Is Tel Aviv Really the Gayt Cy on the Pla? | The Jewish Prs - | | 10 Adar II 5776 – March 19, 2016 |

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• TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )
• GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• AMSTERDAM, THE GAY PAL OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ARJAN TIMMERMANSMARCH 23, 2009/9:17 AMBY ARJAN TIMMERMANSMARCH 23, 2009 / 9:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AMSTERDAM, THE GAY PAL OF EUROPE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-03-23T13:17:30.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-03-23T13:17:30.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ARJAN TIMMERMANS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMSTERDAM IS LLED THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD FOR GOOD REASONS. EVER SCE THE CY STARTED TO FLOURISH THE 17TH CENTURY, HAS BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR EVERYBODY WHO’S BEEN NSIRED “DIFFERENT.” WHATEVER YOUR RELIGN, POLIL AFFILIATN, NATNALY OR SEXUALY, AMSTERDAM HAS BUILT A REPUTATN FOR WELG PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY. AND SCE 2002, GAYS N MARRY LEGALLY. LOOKG TO PLAN A HONEYMOON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUATED CLOSE TO THE NORTH SEA AST EUROPE’S LOW LANDS, AMSTERDAM IS ONE OF THE SMALLER EUROPEAN PALS SIZE, BUT ONE OF THE NTENT’S MOST FAVORE GAY HOTSPOTS. ITS PROXIMY TO LONDON AND PARIS MAK AN IAL CY TO CLU YOUR EUROPEAN TRAVEL ERARY. JT HOP ON A HIGH-SPEED TRA AND YOU WILL BE PARIS AND LONDON JT A FEW HOURS. THE BY AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT IS A MAJOR GATEWAY FOR MANY U.S. AIRL, WHICH MAK A GREAT CY TO START YOUR EUROPEAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST PEOPLE FET THAT AMSTERDAM IS LOTED SEVERAL FEET UNR SEA LEVEL. BUT NO WORRI. THE DUTCH HAVE BEE EXPERTS AT WATER MANAGEMENT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGEER SOLID DIK AND OTHER PREUTNS TO PREVENT THE CY OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMSTERDAM HAS BEE A BEAN OF TOLERANCE AND DIVERSY OVER THE PAST FEW S. THE DUTCH WERE ONE OF THE FIRST UNTRI THE WORLD TO PASS EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS FOR GAYS AND LBIANS, CLUDG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. WHAT YOU MIGHT FD UNUAL WHEN YOU VIS AMSTERDAM IS THAT THE CY HAS NO DISTCT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD. BARS ARE STTERED ALL OVER THE CY, WHICH SHOWS HOW GAY CULTURE N SUCCSFULLY BEE PART OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND Y, IF YOU WANT TO “SMOKE” YOU N DO THAT HERE, TOO. THE LOLS MAY MOSTLY ABSTA, NSIRG THE PUFFG OF A JOT TO BE A THOROUGHLY “TOURIST” ACTIVY, BUT YOU’RE WELE TO LIGHT UP, IF THAT’S YOUR THG. AVOID THE ROWDY “FFEHOPS” (WHERE MARIJUANA IS SOLD; YOU ORR OM A MENU, EVEN) CRAMMED WH EAGER U.S. LLEGE KIDS, AND CHOOSE A MORE LOW-KEY OPTN AWAY OM THE MAJOR TOWN SQUAR. IT’S JT MORE PLEASANT, THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU GO TO AMSTERDAM, THERE ARE A FEW MT-SEE SIGHTS. IF YOU’RE TERTED THE ARTS AND CULTURE, MAKE SURE TO HEAD OVER TO MMPLE TO SEE THE RIJKSMM AND VAN GOGH MM FOR HISTORIC ART LLECTNS. IF YOU ARE TERTED AMSTERDAM’S HISTORY, GO TO THE ANNE FRANK HUIS AND THE HOMO MONUMENT, WHICH IS A MEMORIAL FOR GAYS AND LBIANS PROSECUTED WORLD WAR II BY NAZI GERMANY. IF YOU ARE LOOKG TO LET LOOSE A LTLE, GO TO THE FAMO RED LIGHT DISTRICT AND SURROUNDG STREETS FOR A TASTE OF THE CY AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NOTE ON HOTELS... PRETTY MUCH ANY HOTEL YOU NSIR AMSTERDAM WILL BE GAY IENDLY, WHICH LEAV THE RT OF THE CISN UP TO YOU! DO YOU WANT HIGH-END LUXE, OR BUDGET AND BUZZWORTHY? DO YOU WANT A QUAT NAL HOE HOTEL, OR A SLICK BOUTIQUE OPTN. EHER WAY, THERE’S PLENTY ON OFFER. IT’S A PACT CY WH PACT BUILDGS, SO ROOMS N BE SMALL AND STEPS N BE STEEP. AND IF YOU N, ASK FOR A ROOM WH A NAL VIEW. YOU WON’T REGRET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHERE IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? TEN FABULO CONTENRS… ?
• WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!
• WHICH CY SERV THE TLE OF GAY PRI PAL OF EUROPE?
• WHY IS BRIGHTON THE LGBTQ CAPAL OF THE UK? BRIGHTON PRI IS A LANDMARK ANNUAL EVENT ATTRACTG ATTEN OM ACROSS THE PLA | © SIMON DACK / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO AMY HOLTZ 21 MAY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BRIGHTON’S REPUTATN AS THE UK’S LGBTQ PAL HAS BEEN OVER 200 YEARS THE MAKG AND ’S A STAT MOST OF THE CY’S RINTS ARE FIERCELY PROUD OF. HERE’S A SHORT HISTORY OF HOW BRIGHTON ME TO BE SYNONYMO WH MMENT TO TOLERANCE AND DIVERSY FOR RINTS AND VISORS ALIKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS A SEASI ESPE FROM HUMBLE BEGNGS AS A NEOLHIC ENMPMENT, BRIGHTON’S TRANSFORMATN OM FISHG VILLAGE TO STYLISH SEASI RORT IS PERHAPS BT SYMBOLISED BY THE UNIQUE ROYAL PAVILN, WHICH SS AT THE HEART OF THE CY. UNR NSTCTN DURG THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803-1815), ’S UNRSTOOD THAT THE FLUX OF SOLDIERS TO BRIGHTON DURG THE YEARS CIS WH THE FIRST RERD LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER) HISTORY THE MUNY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ICELAND THAILAND TURKEY SOUTH AI EGYPT CROATIA MOROC SPA MEXI BALI INDIA GREECE ECUADOR JAPAN THROUGHOUT THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURI, S PROXIMY TO THE PAL AND THE EXPANSN OF EASY, REGULAR TRANSPORT TO THE SEASI SAW BRIGHTON BEE A CLANSTE STATN FOR THOSE RETREATG OM LONDON. IN THE 1930S, GAY AND LBIAN BARS AND PUBS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CY – AND AFTER WORLD WAR II, WHISPERS OF BRIGHTON’S UNIQUE DIVERSNS SPREAD TO OTHERS LOOKG FOR A SAFE SPACE TO EXPLORE THEIR SEXUALY. KEMPTOWN IS THE BEATG HEART OF BRIGHTON’S VIBRANT LGBTQ SCENE TODAY, ’S THOUGHT THAT 11-15% OF ALL ADULTS BRIGHTON INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL. IT’S EASY TO SEE THE FLUENCE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY NEARLY EVERY STREET, PARTICULARLY KEMP TOWN. HERE, LONG-TABLISHED PUBS LIKE THE BULLDOG, THE CAMELFORD ARMS AND THE MARLBOROUGH TER TO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE LGBT POPULATN, CLUDG THOSE WHO INTIFY AS NON-BARY. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP BUT ’S MORE THAN JT BEAR PUBS AND DRAG KGS DRIVG THE CY’S LGBTQ SCENE; THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF VAL SERVIC SUCH AS THE ALLSORTS YOUTH PROJECT, THE BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SWCHBOARD AND THE SSEX BEAN OFFERG SUPPORT AND DRIVG TN AND ACCEPTANCE THROUGHOUT THE MUNY. THE PEOPLE’S PRI THE TE SPIR OF BRIGHTON’S LGBTQ MUNY TO THE FORE EACH YEAR EARLY AUGT DURG BRIGHTON PRI, THE UK’S LARGT – AND ARGUABLY, MOST SPARKLY – PRI FTIVAL. DRAWG REVELLERS OM AROUND THE UNTRY, THE FTIVAL WEL HUNDREDS OF THOANDS TO THE CY WH A SIMPLE MSAGE: “WE ARE FAY”. THE WEEKEND-LONG PARTY KICKS OFF WH A VIBRANT, BAWDY PARA THAT WDS THROUGH THE VAR CY ‘VILLAG’, CULMATG A PARTY KEMP TOWN, WH LIVE MIC AND BARET PRTON PARK AND EVEN A DOG SHOW. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. A PARA PARTICIPANT FLI THE RABOW FLAG AT BRIGHTON PRI 2018 | © NIGEL BOWL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO THE FABRIC OF BRIGHTON IS WOVEN WH CLIVY, EQUALY AND TOLERANCE – CREATG A STRONG SENSE OF MUNY. IT’S PART OF WHAT MAK THE CY SO SPECIAL AND OPEN TO ALL. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?
• EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
• GAY PAL OF EUROPE
• GAY PAL
• BRA'S 'GAY PALS' REVEALED - FD OUT WHERE YOUR PART OF THE UK RANKS

TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )

Ined, the untri and ci have provid refuge for those who have faced ridicule and nmnatn their own untri and on the whole, the world is a much more amenable to gay visors than ed to be, there are certa statns where gays feel more fortable and wele than others. Bt Gay Ci the World (acrdg to )Contents San Francis Sydney BrightonAmsterdamBerl Mexi, Puerto Vallarta Chelsea and Greenwich Village (NYC) R Prague BangkokCopenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsToronto: The Bean of LGBTQ Rights San FrancisFor those who have been before, will e as no surprise to see San Francis at the top of the list.

GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE

Kls Wowere, the openly gay mayor, outed himself wh the immortal words “I’m gay and that’s a good thg”, and beftg the centralised nature of the cy, there is no specific gay ghetto, and there are tablished scen throughout Berl.

Copenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsLong before the equaly qutn me to the nscns of the global muny the early 90s, this cy well-known for s lorful history, s LEGO herage, and s Nordic cuise, pneered champng the rights of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs when , as a natn, was the first to openly regnize same-sex relatnships or partnerships 1989.

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

Wh a functnal yet very edgy fashn scene, Copenhagen has been a perennial favore of world-class gay uturiers, stylists, artists, and signers who fd Denmark’s exceptnally warm and vg hospaly as major reasons for settg up shop the land.

