The Gay Travel Gui to Lisbon - Portugalist

Contents:

• GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI
• TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL
• LISBON GAY PRI: PORTUGAL’S BIGGT LGBTI EVENT
• PORTUGAL GAY
• PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• LISBON GAY PRI
• GAY PRI EVENTS PORTUGAL
• GAY PORTUGAL ITERARY: A 14-DAY ADVENTURE AT PORTUGAL!
• GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI
• GAY ALGARVE TRAVEL GUI
• GAY LISBON

GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI

The untry hosts several LGBT events each year and you n fd many gay-iendly bars, nightclubs and beach all over the untry.

TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL

Gay marriage was officially legalised 2010 and soon after 2016, same-sex upl uld also legally adopt children. The most anised gay scene Portugal is s pal cy Lisbon, particularly the lively Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real districts, and the nearby town of Casis.

LISBON GAY PRI: PORTUGAL’S BIGGT LGBTI EVENT

Queer Lisboa is an Internatnal Film Ftival dited exclively to screeng gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and transsexual themed films.

Lisbon Gay Pri is officially known as ‘Arraial Lisboa Pri’, this event actually tak place over two different days June. Durg the week leadg up to the ma day, Lisbon Gay Pri also throws parti, special exhibns and events throughout the cy. Beach 19 which is also known as ‘Praia Bela Vista’, is the largt nudist beach Europe and nsired the bt gay beach Portugal.

Cyclg, ftivals, betiful beach, surfg, charmg hotels, rtrants, excg nightlife, and oh, the we…you name and you n fd gay Portugal. Portugal’s big ci each have their own ltle gayborhood which you n fd gay-iendly dg, culture, and nightlife.

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If you are wanrg around and are lookg for a gay-iendly tablishment, look for the rabow flags on display, or ask the lols.

1982 Same-sex sexual activy crimalized aga, only years after the end of the opprsive and homophobic fascist dictatorship. The cy is filled wh inic gay bars and an unrground drag scene, as well as a diverse muny of queer people. In the 18th century, wrer William Beckford ped England after allegatns that he was gay and moved to Stra, Greater Lisbon.

PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL

While the cy boasts fewer bars and activi for LGBT people than the pal, the muny has built a home for self wh inic plac such as the drag club Invict and the gay fe Pri Coffee.

From luxury to affordable rtrants, amazg hotels and gay nightclubs, and the bt beach the untry, the Algarve is the perfect LGBT getaway, havg retreats and hotels tered to LGBT people and found by LGBT people.

While more mon other untri, Portugal has been fallg ls behd recent years wh new gay gyms, as well as gyms for the whole LGBT muny.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON

For centuri Europe, snas were a place where gay men uld e together as a muny, outsi the dangers of the real world.

Although there are no “official” signated gay beach, there are a few nudist beach Portugal that are particularly popular wh the whole of the LGBT+ muny, such as Praia do Me (Simbra) and Praia da Bela Vista (between Costa da Capari and Fonte da Telha). Lisbon Pri is also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri and is anized by ILGA, the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Portugal, partnership wh the municipaly of Lisbon.

LISBON GAY PRI

Arraial Lisboa Pri is the largt LGBTI event Portugal and sce 1997 has been brgg visibily to the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex muny.

GAY PRI EVENTS PORTUGAL

Durg the fascist dictatorship of Salazar, homophobia was wispread, and heteronormative fay valu were imposed. Tmps is loted Prcipe Real, the LGBT neighborhood, and has won many awards such as Time Out’s Bt Gay Night. The owners of the Loft also own the Garage Bar, a gay bar known for s lic cktail menu that is updated weekly.

GAY PORTUGAL ITERARY: A 14-DAY ADVENTURE AT PORTUGAL!

A gay urban rort, the Late Birds is loted a rtored 18th-century buildg, wh a lounge, large rooms, a garn, and a swimmg pool. Followg a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York, the Stonewall rts marked the turng pot for the LGBTI muny to e together prott of s of opprsn, discrimatn and vlence. While Lisbon’s gay scene may not be as big as other European ci, did manage to host Eurovisn, aka ‘The Gay Olympics’, last year.

Lisbon certaly ticks all the right box – late night parti, nsistently great weather, gay-iendly nu beach, cheap alhol and of urse, the iendls of the Portugue people. You’ll fd the ma gaybourhood’s here are Príncipe Real and Bairro Alto, which are both nveniently the cy center. Unlike most gay pri events, Lisbon Gay Pri pris of two ma events that take place over two nsecutive weekends.

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In 2019, the first weekend starts on Saturday, June 22, where Lisbon Gay Pri illumat the cy wh a Pri event right the heart of Lisbon.

An credible party filled wh great mic, Lisbon Gay Pri will take over Terreiro do Paço wh lic food stalls, great bars and fun activi throughout. We’ve found the bt hotels that not only support Lisbon Gay Pri but are also perfect to stay close to all the actn!

An urban rort Lisbon’s Bairro Alto district, The Late Birds is a gay, men’s only hotel right the heart of all the actn. Casa do Jasmim by Shiadu is jt a few mut walk om all the gay clubs makg absolutely perfect for your Pri weekend.

GAY ALGARVE TRAVEL GUI

Lisbon Gay Pri ultimately aims to show that we are all equal and to celebrate the bety our sexual diversy and genr variance. Sce the 1990's, there have been huge advanc gay liberatn Portugal, though the bigger ci of Lisbon, Porto and the more smopolan Algarve regn are more acceptg than the largely nservative first LGBT mpaign anizatn Portugal was found 1992. 1997 then saw Portugal's first Pri ftival, s first Gay and Lbian Film Ftival and the openg of the first gay and lbian muny center.

Lisbon ( June), Porto and Leiria hold Gay Pri march but other than the events Portugal's gay muny n keep a low profile.

Although homosexual liaisons were crimalized 1945, gay life otherwise eply nservative Catholic Portugal was, for most of the twentieth century, not easy. Gay LisbonLisbon has a party reputatn as the kd of cy that don't really get ser until the early hours of the morng, when everyone really out to play.

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Havg s fger on the cy's gay pulse, is the ia rource for those settg out, providg ntacts or at least potg you the right directn for more rmatn. There is also the Associação Op Gay on Rua da Ilha Terceira, 36 R/C, and Associação Abraço on Rua da Rosa, 243 1F. The biggt event of the year is Lbian & Gay Pri (Arraial Gay e Lbi) that happens on the saturday neart June 28.

The Chiado is still the most stylish of Lisbon's shoppg areas, wh s elegant tearooms, even after the vastatg fire of has s gay snas, but unls you're particularly to ugls and tawdrs, the snas here nnot be said to be beach of Costa da CapariGay Beach. )Useful Addrs & RourcAssociação ILGA PortugalCentro Comunár Gay e Lésbi LisboaRua dos Fanqueiros, 40LisbonWednday-Saturday 7-11 pmMétro Terreiro do Paço351 21 887 3918. The Algarve southern Portugal is the untry's ma beach rort area and there are gay bars and clubs the area's ma centers of Faro, Tavira, Albufeira and Lonely Pla and Rough Guis clu gay listgs and gay and lbian specific rmatn cludg gay entertament and acmodatn their var Portugal your Gay bar, club or event Portugal, we'd love to have you here - ntact Advertisg.

Portugal, and particularly Lisbon, has always been a fairly gay-iendly statn, but ’s rarely featured as one of the “mt vis” statns.