GAY BOGOTÁ TRAVEL: COLOMBIA’S GAY-FRIENDLY CAPITAL - QUEER TRAVEL PORTAL

Contents:

• GAY BOGOTÁ TRAVEL: COLOMBIA’S GAY-FRIENDLY CAPITAL
• GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY (LGBT) LIFE COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA FOM
• THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA
• GAY LIFE COLOMBIA 2018
• GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY CARTAGENA
• GAY BOGOTA 2023

GAY BOGOTÁ TRAVEL: COLOMBIA’S GAY-FRIENDLY CAPITAL

The two ma ci, Bogota and Mell, each have a large gay neighborhood—pecially Chapero Bogota where you n fd the megaclub Theatron, the largt LGBTQ+ club Lat Ameri. There is a small gay scene Cartagena wh bars like Le Pet, La Plancha and Roma Club. The LGBTQ scene here clus bars like Bar Chiqua, Don Aquellos and the Viva gay club.

As wh most untri the world, there will always exist an element of homophobia, particularly ral muni around the ast. Bogota is the untry’s #1 LGBTQ statn wh one of the largt gay clubs the world—Theatron on Saturday nights. We are gay uple Stefan and Sebastien om London, who left our liv London 2014 to travel the world.

We wre about the different gay scen each statn we vis our gay travel blog lled Nomadic Boys. Our send journal about our trip to one of the gay-iendlit untri Southern Ameri is about Colombia’s pal cy, Bogotá. After our first days Cartagena and before our fal Colombian statn Mellín, we would like to show you Bogotá’s highlights our Gay Bogotá Travel Journal.

GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Although first looked like they were makg fun of , they were actually geekg out about our gay kiss. Gay-iendly Hotel: Hotel Estelar Parque la 93Gay-iendly Rtrants: Santa Fe Rtrante, La Puerta Falsa, Masa 70. Before we are gog to tell you more about Colombia’s nightlife, we explored the gay neighborhood Chapero wh the rabow cy sign, the rabow and trans crosswalk and var shops and bars together wh our tour gui.

At night, we ma a gay night cy tour wh the handsome crew om The Queer Sut Colombia and the lovely lol Drag Queen Móni DiWhisky. The tour brought around the cy to five gay bars and clubs endg wh Halloween night as Theatron, the biggt LGBTQ+ and gay club South Ameri. Gay Bars at Gay neighborhood Chapero we vised: Theatron, Anónimos Bar GayDon’t fet to brg: Good mood, ID or passport, tip for the crew.

To fully appreciate Bogota you need to book a Holiday Hoeboy, your lol gay iendly tour gui.

GAY (LGBT) LIFE COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA FOM

In his ee time he also works as a gui showg the highlights of Bogota, pecially s huge gay district. In addn to showg you the highlights of Bogota, Felipe also knows the gay bars and will be happy to show you them if this is your wish.

Felipe is an extremely iendly, warm, and knowledgeable gui, wh a strong unrstandg of Bogota and lots of fun lol gay knowledge. He’s also a total pleasure to spend time wh, and offered me plenty of tips about stayg safe as a solo gay traveler who wanted to explore Bogota’s gay scene.

Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim. For a relatively small cy the nservative state of South Carola, Columbia has a surprisgly fervent gay nightlife scene. A uple of the town's most popular LGBTQ+ bars are wh view of the stately pol buildg, and a few more mixed but gay-iendly bars and hangouts are the Five Pots retail and entertament neighborhood, not far om the Universy of South Carola.

THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA

While Columbia isn't a gay mec, do rank among the more welg statns the state, and the cy hosts the annual South Carola Gay Pri celebratn.

Visors n enjoy some gay-iendly plac to drk, de, and tch live mic this iendly cy and hub of South Carola polics and tn.

GAY LIFE COLOMBIA 2018

While there aren't many exclively-gay bars or clubs Columbia, there are some lively on full of karaoke, dancg, drag shows, and drk specials, among other fun activi. The Capal Club: One of the longt-nng gay bars the Southeast, and the olst Columbia, the laid-back and private Capal Club is a block om the pol buildg downtown. PT's 1109: In the shadows of the pol buildg, PT's 1109 is arguably the most popular gay bar and nightclub Columbia, wh a good-size dance floor and drk specials.

GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM

The venue has drag shows, karaoke, and a variety of parti, pl events supportg Gay Pri and other muny anizatns. Some of the bt, most novative food the cy n be found a short walk om both the Capol and the cy's gay bars.

The mt-do event is the South Carola Gay Pri celebratn which has taken place Columbia sce 1989 and is one of the state's ma events. Columbia, SC Prime Timers is a group of olr gay or bisexual men (pl younger men 21 and up) that holds many activi: Check out their potlucks, piics, movi, plays, lol and out of town trips, and more.

There is also a big gay scene and around RLD (and all over Amsterdam) so their tn will be plete.

WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM

Colombia has gay scene any major or medium-size cy and, my opn, one of the bt the world. Colombians ll Teatron the biggt gay club South Ameri, but I have never seen anythg of that sle London, NY or Tokyo. This is actually the biggt gay club the world, but the crowd isn't exclively gay - lots of women and straight guys too.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

I wasn't sure whether to vis, but takg to acunt s size, I was expected cent gay clubs there and to my surprise they exceed my expectatns. My mentned plac aren't exactly cheap for an average Colombian, and some like Rumours are equented by wealthier crowd, so I spect there are plac for poorer gay Colombians to go to, too, but I know nothg about them nor whether would be safe to vis them.

GAY CARTAGENA

Otherwise enjoy - few untri the world will offer more to a gay traveller than Colombia. 29 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissBars & Clubs • Cigar BarsGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissBar, Club & Pub Tours • Blu BarsWhat travelers are saygUnique, pectacular, amazg, extraordary, wild, big, and hot place! From glor mounta tops to Caribbean ast, om lh jungle to hip and happeng ci, Gay Colombia has credible rich for travelers to experience.

Lat Ameri might not have the bt reputatn for beg gay-iendly, but that’s a story that’s startg to change and, fact, Colombia is one of Lat Ameri’s most progrsive untri terms of LGBT rights.

There’s also a boomg LGBT tourism scene centred on Mell, Bogota and Cartagena – so, far om beg somewhere to avoid, ’s somewhere gay travellers should actively seek out! Homosexualy has been legal sce 1981 and 2011 a landmark anti-discrimatn law was passed tablishg prison sentenc for those found guilty of discrimatn.

GAY BOGOTA 2023

The Constutnal Court has also led multiple tim to protect the rights of homosexuals and bisexuals to exprs themselv public; for example, 2011 they orred officials of a mall and s secury firm to follow a urse teachg them not to reprs homosexuals.

The majory of people, for example, are still agast gay marriage, acrdg to a 2018 poll showg 46% Colombians support of same-sex marriage, while 52% were agast. Certaly, mastream media has more LGBT characters and a wir verage of the LGBT muny than ever had; as visibily creas, perhaps the stigma attached to beg gay will crease.