AMSTERDAM, THE GAY PAL OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ARJAN TIMMERMANSMARCH 23, 2009/9:17 AMBY ARJAN TIMMERMANSMARCH 23, 2009 / 9:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AMSTERDAM, THE GAY PAL OF EUROPE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-03-23T13:17:30.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-03-23T13:17:30.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ARJAN TIMMERMANS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMSTERDAM IS LLED THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD FOR GOOD REASONS. EVER SCE THE CY STARTED TO FLOURISH THE 17TH CENTURY, HAS BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR EVERYBODY WHO’S BEEN NSIRED “DIFFERENT.” WHATEVER YOUR RELIGN, POLIL AFFILIATN, NATNALY OR SEXUALY, AMSTERDAM HAS BUILT A REPUTATN FOR WELG PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY. AND SCE 2002, GAYS N MARRY LEGALLY. LOOKG TO PLAN A HONEYMOON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUATED CLOSE TO THE NORTH SEA AST EUROPE’S LOW LANDS, AMSTERDAM IS ONE OF THE SMALLER EUROPEAN PALS SIZE, BUT ONE OF THE NTENT’S MOST FAVORE GAY HOTSPOTS. ITS PROXIMY TO LONDON AND PARIS MAK AN IAL CY TO CLU YOUR EUROPEAN TRAVEL ERARY. JT HOP ON A HIGH-SPEED TRA AND YOU WILL BE PARIS AND LONDON JT A FEW HOURS. THE BY AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT IS A MAJOR GATEWAY FOR MANY U.S. AIRL, WHICH MAK A GREAT CY TO START YOUR EUROPEAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST PEOPLE FET THAT AMSTERDAM IS LOTED SEVERAL FEET UNR SEA LEVEL. BUT NO WORRI. THE DUTCH HAVE BEE EXPERTS AT WATER MANAGEMENT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGEER SOLID DIK AND OTHER PREUTNS TO PREVENT THE CY OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMSTERDAM HAS BEE A BEAN OF TOLERANCE AND DIVERSY OVER THE PAST FEW S. THE DUTCH WERE ONE OF THE FIRST UNTRI THE WORLD TO PASS EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS FOR GAYS AND LBIANS, CLUDG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. WHAT YOU MIGHT FD UNUAL WHEN YOU VIS AMSTERDAM IS THAT THE CY HAS NO DISTCT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD. BARS ARE STTERED ALL OVER THE CY, WHICH SHOWS HOW GAY CULTURE N SUCCSFULLY BEE PART OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND Y, IF YOU WANT TO “SMOKE” YOU N DO THAT HERE, TOO. THE LOLS MAY MOSTLY ABSTA, NSIRG THE PUFFG OF A JOT TO BE A THOROUGHLY “TOURIST” ACTIVY, BUT YOU’RE WELE TO LIGHT UP, IF THAT’S YOUR THG. AVOID THE ROWDY “FFEHOPS” (WHERE MARIJUANA IS SOLD; YOU ORR OM A MENU, EVEN) CRAMMED WH EAGER U.S. LLEGE KIDS, AND CHOOSE A MORE LOW-KEY OPTN AWAY OM THE MAJOR TOWN SQUAR. IT’S JT MORE PLEASANT, THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU GO TO AMSTERDAM, THERE ARE A FEW MT-SEE SIGHTS. IF YOU’RE TERTED THE ARTS AND CULTURE, MAKE SURE TO HEAD OVER TO MMPLE TO SEE THE RIJKSMM AND VAN GOGH MM FOR HISTORIC ART LLECTNS. IF YOU ARE TERTED AMSTERDAM’S HISTORY, GO TO THE ANNE FRANK HUIS AND THE HOMO MONUMENT, WHICH IS A MEMORIAL FOR GAYS AND LBIANS PROSECUTED WORLD WAR II BY NAZI GERMANY. IF YOU ARE LOOKG TO LET LOOSE A LTLE, GO TO THE FAMO RED LIGHT DISTRICT AND SURROUNDG STREETS FOR A TASTE OF THE CY AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NOTE ON HOTELS... PRETTY MUCH ANY HOTEL YOU NSIR AMSTERDAM WILL BE GAY IENDLY, WHICH LEAV THE RT OF THE CISN UP TO YOU! DO YOU WANT HIGH-END LUXE, OR BUDGET AND BUZZWORTHY? DO YOU WANT A QUAT NAL HOE HOTEL, OR A SLICK BOUTIQUE OPTN. EHER WAY, THERE’S PLENTY ON OFFER. IT’S A PACT CY WH PACT BUILDGS, SO ROOMS N BE SMALL AND STEPS N BE STEEP. AND IF YOU N, ASK FOR A ROOM WH A NAL VIEW. 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Of urse, the Danish enomy and fancial astcture are one of the bt Europe and has been the blueprt for other enomi the are also an exceptnal array of gay-iendly cktail bars and boutique acmodatn that are pecially signed for same-sex partnerships. All year round, queer events pack the lendar, further attractg tens of thoands of foreign gay visors the untry eher to partake the celebratns or to simply make a vow of loyalty and openns to their rpective partners.

One n always try Café Intime, Osr Bar and Café, Vela, and Jsie at Jolene, jt to name a the tourism partment of Denmark aptly puts s advertisg mpaigns, Copenhagen is where you make iends, fall love, and make tly lastg memori regardls of whether you’re gay or not. For the bt openly gay tablishments, head to Queer Wt as has an excg array of bs, f, bars, rtrants, and galleri owned and managed by gays and may not have been the first regnizg same-sex partnerships, but Toronto n hold the distctn of extendg the equaly bate to clu queer dividuals.

You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival. Drawn through wh waterways and nnected by hundreds of photogenic bridg, Amsterdam is the cy of the cyclist, allowg for scenic ris along the Prsengracht nal and the Amstel River which both bee awash wh para boats durg the annual gay nal pri.

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While explorg the cy, be sure to look for the Homomonument, a se promoted as a livg monument to homosexuals opprsed and persecuted around the world, also learng more of the cy’s LGBT history at the Pk Pot rmatn sk close by. Though smaller events like World Aids Day and the EuroGam are celebrated throughout the year, the pnacle event for the gay muny mt be Copenhagen Pri, which actually happens twice a year both June and well as your ual dance clubs, Copenhagen go one better wh a selectn of sophistited gay spots near Cy Hall, while the alternative scene meets nearer Central Statn or Vterbro, the cy’s old Red Light District.

