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Contents:

• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• 25 GAYT CI THE WORLD
• THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY USA
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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.

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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. Although urban statns tend to be most popular wh gay travelers bee of their rich cultural offergs, vibrant nightlife districts, and chic shoppg and dg, a number of the world's most gay-popular ci also enjoy picturque settgs on the water.

Wh outstandg mms, distctive archecture (cludg several treasur by Antoni Gdi) a lively gay nightlife scene centered mostly around the sophistited Eixample district, and an abundance of stylish rtrants and hotels, Barcelona is a terrific statn for urban, yet there's a sweepg and betiful gay beach, Barceloa, jt mut om the cy center. The regn has been eclipsed by nearby Fort Lrdale recent year's as the state's top gay statn, but you'll still fd plenty of gays and lbians livg and playg the parts - and visg durg the several big gay circu parti held South Beach each year, om Wter Party to Whe Party to Miami Gay Pri. The largt cy on the famoly swank and sophistited French Riviera, Nice (populatn 350, 000) is not que a gay playground on the same plane as such Euro-queer hot spots as Ibiza and Mykonos, but this stylish cy wh an outstandg variety of tony rtrants and shops do have a growg gay prence (this is also te, by the way, of nearby Cann, which is smaller but also is beg creasgly popular wh gay travelers).

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S., and Canada, the romantic Mexin Riviera rort of Puerto Vallarta mak for an approachable, relatively affordable, and fectly fun and lively gay getaway om late fall through early sprg ( quiets down here nsirably durg the hot summer months). R Janeiro jtly renowned for s sugary beach, and a party-driven, ftive gay scene that's ncentrated chiefly around trendy Ipanema and the more touristy Copabana areas, both of which ont the ocean and are ial for glazg, joggg, or playg the sun and sea.

Sydney's gay scene is foced tradnally around Oxford Street, a 20-mute walk om the much-photographed Inner Harbour and Sydney Opera Hoe, but nearby ner suburbs like Newtown, Erskeville, and Glebe have sizable LGBT populatns and many mixed bars and rtrants. The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui.

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Therefore, public displays of affectn (PDAs) and topics like sex and sexualy are thgs Japane do not talk about, though genr norms are more fluid Japan than elsewhere the LGBT people Japan are jt ‘gay for the weekend’ and often even have a ‘normal’ fay durg the rt of the week.

“In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.

Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist.