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Contents:

• MILAN GAY DISTRICT
• MILAN: EXPLORG ITALY’S GAY PAL
• MILAN'S VIBRANT GAY, FRIENDLY, & GAY-FRIENDLY SCENE
• THE 5 BEST MILAN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MILAN
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

MILAN GAY DISTRICT

You might fd a certa ncentratn next to the Central Statn, the Porta Venezia area or on the so-lled “Gay Street”: the Via Sammarti hosts some gay plac close to each other but don’t expect to be the vibrant center of Gay Milan’s nightlife. (Walls Are Love’s Lims)' by Eron, the Cy Life parkPettaroli, Luxury Statnery and Perd PrtsVIDEO: Virtual tour of the mm Gallerie d’Italia – Piazza SlaVilla Necchi CampiglWtwg Ingurat s Pop-Up Store BreraTaverna Moriggi Re-Opens 5 VieVIDEO: Brera DistrictGallery: Starbucks Rerve Roastery Milan, the First ItalyDelvx Opens s First Flaghip Store The Fashn QuadMi Cosmetics Opens Cadorna DistrictAji, New Japane Food Delivery Near Corso SempneParadise of Luxury and Elegance, FoxTown Factory Stor MendrisBu:r, nceptual but not onlyGallery: the Duomo of MilanVIDEO: Acqua di Parma, the Makg of Luxury FragrancGallery: the MUDEC mmMuc, Milan Mm of CulturBagatti Valsecchi Hoe MmGallery: the Cy of Como and s BetiThe Vtage Project Ingurat at Slo MilanoGallery: Brera District – the Artsy Si of MilanWhere to Fd Internatnal Bookshops MilanSummer Sal 2018 and New Opengs at Franciarta Outlet VillageGallery: Teatro Fran ParentiGallery: Insi the [Bu:r] RtrantCamparo Galleria, the Ial Spot for a Tradnal AperivoGallery: Fondazne Forma per la FotografiaDuomo, the thedralLa Maniera di Carlo, Creative Cuise Near Corso VercelliVIDEO: Porta Nuova DistrictLanapo Cque Terre, New In BreraVIDEO: Milan Chatown, Via SarpiGood Blue, New Staable Fast Food near MosvaYv Sat Lrent, to Open GalleriaGallery: Today's People MilanApple Piazza Liberty, to Open Duomo AreaRonto Opens s First Flagship Store San BabilaMichael Kors Introduc s Graffi Collectn, wh Candy Pratts Price GraphicsVIDEO: Coffee Essentials: How to Drk Coffee Like a LolRistorante Torre, New-In at Fondazne PradaSummer Open Nights 2018 at Vilungo The Style OutletsVIDEO: Dign Rtrants MilanVIDEO: Pizza Styl MilanVIDEO: A Survival Gui to Italian Hand GturGALLERY Porto VenereCque Terre and Porto Venere: Irristible Italian Riviera Villag [230Km om Milan]Enjoy the View: Panoramic Rtrants and Lounge Bars MilanVIDEO: Gay Pri Milan – Milano PriONE OFF Store Opens Near Corso Buenos AirFinza Village Wel s Summer Ftival 2018VIDEO: Che New Year Milan’s Chatown Paolo Sarpi48 hours an your first time anBreakfast at Bulgari Hotel Milan 2/3Bkers Live Show 2018 at Vilungo The Style OutletsCyLife District: the Hadid and Libkd Rintial BuildgsAngela Caputi Giuggiù: the Art of AdornmentHavaianas Opens s Flagship Store Corso Buenos AirWhere Milan Award Bt Milan Blog 2018 by Spotted by LolsIsabel Marant to Open the Fashn QuadPcheria Con Cottura to Open Porta NuovaRaldi Pastry Opens DuomoSerravalle the Mt-Vis Fashn DtatnSlo Milano Outlet&More (20km om Milan)Il Bisonte, Leather Goods and AccsoriWtfield Milan Announced Openg 2021Manzoni 24 Style CraftsmanshipLa Triennale – Milan Dign MmLuxury Shoppg Experience at MalpensaGlidg on Water: Navigli Canal Cishot dat june 2018Shoah Memorial of MilanVerona: Italy’s Perfect Story Settg [160Km om Milan]Milan AquariumSforza Castle (Castello Sforz)Late AirportPizza Styl Milan | What to Expect and Where to Fd ItShimoka Japane Tapas to Open 5 Grnate8 Dign Rtrants Milan You Can’t MissMilan’s Bt ParksPets 1935 Ingurat Brera8 Automotive Mms Northern ItalyLGBTIQ Friendly After-Hours Clubs the Most Fashnable VenuHot Dat: May 2018Ba' Ghetto Opens Vercelli DistrictCo Excelsr, a New Addn to CyLife Shoppg DistrictWagamama To Open s First Rtrant MilanMilan Dign Week's Crazit Lnch PartysoShi&Sound Opens San Siro – Lotto DistrictRistorante Galleria, Historil Rtrant Galleria Vtor Emanuele IIIterary: Shoppg & Dg Galleria Vtor Emanuele IIHaigō Opens s Concept Store ChatownFREE Visor Treasure Guis: the First Issue Is about Brera Art GalleryHow to Buy Tickets for Football Match San SiroMascherpa | Tiramisù + Coffee Opens Navigli DistrictAimo e Nadia BistRo Opens Sant'Ambrog DistrictTenoha Milano, New Japane Box Navigli DistrictItalgrani Group to Open s First Dign Store MilanFive New World Premier for Leonardo3Japan POP at Franciarta New Iniativ for Sprg 2018 [87 km om Milan]Villa Panza, Italian Herage Devoted to Contemporary ArtAveda Opens BreraBt Rtrants Tortona DistrictSprg Accsori Collectn 2018 at Zanellato Boutique San BabilaChris Cerf, Ctomised Clothg Near Sant'AmbrogHot Dat: April 2018La Sla Opera HoeMt-vis Dign DistrictsKanpai, New Japane Rtrant Porta VeneziaSpaz Gallura, New Openg Vercelli DistrictA New Executive Chef for Armani/RistoranteTravel Tips: Avoidg Expensive Bottled Water Italy.

