nearly siar to those of a cisgenr straight person, and there are lower hate crime reports the areas.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Below, you'll fd the 10 saft untri for LGBTQ+ people and each untry's sre.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="0e5nbm"></div></div><p><em>Each untry was analysed agast 10 tegori and given an overall sre out of 10. The tegori were: societal acceptance, homosexual activy, same-sex marriage, censorship, genr reassignment, discrimatn, employabily, hog and abily to adopt a child.</em></p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Amsterdam Gay Pri" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE hvamzx ptn AssetEmbedCaptn-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__ptn"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnText-bHjzlu iUEiRd dYVgFs iXWezO ptn__text">Amsterdam Gay Pri</span><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd byBVsG fNaHcW ptn__cred">Getty Imag</span></div></figure><h2>10. Belgium</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.69</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Belgium has a robt legal amework for protectg LGBTQ+ rights. It was one of the first untri the world to legalise same-sex marriage and has strict anti-discrimatn laws. Belgium has an active LGBTQ+ muny, wh Bssels hostg the untry's most lourful event of the year, Bssels Pri Week, late sprg.</p><h2>9. Malta</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.70</p><p><a href=" target="_blank">Malta</a> is often nsired a lear LGBTQ+ rights Europe, wh signifint progrs ma recent years to ensure the safety and protectn of the LGBTQ+ muny. For example, after beg the first untry Europe to ban nversn therapy, Malta legalised same-sex marriage. The ernment also has prehensive anti-discrimatn laws and has taken steps to te the public on LGBTQ+ issu through genr-ntral bathrooms and tailored healthre servic.</p><h2>8. UK</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.75</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="bzeml8"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="1whd97"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bmbVTi body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>The <a href=">UK</a> broke to the top 10 for s signifint efforts over the past few years promotg the safety and rights of the LGBTQ+ muny. Through the Equaly Act of 2010, polici to protect the muny were implemented,  prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty employment, tn and other aspects. There are also tn and awarens programs to addrs hate crim agast the LGBTQ+ muny.</p><p>See our LGBTQ+ gui to <a href=">London</a>, <a href=">Manchter</a> and <a href=">Brighton</a> for the latt events, venu and areas to vis.</p><h2>7. Denmark</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.80</p><p>Denmark is nsired one of the most LGBTQ+-iendly untri, wh a long-standg tradn of promotg and protectg the muny's rights. In 1989, Denmark beme the first untry the world to legalise same-sex partnerships, and years later, same-sex marriage beme legal. Denmark also prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty employment, tn, and hog. In addn, many rourc and support systems clu LGBTQ+ muni for the youth. </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>See our <a href=">LGBTQ+ Copenhagen gui</a> for the latt events, venu and areas to vis.</p><h2>6. Spa</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.82</p><p>Sun-beamed <a href=">Spa</a> is one of Europe’s most culturally liberal statns, pecially for LGBTQ+ globetrotters. There is no censorship surroundg the muny, wh plenty of safe spac and strict laws for homophobic behavur. The Balearic Islands – pecially <a href=">Mallor</a> and <a href=">Ibiza</a> – draw the queer crowds wh the btlg gay bar scen.</p><h2>5. Canada</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.85</p><p><a href=" target="_blank">Canada</a> has been at the foreont of LGBTQ+ rights for s. Not only was the first untry outsi <a href=" target="_blank">Europe</a> to legalize same-sex marriage, but also has strong legal protectns for LGBTQ+ people – cludg laws prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn or genr inty. Unsurprisgly, three Canadian ci also ma to the top 10 list of <a href=" target="_blank">the bt plac to live the world</a>  2022.</p><h2>4. Swen</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.88</p><p><a href=" target="_blank">Swen</a> is known to be one of the most progrsive untri the world, nsistently advotg LGBTQ+ rights and safety through ted and awarens programs. Same-sex marriage has also been legal sce 2009, and same-sex upl have the right to adopt children. The untry also has genr-ntral marriage laws, allowg dividuals to legally change their genr whout unrgog surgery or hormone treatment.</p><h2>3. Norway</h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.91</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-3 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Consistently regnised as one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri the world, Norway was one of the first to enact anti-discrimatn laws. Every summer, the pal hosts a 10-day event for Oslo Pri – the largt LGBTIQ+ ftival the untry. Expect ncerts, exhibs, and film screengs all throughout over 150 dividual events.</p><h2>2. The Netherlands </h2><p><strong>Sre:</strong> 9.92</p><p>The Netherlands was one of the first untri the world to legalise same-sex marriage back 2001. In addn, has strong anti-discrimatn laws and a long history of supportg LGBTQ+ rights. 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From gay marriage to transgenr rights, Expati looks at the most LGBTQIA+ iendly untri for those nsirg a reer change abroad.

