Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Ecuador | Frommer's

Contents:

• GAY ECUADOR TRAVEL GUI
• ECUADOR GAY TRAVEL
• ECUADOR: A HIDDEN GEM FOR GAY TRAVELERS
• THE FT ECUADOR LUXURY GAY TRAVEL
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ECUADOR
• ECUADOR GAY TRAVEL: QUO & THE ANS
• QUO, A GAY-FRIENDLY CY ON THE EQUATOR ECUADOR TO EXPLORE!
• GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS ECUADOR
• ECUADOR & GALAPAGOS GAY TOURS
• GAY QUO

GAY ECUADOR TRAVEL GUI

Until 1997, gay life Ecuador was difficult and beg openly gay public uld lead to issu wh the police. But 1997, the nstutn was changed to troduce some of the most progrsive gay-iendly legislatn the world. While the laws of Ecuador are firmly support of gay rights, public displays of same-sex affectn are very rare the untry and LGBTQ+ travelers are advised to e discretn when public plac, pecially outsi of major ci where people may not have adapted to the new laws as quickly.

Although the law stat that everyone has the same rights Ecuador, this don’t mean that homophobia is gone, pecially ral areas.

Ecuador don’t have any gay hotels but there are gay-iendly optns. In Quo, the “zona Rosa” is the gay-iendly part of the cy. Two large annual LGBTQ+ events Quo are the Quo Gay Pri Ftival (Orgullo) and the Quo Gay Film Ftival (El Lugar S Lim).

ECUADOR GAY TRAVEL

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ECUADOR: A HIDDEN GEM FOR GAY TRAVELERS

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TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ECUADOR

Both of the ci have a small yet tablished gay scene.

You will be able to fd some gay bars and nightclubs the largt ci.

ECUADOR GAY TRAVEL: QUO & THE ANS

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Ecuador has plenty of optns for gay bars and clubs.

QUO, A GAY-FRIENDLY CY ON THE EQUATOR ECUADOR TO EXPLORE!

Surprisgly, the area didn't get s name om the gay bars that ri but 's the lol host spot of many bars, clubs, and loung. Guayaquil also has some gay bars and clubs that are loted throughout the cy. It don't have a centralized gay area, but that's ok!

The lols are iendly and outgog and don't md tellg you where the lol gay hotspots are.

However, remas unknown or the back burner for most gay men, who feel safer wh more tradnal travel choic like gay cis or events different ci of the Uned Stat and Europe.

GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS ECUADOR

Juan Maldonado, a dual-cizen of USA and Ecuador, and a proud rint of Wilton Manors (Florida’s “gay Mec”), is termed to change this by promotg his home untry as a fabulo statn for gay travelers that is both safe and unplited. Asi om s LGBTQ rights rerd, Ecuador is simply an unplited choice for North Amerin gay travelers for several reasons. For the reasons, and the fantastic year-round weather Quo and other ci on The Ans, Ecuador has been regnized for many years as a top statn for retirement, and boasts a growg number of gay expats om North Ameri.

As an avid traveler himself, Maldonado acknowledg that male gay travelers’ preferenc and expectatns are unique and don’t necsarily f nned travel packag that are available for the general LGBTQ market.

ECUADOR & GALAPAGOS GAY TOURS

Lastly, the term ‘all-gay’ don’t apply only to our travelers, but our bi-natnal team which clus gay tour guis and ncierge staff, drivers, and gay-owned or gay-iendly acmodatn and service provirs.

After a uple years of rearch and behd-the-scen work, Maldonado and his bt iend Ecuador lnched Ecuador Gay Travel 2019. Ecuador Gay Travel, LLC is the only all-gay tour operator wh offic both Ft. The pany offers premium travel experienc to and om Quo, the Galapagos Islands and Fort Lrdale, wh all-clive tours and erari signed for and by gay men.

Ecuador Gay Travel is a proud Member of the IGLTA (Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn), the GFLGLCC (Greater Fort Lrdale Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce) and the Ecuador LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Ecuador. Ecuador is a predomantly Catholic, socially nservative untry, and general terms the natn is nsirably homophobic.

GAY QUO

For the reasons, the lol gay and lbian muni are pretty discreet.

While Quo and Guayaquil have somethg of a gay and lbian scene, wh several bars and clubs terg to this clientele, the suatn gets radilly worse outsi the large, morn metropolan centers.

For good, prehensive rmatn on the current suatn, check out, the bt English-language onle rource for gay travelers to Ecuador, although the se is almost exclively geared toward men.