In fact, I’m here to attend the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn’s Global Conference, which monstrat how passnately the cy mt have mpaigned to host the event and their mment to support s LGBTQ+ muny. Here you will fd that the urbane gay muny of divas and fashnistas liv alongsi the raw unrground sub-culture of artsy and alternative typ, wh plenty of space left over for the unapologetilly there is cidly a clter of outright gay bars and small clubs the Porta Venezia district, many venu around town tout themselv as gay-iendly tablishments that attach neher expectatns nor lims to the crowds that flow through their doors. For all s ference to the 'old-fashned' way of dog thgs, Italy's gay culture has even taken the digal leap recent years, makg e of popular apps such as Grdr and Tr to tablish ntact and arrange a accs to a slew of gay events and hotspots, register for a membership rd wh Arcigay (), Italy's first and largt natnal gay anizatn.

MILAN: EXPLORG ITALY’S GAY PAL

The LGBTQ muny also gathers around Porta Venezia and the neighbourhood has several gay bars: check out Lecilano’s creative cktails, Mono Bar and Pop Milano (a feme and femist bar, as the neon sign proudly clar). Here you n fd several gay bars cludg Mono, perhaps the first gay bar Milan to open on a big street stead of a seclud alley, where people uld simply enter om the ont door stead of havg to knock or rg doorbells.

MILAN'S VIBRANT GAY, FRIENDLY, & GAY-FRIENDLY SCENE

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Bar HiwetGay BarsOpen nowFrequently Asked Qutns about MilanThe plac are bt for gay clubs & bars Milan:Pasticceria RicciRed CafèAfter LeInfes ClubBar HiwetSee more gay clubs & bars Milan on Tripadvisor. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

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(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. For those aimg to disver the LGBTIQ iendly dimensn ’s eful to know that, pecially to accs gay cise bars and snas, people mt be posssn of the Arcigay Card (right photo), easy to subscribe at any member center (see below map), or at the entrance of the club self showg your ID, wh a price of roughly 15 € and valid for one year, startg om the purchase date. This rd allows to take part to any activy such as polil and recreatnal events troduced by Arcigay, the most relevant non-prof anizatn Italy mted to the stggle agast homophobia and also anizer of the yearly Gay Pri march, check here for prent or future gay pri march  Milan.

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On the face of LGBT Italy looks somewhat downbeat, but squt a ltle harr and you’ll soon fd a diverse range of gay venu suable for dancg, cisg and dulgg steamy sna meet-cut.

A btlg port cy ma famo by s proximy to Mount Etna and UNESCO-listed baroque archecture, Gay Catania attracts a young and dynamic crowd who breathe life to the old town wh rabow buntg and artsy muny spac. As culture grows more liberal, the vibrancy of the gay muny grows wh , allowg for a sctive mix of gay dance parti, snas and cisg spots among the pal’s many cultural hotspots.

A beach day is also an optn while Rome; simply travel southwt for epic sunset views on goln sand beach, stoppg at Ostia, Anz, Sperlonga or wherever tak your your troductn to Gay Rome by fanng out east om the Colossm along Via San Gvanni, a social street led wh gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants.

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Align your vis wh the summer-long Gay Village ftival, one of the most important events the cy’s gay lendar which se Par l Nfeo and surroundg neighbourhoods bee overn wh LGBT street parti, live mic, performance art, film screengs and more. On all other ocsns, start off any one of Rome’s highbrow cktail bars and microbreweri, lowerg the tone later on at an unrground fetish party, wild gay club or good ol’ fashned gay dis.