Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

Contents:

• PORTUGAL GAY
• GAY PORTUGAL | EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE
• GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI
• PORTUGAL DRAG CULTURE: POPULAR DRAG QUEENS REVEAL PORTUGAL’S GAY CULTURE
• PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL
• GAY LISBON
• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• PORTUGAL IS THE MOST GAY IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD: HOW MUCH DO ST TO LIVE A GAY NEIGHBOURHOOD THERE?

PORTUGAL GAY

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

You will also fd a lively gay scene Porto and the Algarve regn ci like Albufeira and Portimão.

GAY PORTUGAL | EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW

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.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE

While the gay scene is not as lively as Lisbon, Porto still has lots to offer the LGBT muny. The gay scene is somewhat anised, wh most towns havg at least one bar. Albufeira and Portimão are the most popular astal towns for gay bars.

Portugal has hundreds of beach, rorts and astal towns packed wh gay men every summer.

GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI

There are also many nudist beach that are equently vised by gay travellers. Beach 19 which is also known as ‘Praia Bela Vista’, is the largt nudist beach Europe and nsired the bt gay beach Portugal. Now you know the gay-iendly hotspots for nightlife and beach – start packg your bags.

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.

PORTUGAL DRAG CULTURE: POPULAR DRAG QUEENS REVEAL PORTUGAL’S GAY CULTURE

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.

This is the headquarters of IGLA Portugal and arrang gay events Lisbon.

PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL

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 ftival Cema Gay e Lbi Lisboa happens durg the last two weeks of September.

GAY LISBON

Gay partyg is centered around the palmed, fountaed plaza known as Pra do Prcipe Real. 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. Begng life as a nudist beach, quickly beme popular as a gay beach.

)Useful Addrs & RourcAssociação ILGA PortugalCentro Comunár Gay e Lésbi LisboaRua dos Fanqueiros, 40LisbonWednday-Saturday 7-11 pmMétro Terreiro do Paço351 21 887 3918.

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

Associação Op GayRua da Ilha Terceira, 36 R/C1000 LisbonMonday-Saturday 4-8 pm213 15 13 96213 15 15 20. 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. It was one of the first untri to crimalize homosexualy 1885, and sce then has been a lear promotg LGBT rights.

There are numero gay bars, clubs, and rtrants Lisbon, the pal cy, as well as other major ci like Porto and Coimbra. Sce homosexualy was crimalized Portugal 1885, the untry has bee creasgly acceptg of gays and lbians.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Today, there are numero gay-iendly bars and clubs Lisbon and other Portugue ci. Dpe the advanc, some discrimatn agast gays and lbians persists Portugal. In a 2013 poll, nearly one-third of rponnts said they would not want a gay or lbian person as a neighbor.

Still, Portugal is generally nsired to be a welg place for gays and lbians. Sce s ceptn, Portugal’s gay marriage law has been hotly ntted by nservative groups who argue that go agast the untry’s Catholic valu.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

In a 2012 poll nducted by Eurobarometer (the European Commissn’s pollg agency), 63% of rponnts said they thought homosexual upl should be allowed to marry legally. This dit that attus towards gay marriage are changg even tradnally nservative untri like Portugal. Although the untry is predomantly Catholic, and therefore nservative, attus towards homosexualy have bee more acceptg recent years.

There are a few bars and clubs that ter specifilly to lbians, as well as some mixed gay/straight venu. Lisbon also hosts an annual Pri para which is well attend by both gays and straights.

PORTUGAL IS THE MOST GAY IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD: HOW MUCH DO ST TO LIVE A GAY NEIGHBOURHOOD THERE?

Outsi of Lisbon, there isn’t much of a scene for lbians specifilly, but most towns and ci will have at least one gay bar or club where everyone is wele. The untry crimalized homosexualy 1885 and has sce bee creasgly tolerant of the LGBTQ muny.

Today, gays Portugal enjoy many of the same rights and protectns as their straight unterparts. It’s rare to see the Algarve listed as a top gay-iendly travel statn. But jt bee the Algarve isn’t mentned, that don’t mean the Algarve isn’t a gay-iendly place to vis.