Here are the top 10 untri for gay (LGBT) travelers who want to go where they’re treated bt for great cultural and legal protectns for gay nomads.
Contents:
- LGBTQ PRI MONTH: 10 GAY-IENDLY STATNS LAT AMERI AND BRAZIL
- TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS LAT AMERI
- THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
LGBTQ PRI MONTH: 10 GAY-IENDLY STATNS LAT AMERI AND BRAZIL
* most gay friendly cities in latin america *
Below we've piled a list of four of the most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci South Ameri, statns where gay, queer and trans travelers will fd thrivg muni and plenty to explore.
Argenta is socially liberal pared to most of s neighbors – was the first untry South Ameri to legalize gay marriage July 2010, and the lg also clud full adoptn rights. Each November, the cy hosts a large Pri ftival that attracts over 100, 000 people, and the ernment also vts and supports the LGBTIQ+ muny – an ternatnal gay bs and LGBT tourism nference lled Network360 tak place every Augt along wh the BADiversa week, which clus a variety of ftivals, events and ncerts.
TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS LAT AMERI
The pal cy, Bogotá, is an excellent statn for LGBTIQ+ travelers who will fd a welg scene the Chapero neighborhood, home to gay hangouts like the bar/rtrants El Recreo Adán and Estación Cafe. Gay rights Uguay have long been rpected: homosexualy was crimalized 1934; anti-discrimatn laws have been place sce 2003; adoptn laws were enacted 2009, and gay marriage was legalized early 2013. In jt a few s, Chile has quickly evolved to havg major gay events and a strong queer culture, and December 2021 passg marriage equaly laws a landsli vote.
As a sign of solidary wh s LGBTIQ+ muny, the Palac la Moneda (the formal office of the print) central Santiago lights up wh rabow lors on May 17 for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia (IDAHO). The eclectic dér rembl somethg om an LSD trip or Alice Wonrland, and the tablishment's self-proclaimed theme is “Pevian Transvte Kchen” – what the webse explas is a "tribute to the apocryphal Pevian miracle-worker followed by immigrants, prisoners, homosexuals, transsexuals and transvt, where margalized rage is weled and transformed to balm for tolerance and rpect.
THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
This year’s edn of the “Spartac Internatnal Gay Travel Inx, ” released Febary, plac several Lat Amerin untri among the most LGBT-iendly the world, belyg the stereotype of a regn drenched Catholicism-fed x, which ranks 138 of the world’s untri, lculat s sr based on creria cludg legislatn guaranteeg the LGBT rights to marriage and adoptn, as well as the equency of acts of vlence agast the muny. In the early hours of that day, police officers vad a gay bar lled The Stonewall Inn and arrted several people, pecially transvt and drag queens, for beg drsed clothg of the oppose sex.
This is a special day where bs and anisatns the tourism dtry e together to e tourism as a tool to bat homophobia, by raisg awarens of the importance of LGBTQ travellers and their role the dtry’s velopment. The cy has ntued velopg and expandg s gay scene sce – so much so that even Praia do Rosa, 90 km om Floripa, you’ll fd the Gay Surf Brasil tournament. The open sexualy of Carnaval extends throughout the year the form of Pri paras, lavish gay owned rorts and hotels, trendy bars and clubs, and numero LGBT ftivals.
The one time center of the Spanish Viceroyalty and Catholicism Lat Ameri is now a vibrant, smopolan cy wh numero ameni for the LGBT muny om clubs, fe rtrants, and gay owned and operated B&B’s. Colombia’s pal has one of the most vibrant gay scen the Ameris wh lerally hundreds of gay and gay iendly bars strewn all across this sleek cy.
14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
São Plo, the third largt metropolan area the world and the wealthit cy the southern hemisphere, has a great gay scene wh more than 40 bars, clubs and snas. Santiago’s gay scene is found mostly the chic, smo downtown areas, pecially Barr Bellavista at the foot of Cerro San Cristobal, Pable Neda’s old hangout. From the numero gay iendly hotels and ns and the ocsnal gay club, to one of the most open muni Central Ameri, San Jose is jt the start of gay iendly exploratns Costa Ri.