For more than 5 years Uguay has been leadg the lists of gay iendly statns Lat Ameri and is...
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- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
- TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS LAT AMERI
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
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.
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.
TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS LAT AMERI
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.
Near to Santiago, you'll fd one of the largt gay clubs the whole of South Ameri, Il Divo, loted the nearby rort town of Viña l Mar. But the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny still has plenty of reasons to fly those rabow flags high.Jt last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a monumental lg that gay and transgenr people are protected om workplace discrimatn unr the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
Many members of the muny have long preferred to live big ci or smaller, queer-iendly mecs where they felt more accepted and safer om vlence, harassment, and discrimatn.“Until [the lg], you uld be fired for beg LGBT,” says Jeff Berger, founr and print of the Natnal Associatn of Gay & Lbian Real Estate Profsnals. Ls than half of LGBTQ adults, 49%, were homeowners, pared wh almost two-thirds, 65%, of heterosexuals.Those LGBTQ folks who do buy hom prrize livg fun, safe muni wh lots of other gay rints where they’re ls likely to be harassed.“They n have a level of fort [ the plac] bee other people have charted the waters,” says Berger.To fd the gayt towns Ameri, the ® team of data analysts looked at five-year U.S.
The list was limed to towns wh at least 1,700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr 105%.While many big ci like San Francis and New York have long been renowned for their thrivg gay culture, they’re jt so big that the number of same-sex upl ma up a smaller percentage of their total populatns. We also limed our list to jt one statn per state to ensure geographic diversy.So, where are the both famo and off-the-radar “gayborhoods”?
TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
Wilton Manors, FLMedian home list price: $449,000*No, isn’t nearly as renowned as some of the other gay mecs on this list, but don’t let that fool you. Popular extravaganzas clu Bear Week, Womxn of Color Weekend, and the nearly 50-year-old trans celebratn Fantasia Fair.Buyers will pay arly to live this world-famo gay mec. The five-day ftival each September attracts big-name performers, cludg Lizzo, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, as well as thoands of LGBTQ-iendly folks.The sert town, two hours east of Los Angel, happens to also be a gay oasis the other 359 days a year.
(Denver’s median home list price is jt north of $525,000.) It’s also home to the Transgenr Center of the Rocki, which provis unselg, medil servic, and social activi like game and movie nights.Sheridan rints are still close enough to Denver’s gay bars and pri ftival, which has an timated attendance of more than a half-ln people.The only downsi: There isn’t a ton of listgs the smaller town of Sheridan. Many LGBTQ folks settle other welg hoods like nearby Glendale, CO, where a two-bedroom townhoe go for $589,990.“There’s a lot of areas around Denver I would say are gay-iendly,” says Jason Augt of Gourmet Real Estate.5.
While don’t have s own LGBTQ center or annual ftival, the quiet astal town neighbors Rehoboth Beach, DE, which has both—along wh dozens of gay bars and rtrants.Though the whole area has bee a top East Coast LGBTQ vatn statn, many folks who want to stay year-round prefer the lmer vibe, natural scenery, and better als Lew.Hoe hunters n sre this three-bedroom townhome wh a pool and fns center the muny for $394,900.