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The Netherlands crimalized homosexualy 1811; the first gay bar opened Amsterdam 1927; and 1987, Amsterdam unveiled the Homomonument, a memorial for gays and lbians killed by the Nazis. The gay scene extends well beyond Amsterdam, however, wh bars, snas, and cemas several Dutch ci, cludg Rotterdam, The Hague (Den Haag), Amersfoort, Ensche, and Grongen. Wellgton and Auckland boast the largt number of gay bars and clubs, but LGBTQIA+ rints Tranga, Christchurch, Duned, and Haton are also guaranteed a good night out.

The Other Foundatn reported that 51% of rponnts a survey on attus and genr non-nformy felt gay people should have the same human rights; 72% thought same-sex activy was morally wrong.

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Argenta had the most posive attus of all Lat Amerin untri Pew Rearch Center’s 2013 Global Attus Survey, wh 74% of those surveyed sayg homosexualy should be accepted. The Nordic island natn was also the first untry the world wh an openly gay head of ernment -- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who served as prime mister om 2009-2013. The island natn, loted the southwt Pacific Ocean, is also known for s betiful ci and NetherlandsCyspe of Photo / UIG via Getty ImagThe Netherlands is nsired the most gay-iendly untry the world, acrdg to Gallup, and was also the first untry the world to legalize same-sex marriage 2000.

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LGBTQ culture is also very visible the Sndavian untry -- Pri Oslo is one of Norway's largt events, and the cy is also home to one of the world's bt gay AiAerial view of Johannburg, South AiDean Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty ImagIn 2006, South Ai beme the first untry Ai to legalize same-sex marriage -- and there has yet to be a send. Johannburg, s largt cy, is also the untry's gay epicenter: It's home to the annual Jo'Burg Pri event, the Out Ai Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival and most of the annual Mr.

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SpaView of Barcelona, Fte Raga / JTB Photo/UIG via Getty ImagNearly 90 percent of Spa's cizens believe lbian and gay people should be accepted, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center, and Gallup has Spa tied wh the Netherlands as the number one untry for gay people.

The biggt bety pageant for transgenr women, Miss Internatnal Queen, is held here every Air, ArgentaArgenta is a regnal trailblazer when to LGBTQ rights and the first untry Lat Ameri to legalize gay marriage 2010. Buenos Air Gay Pri is one of South Ameri’s biggt and livelit pri events, and Network360, a nference for LGBTQ members of the bs and tourism dtri, tak place wh ernment support every year Augt. Same-sex marriage has been legal sce 2013, and LGBTQ people enjoy full adoptn rights this, TaiwanAsia isn’t known for beg acceptg of the LGBTQ muny or protectg s rights, but a handful of plac this part of the world are gay-iendly, most notably Taipei.

Gay Taiwan pageant and WOOW Pool Party are among other annual events that exemplify this cy’s Aviv, IsraelTel Aviv, Israel, is home to glor beach, memorable cuise, noteworthy archecture and vibrant art, culture and mic scen. The tegori were: societal acceptance, homosexual activy, same-sex marriage, censorship, genr reassignment, discrimatn, employabily, hog and abily to adopt a child. There are a number of LGBTQ+-iendly untri and bt plac to retire that did not make this list maly due to the lack of retirement visas or regnn of gay marriage.

