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Contents:

• 12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE
• IS LONELS THE GAY MAN’S CURSE, OR A PRODUCT OF 21ST CENTURY LIFE?
• IS GAY A CURSE
• “GOD CURS” GAY PEOPLE, CLAIMS CHURCH OF ENGLAND HISTORIAN LEE GATISS
• DUMPED AGA? CURS! SOME GAY MEN THEIR 20S--CLUDG THIS WRER--ARE HOPG TO LAND A PARTNER AND START RAISG A CHILD BEFORE HTG THE BIG 3-0. ARE WE ALL JT FOOLG OURSELV?
• BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP
• FEATURED STORI
• DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME
• ARCHBISHOP PRAYS WHILE TOPLS GAY ACTIVISTS SHOUT CURS AND DOE HIM WH WATER

12 TOP GAY CIS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS 2023 AND 2024

When to gay cisg, gone are the days of discreet "Friends of Dorothy" meetups. The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Some cise operators (thk: Atlantis Events and La Demence) are known for their electrifyg, all-night parti, which may be perfect for gay groups of iends.

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany.

MY ATLANTIS GAY CISE TRIP – WHAT IT WAS LIKE

Of VACAYA's all-gay charters, he says, "For one magil week, our muny gets to be the majory and live life out loud the blissful utopia VACAYA creat on a gay cise. "The all-gay cis were liberatg, empowerg, and fun, but limed to a small spectm of people.

This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round. Atlantis EventsThe world's largt gay and lbian travel brand, Atlantis Events was found 1991 and wel more than 20, 000 travelers annually on LGBTQ vatns.

For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship.

IS LONELS THE GAY MAN’S CURSE, OR A PRODUCT OF 21ST CENTURY LIFE?

"As an LGBTQ ciser, you're lookg for a ship wh lots of entertament, cludg dance parti and events, " says Mars Martez, founr of Men Who Bnch, a Black gay liftyle blog.

IS GAY A CURSE

"One of the bt cise [l] for gay cisg is Atlantis, sce you'll be able to meet hundreds of attractive men and party all day and night on the ship.

" Atlantis hosts primarily gay men; women make up about 5% to 10% of bookgs, acrdg to the Atlantis webse. Cisers will also enjoy performanc by drag queens, gay Broadway stars and more, pl more typil river cise perks like sightseeg and lavish meals. Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year.

“GOD CURS” GAY PEOPLE, CLAIMS CHURCH OF ENGLAND HISTORIAN LEE GATISS

After night one, there are other social events for gay cisers to party and hang out together.

Although all erari are gay-iendly, nsir bookg a Pri Party at Sea sailg (which tak place each June) for an extra special experience. Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s. The popular cise le equently partners wh Atlantis Events to offer all-gay voyag throughout the year, but even the standard sailgs earn praise.

DUMPED AGA? CURS! SOME GAY MEN THEIR 20S--CLUDG THIS WRER--ARE HOPG TO LAND A PARTNER AND START RAISG A CHILD BEFORE HTG THE BIG 3-0. ARE WE ALL JT FOOLG OURSELV?

Iterari typilly feature LGBTQ meetups at the begng of each cise for gay travelers to meet likemd passengers. Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. "Puerto Vallarta, Mexi, [is] full of gay bars, clubs and gay beach, " says Martez.

BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence.

Powered by a popular gay nightclub Bssels wh the same name, La Demence – French for "the madns" – primarily ters to a European crowd. Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more.

While most of have seen an Atlantis gay cise via social media or advertisements, you’re probably still wonrg…what are the Atlantis gay cis really like? I’ve done some other gay vatns, but a huge gay cise like this is pretty unique. Other trips for ternatnal gay pri events, ski weeks, and events like Gay Days are great, but the Atlantis Gay Cise jt felt granr.

FEATURED STORI

So, at a mimum, you n start preppg the gay party accsori that you n wear to the. Lots of first-timers expect Atlantis gay cis to be a nstant sex party, but ’s not exactly like that.

DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME

Check out my extensive list of the bt gay swimwear brands. But for some reason, the ia of gettg on a 5000+ person gay cise h me like a brick wall. I thk ’s important to know that every Atlantis gay cise has so many programmed events happeng, that ’s tly impossible to do everythg.

Go to one of the many gay edy, mil, piano bar, or drag shows happeng on the ship.

It seems most people do on the ternatnal cis, but sounds like the gay cis out of Miami and San Diego are pretty much nstant circu parti. Atlantis gay cis n get que expensive, so there generally wasn’t a huge number of younger people. Gay guys are bookg Atlantis cis like crazy, pecially now that we’re out of the woods regardg the panmic.

ARCHBISHOP PRAYS WHILE TOPLS GAY ACTIVISTS SHOUT CURS AND DOE HIM WH WATER

If you’re thkg about browsg some tamer or not-so-gay cis, there are plenty of fun alternativ. Check out the epic gay sailg trips the Mederranean!