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Bis hostg the UK’s largt pri para, Manchter also hosts Queer Contact arts ftival, Drag Ft UK and Sparkle Ftival, wh more drag events and themed nights happeng nightly the Gay Village on Canal Street the cy’s bt gay bars, clubs and LGBTQ venu. Mgle good gay pany on Sat-Jaqu, fdg most of the nightlife actn on Marché Au Charbon, particularly the month of May when the narrow streets and sloped lan behd Grand Place fill wh revellers for an entire week of pri celebratns, culmatg on Saturday for Pri Day Bssels. Each superblock offers a new theme, though the gay muny n ually be found around Eixample the LGBT district, meetg up at the cy’s bt gay bars, rtrants and a balny view or an al tapas spot for a lazy afternoon on the square, or otherwise make mov to the cy’s nearby beach statn of Sg, jt 30 mut away by tra.

Studi that try to do this often look at polil or legal metrics such as eedom to marry, or laws protectg agast discrimatn.Equalx, a llaborative knowledge base for the global LGBT movement that maps the legaly of homosexualy, intifi a number of factors cludg eedom to change genr and to adopt – although hasn’t ranked untri or ci orr of bt to worst.An x om the Human Rights Campaign looks at municipal servic, law enforcement and the cy learship’s public posn on equaly across the US.Seventy-eight out of 506 US ci had a “perfect sre” of 100, for reasons such as troducg trans-clive health benefs to cy employe, as Brookgs, South Dakota. Photograph: Brigte MERLE/Getty Imag/Photononstop RF“Morn strongholds for LGBTQI culture rema wtern Europe and Canada,” says Merryn Johns, edor and chief for Curve, a lbian-foced magaze New York.Arguably the size of the LGBT populatn urban areas uld reflect the level of iendls, as “many LGBTI folk head to ci om ral areas bee of the promise of a eer, more tolerant life there,” says André du Plsis, executive director of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn.A study of US metro areas found San Francis has the biggt proportn of LGBT rints the untry at 6.2%, followed by Portland and At.

San Francis has often been lled the “gay pal of the world” for s culture of tolerance and vibrant scene.But even when ci seem progrsive on the surface, the lived experience of members of the LGBT muny n tell a dramatilly different story.“For a certa social strata [sic], Cape Town and Johannburg are gay mecs, but at the same time black lbians livg poor areas there are alg wh vlence and targeted rape,” says Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT rights programme at Human Rights Watch.A study 2017 found that four 10 LGBT South Ains know of someone who has been killed for “beg or spected of beg” LGBT. However, the last year has seen rerd numbers of vlent attacks agast the queer muny.Brazilian Print Jair Bolsonaro once said: ‘Y, I’m homophobic – and very proud of .’ Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty ImagAnd wh a newly elected far-right ernment, there are fears uld get worse.“Wh the electn of an openly homophobic print, Jair Bolsonaro, who has famoly said he would rather have a ad son than a gay son, R’s reputatn as a statn cy may falter, and vlence crease,” Reid says. “R is seen as a liberated cy, but also has high levels of [homophobic] vlence.”‘Gay Disneyland’Conversely, some untri wh backward and dangero attus to the LGBT muny, such as Iran and Sdi Arabia, discreet but vibrant unrground scen n thrive.

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This is even the se Rsia, where activists say two people were killed last week and nearly 40 taed, as part of a new homophobic crackdown by police the Chechnya regn.“You’ll fd a gay scene many plac that may surprise you,” says Ed Salvato, an LGBT travel expert. “Some plac like Mosw and St Petersburghave vibrant gay muni, spe the homophobic laws there.”In Dubl, an excg scene explod out of a stnchly Catholic untry.“Dubl is like gay Disneyland now, and that wasn’t the se 20 or 30 years ago,” says Prof Andrew Reynolds, founr of the Universy of North Carola’s LGBTQ Reprentatn and Rights Rearch Iniative.“Wh the last uple of referendums, Ireland and Dubl have embraced their new prentatn as an clive, progrsive and lovg place.”When Reynolds vised Ireland 2016, many om the LGBT populatn told him stori of growg up nservative astal towns and movg away due to prejudice.

And November, Jared Polis beme the first openly gay man to be elected as a US state ernor.In Poland, one of Europe’s most Catholic and nservative untri, voters the small cy of Slupsk this year elected a gay atheist mayor, Robert Biedron. Jt a few years ago, Biedron was attacked on the streets of his cy bee of his sexualy.In Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunil Pant beme Asia’s first openly gay feral-level elected official 2008, rultg a spate of public scty.“I thk that the spoff is that Kathmandu is a lot more gay-iendly than was before,” says Reynolds. So, when you travel, see to that you practice the tips below:​​​Book acmodatn through LGBT-specific websA great way to make sure that you are stayg gay-iendly acmodatn is to book through LGBT-specific s for bookg your acmodatn.

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The now famo Canal Street, which is the spirual heart of Gay Manchter, was the send half of the 20th century a dark and secretive meetg place for gay men, borred by large loomg tton factori that were yg the post-dtrial grimns of post-war Bra. “There’s a real regrsn happeng many different untri, and rights that had been regnized are now beg challenged, ” said Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe).

“You have plac like Germany, France, Spa where 85% or more say that homosexualy should be accepted by society and then once you’re past the dividg le, on the other si of the former Iron Curta, those numbers beg to fall pretty rapidly and then get even lower as you go to Rsia, ” he said. “When you look at the former Eastern bloc, the untri had a long tradn of really progrsive legislatn towards LGBTQ rights, Poland for stance crimalized homosexualy 1932, which is really, really early, ” Kościańska said. Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailToday, 250, 000 people are expected to march through London and then assemble on Clapham Common to celebrate the 25th Gay Pri, or to give s full tle: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Some Friends, the Ocsnal Mum and Dad, John's Straight Flatmate, San, and Anyone Else who Com Along for the Fun Fair and Free Mic, Pri ' is the gay pal of Europe.

Homosexualy is emblazoned across Soho chrome and, Berl, Madrid, Amsterdam have all got a lot gog for them, sure, but there is somethg the English psyche that is peculiarly homosexual, somethg that would spire a iend of me to ment that the French, by parison, jt don't, well, you know, gay very well. When former French prime mister Edh Crson said that the Anglo-Saxon male is ls terted the oppose sex than his Gallic unterpart and that one out of four Englishmen is homosexual, her arhmetic uld be lled to qutn, but she had a pot.

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Gay rights began wh the Stonewall rts Sheridan Square on Christopher Street New York's Greenwich 's stat as the gay pal of Europe is partially an exprsn of the fact that England is an Amerin cultural lony, and nowhere is this exprsed wh such apple pie enthiasm as on Old Compton Street. Of urse, Old Compton Street has given London s gay village, but has only done so for a short eight years: and to see "Gay London" as only nng the length of a small street Soho is to ignore everythg that Osr Wil et al got up to Covent Garn 100 years the London gay scene has emerged out of a culture that - nscly or not - is as limp-wristed as you like, and whose only notn of masculy is imported wh s jeans and s lager. The tle of the chapter, “The German Inventn of Homosexualy, ” telegraphs a prcipal argument of the book: although same-sex love is as old as love self, the public disurse around , and the polil movement to w rights for , arose Germany the late neteenth and early twentieth centuri.

Beachy, a historian who teach at Yonsei Universy, Seoul, ends his book by notg that Germans hold gay-pri celebratns each June on what is known as Christopher Street Day, honor of the street where the Stonewall prott unfold. By the begng of the twentieth century, a non of gay lerature had emerged (one early advote ed the phrase “Stayg silent is ath, ” nearly a century before aids activists ed the slogan “Silence = Death”); activists were bemoang negative pictns of homosexualy (Thomas Mann’s “Death Venice” was one target); there were bat over the ethics of outg; and a schism opened between an clive, mastream factn and a more rto, anarchistic wg. The episo suggts the gree to which the German cultural and tellectual tradn, particularly the Romantic age, which stretched om Goethe and Schiller to Schopenher and Wagner, embolned those who me to intify themselv as gay and lbian.

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”) Schopenher proceed to expound the dub theory that nature promoted homosexualy olr men as a way of disuragg them om ntug to surprisgly, Karl Herich Ulrichs seized on Schopenher’s cur piece of advocy when he began his mpaign; he quoted the philosopher one of his g-out letters to his relativ.

Magn Hirschfeld, his 1914 book “The Homosexualy of Men and Women, ” noted that the Wagner ftival Bayrth had bee a “favore meetg place” for homosexuals, and quoted a classified ad, om 1894, which a young man had sought a handsome pann for a Tyrolean bicyclg expedn; was signed “Numa 77, general livery, Bayrth.