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That’s why the ® data team sought out the natn’s most affordable gay we found were mostly smaller ci wh thrivg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer cultur, and llege towns that have strong anti-discrimatory laws. Department of Hog and Urban Development to expand the terpretatn of fair hog laws to ver sexual orientatn and genr and an acceptg muny are two of the most important nsiratns of gay home buyers, acrdg to a report last month by Freddie Mac and the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, an anizatn of real tate profsnals.

Fally, we sorted the list by the median list price of a home May and limed our list to jt one statn per state to ensure geographic where are the hottt “gayborhoods”? (Getty Imag)Median list price May: $299, 050 The gay muny Ptsburgh offers an tertwed hometown feel, which is why was chosen as the settg for “Queer as Folk, ” the groundbreakg Showtime seri of the early ghts. There’s also an active theater scene, wh the annual Pri Theater Ftival held summer and the Ptsburgh Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival the of the LGBTQ nightlife is loted the Shadysi neighborhood, a historic and walkable area that also has galleri and rtrants.

At the end of the month, a Pri Kiki is planned at Ocean Breeze there’s no signated gayborhood Virgia Beach, the ViBe Creative District is an artsy cultural hub. Fort Lrdale, FLMedian list price May: $349, 950Famoly nsired the gay pal of Florida, Fort Lrdale has one of the hight ncentratns of same-sex upl the untry, along wh s lower-profile neighbor Wilton Manors, our No.

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Combed, the two ci have more than 200 gay-owned hotels, rtrants, bars, and shops, acrdg to the state’s tourism bure, and more than 1 ln LGBTQ travelers vis every 2019, Fort Lrdale passed a law that protects the cy’s LGBTQ muny om discrimatn employment, hog, and public acmodatns. And 2010, the Advote magaze ranked Bloomgton as the fourth-gayt cy the llege town has not one, but two annual LGBTQ ftivals: PRIDE Summerft and PRIDE Film Ftival. It also has a rich theater and mic muny, an LGBTQ muny center, and the groundbreakg Ksey Instute for Rearch Sex, Genr, and some larger ci, there isn’t one primarily gay neighborhood—but that means there’s more room to spread out.

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Atlanta, GARabow fairi at the Pri Para Atlanta(Wikimedia Commons)Median list price May: $450, 050Atlanta is the epicenter of the gay South, and members of the LGBTQ muny have flocked there om more nservative towns and stat for cy’s rep as the “Hollywood of the South” has helped brg a more glamoro and artsy vibe as of late, and there’s plenty of gay-iendly bs to choose om. In fact, Atlanta has such a large, active LGBTQ muny that hosts two major pri events, Atlanta Pri and Atlanta Black heart of the gay muny, where all the bt bars are loted, is midtown, around the tersectn of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street. Salem has a small gay scene and only one gay bar, but has a popular Rabow Pri para (moved to September this year) as well as other events throughout the year, cludg the Salem Art Fair and Ftival July, the Salem Film Ftival, and the Salem L For those lookg for more excg nightlife, Boston is jt 15 northeast.

At, TXGay bars downtown At’s Warehoe District(Getty Imag)Median list price May: $635, 050Another LGBTQ-iendly enclave the South, At is one of the fastt growg ci Ameri, far transcendg s funky llege town roots. It’s a place that seems to have somethg for is home to an LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, an ternatnal drag ftival, and several pri paras, cludg Queerbomb, an anti-rporate alternative to the ma ’s no central gay neighborhood here, but many of the gay bars are cltered downtown, the Warehoe District.

And, while progrs is beg ma every day for gay rights, sadly not every untry the world is as liberal as should help you wh your move we’ve piled a list of untri that not only tolerate homosexualy but actively wele and ter to gay expats as well as offerg an excellent standard of life.

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