His tert effemacy among homosexual men, his attentn to lbianism, and his fascatn wh cross-drsg among both gay and straight populatns (he ed the word “transvtism”) offend men who believed that their lt for fellow-mal, pecially for younger on, ma them more virile than the rt of the populatn. ” There is no mentn, for example, of the theatre and mic cric Theo Anna Sprüngli, who, 1904, spoke to the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee on the subject of “Homosexualy and the Women’s Movement, ” helpg to gurate a parallel movement of lbian activism.

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Disdaful reprentatns of gay life were not only lamented but also protted; Beachy pots out that when a 1927 Komische Oper revue lled “Strictly Forbidn” mocked gay men as effemate, a monstratn at the theatre prompted the Komische Oper to remove the offendg sk. The openns of Berl’s gay scene attracted visors om more benighted lands; Christopher Isherwood lived the cy om 1929 to 1933, enjoyg the easy availabily of htlers, who, Beachy’s book, have a somewhat exhstg chapter to the gay muny, the masculist-sexologil spl persisted.

Some of Brand’s associat were flirtg wh Nazism, and not jt a metaphoril sense; one of them later beme the lover of Ernst Röhm, the head of the Brown the First World War, a new figure entered the ay: Friedrich Radszuwe, an entreprenr who tablished a work of gay publitns, cludg the first lbian magaze, Die Frnd. Please try aga later{{ /verifyErrors}}Amsterdam (Rter) - Dutch tourist officials are promotg Amsterdam as the 'gay pal of Europe' the Uned Stat to pture the relatively high of homosexual men, the Netherlands Board of Tourism said.

It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville. This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss.

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Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.

Start wh bibimbap at the thoroughfare’s Korean rtrant Topokki before drks at Missg, Siwalk or lbian bar The Fox and dancg at the legendary Nightgale Club, the olst gay club the cy, datg back to summer’s hot LGBTQ+ event is Fierce’s Healg Garns of Bab (27 June - 17 July): part of Birmgham 2022 Ftival, ’s an artistic rponse to this summer’s Commonwealth Gam, celebratg “what the Brish Empire tried (and failed) to stamp out”. Mykonos’s rep as queer heaven dat back to the 1970s, when Jackie Onassis beme a regular visor (she first vised 1961), before blossomed as gay rort the 1980s, wh acmodatn sprgg up for the largely male 2022, you n hang out at tablished hotspots Jackie O, bar Porta or Kastro’s, and stay at the Super Paradise (doubl om £249), handy for the island’s ma LGBTQ+ beach. Photograph: Subodh Agnihotri/AlamyFor many gay men of a certa age, Fland is extribly associated wh leather-clad inic hero Tom of Fland, whose books pict a ggedly sexualised masculy durg a time pre-1971 when homosexualy was still illegal.

Now you n take a tour of where thor Too Laaksonen lived his whole adult life, passg the Kansalaistori (People’s Square) ont of parliament, once a clanste meetg pot for gay karaoke fans should check out Mann’s Street, a boozy stutn; other fun spots are Street Pri the Kamppi district, and Kvääristö, a jot for queer women, transgenr, and non-bary people.

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The official Pri para Kyiv was nceled this year after a of hard-fought efforts for more acceptance of LGBTQ people; Ukrae’s role as a safe haven for LGBTQ Rsians has been cut short by borr nflicts; and many Ukraians have been forced to relote to Poland, a natn nsired far worse for LGBTQ civil rights, acrdg to European human rights Rsia vad, Ukrae, a largely relig natn wh a long history of opprsn agast sexual and genr exprsn, had creasgly bee a rare bright spot for LGBTQ rights and a sanctuary of sorts for Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet LGBTQ dividuals who would travel to experience a gay nightclub scene, pecially larger ci like Kyiv, Kharkiv and Osa, where they uld feel safer to be open. Several thoand supporters of gay pri held a march the Ukraian pal that lasted about 20 mut spe opponents' attempts to block, what would have been the 10th anniversary of the “Equaly March” Kyiv this month was reloted to Poland bee of the ongog war.

”Matthews said even if the average Ukraian was able to pe to Poland, “Poland isn’t an LGBTQI haven of any means, pecially when municipali have clared themselv LGBTQI-ee zon, ” referrg to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex ’s also worse for LGBTQ Rsians, said Matthews, who uld prevly flee to Ukrae as a safe haven and have been blocked recent months om dog that.