The gay traveler's gui to Boston - Lonely Pla

Contents:

• MANY UNTRI DON'T ACCEPT OUR RIGHT TO EXIST: LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELER
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• THE BT OF GAY DUBL
• TOP 10 GAY WEDDG STATNS
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GAY BRANCH OF LONELY PLA THORN TREE? - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• DENMARK – THE MOST GAY-IENDLY PLACE ON THE PLA
• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA

MANY UNTRI DON'T ACCEPT OUR RIGHT TO EXIST: LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELER

That event cid wh Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, which is one of the largt LGBTIQ+ celebratns on the pla and tak place durg Febary or March of each year. Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: The heart of gay Sydney is the Darlghurst neighborhood, which is nveniently loted near Sydney’s central bs district and is easily accsible by the cy’s mass trans system.

While ’s technilly an “unofficial" gay beach, ’s such a well-known fact that even Tel Aviv’s tourism webse bills as a hotspot for the LGBTIQ+ muny.

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: The heart of Berl’s LGBTIQ+ activy is Schöneberg, which has had gay and lbian bars sce the 1920s, makg one of the olst gay boroughs on the pla.

Its Gay Hostel is a unique lodgg opportuny that’s only available to LGBTIQ+ people unr the age of 38, creatg a safe space where you’re bound to meet some new iends. When Lonely Pla asked me to wre about my experienc as an openly gay traveler and journalist, was one of the harst assignments I’ve ever accepted. The story of passenger aviatn is tertwed wh gay men, most famoly gay flight attendants, stereotypilly swishg their way through the ski wh their gal pals, a guy every (air)port, footloose, fancy ee and happy.

As one of the relatively few openly gay aviatn journalists, and one who specialis the passenger experience – what we all see when we travel – the way this particular quirk of history has evolved, as Phil Tiemeyer’s excellent book Plane Queer tells , trigu me. Right now, the shadow of another panmic, my gay iends of a siar age and I talk equently about how formative that particular experience was how we’re reactg to COVID-19, and how much affected our perspective.

THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE

In more than a dozen untri, gay people n still be put to ath for spendg a night wh our partners, arrted for holdg hands, prosecuted for gatherg wh other people like , jailed for even discsg our liv – let alone beg attacked by mobs for simply beg who we are. I intify as gay and queer, and I reclaim the word “queer” along wh others to scribe a wir sense of inty, the unrstandg that there is a generatn olr than me, of gay men particular, who don’t like the word, havg had screamed at them by police as they were arrted and btalized.

Let me be the first to highlight that the LGBTIQA+ muny is as diverse as s members, and I n only speak to my experience as a whe, cisgenr, universy-ted thirty-somethg gay man livg wtern Europe, which giv me a particular perspective on the world. Enjoyg credible drag performanc Sgapore, the search for the perfect ty gay bar Shju, gog for a drk the Stonewall, lettg my purple hair down gayborhoods om the Marais to the Castro, browsg queer bookstor om Toronto to Melbourne, dancg the night away among fellow queers om Beijg to Buchart… and chattg the galleys of aircraft worldwi: gettg to experience the amazg flavor of queer life across the world is a joy and a privilege.

THE BT OF GAY DUBL

It’s also a rponsibily: as a journalist wh a public profile, I often avoid postg about visg gay venu and queer spac on social media untri where LGBTIQA+ people are still targeted for harassment, vlence and opprsn by ernments or society. I also grew up the UK the 1980s when the Thatcher Government stuted laws that prevented schools om talkg about gay people and lol ernments om fundg servic for , cludg AIDS servic.

We still live a world where scribg the layed rponse to the HIV-AIDS epimic – where failure to fund treatments for a disease that was first lled Gay-Related Immune Deficiency was wispread durg a time where was seen as a “gay disease” — as a genoci is ntroversial.

We live a world where I’m expected to travel to and via some of the dozens of untri where I uld be put to ath, jailed, tortured or extrajudicially killed for beg gay whout a send thought.

TOP 10 GAY WEDDG STATNS

We live a world where, prr to leavg for a trip to or via an even larger list of untri, I need to b through my phone for anythg gay that uld e problems. We live a world where I watch and listen to the experience of the transgenr, genr-nonnformg, genrqueer, non-bary and other members of the LGBTIQA+ muny, and see so many disturbg parallels to how gay people were treated earlier my lifetime that I n’t help but stand bi them.

Hell’s Kchen and Chelsea offer the most “tradnal” gay bars and clubs, where visors n check out venu wh hunky shirtls bartenrs, a mostly-gay-male clientele, and thumpg hs gog late to the night. It’s a fun and totally ridiculo experience that’s like a gay Coyote Ugly llid wh a down-home honky-tonk, but the fact that Flamg Saddl don’t take self serly is exactly why ’s such a fun bar to go to, offerg an unpretent experience that’s pecially good for anyone visg a gay bar for the first time. Other mils wh queer them clu Come From Away, which clus the te story of Kev Tuerff and his partner, both of whom bee strand Newfoundland wh hundreds of others durg the 9/11 attacks, and The Book of Mormon, which often mocks relig bigotry agast gay people.

One of the most important facilators of muny for LGBTIQ+ New Yorkers is The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, referred to by lols simply as “The Center”. “Cisg” Central Park is also very real, and if you're g om somewhere that don't have much of a gay muny, thgs like this might e as a b of a culture shock.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GAY BRANCH OF LONELY PLA THORN TREE? - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

To this day, Boston remas one of Ameri’s most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci and has a large queer muny actively shapg the cy's future, ensurg remas one of the world’s foremost gay statns for generatns to e. Loted a small neighborhood that’s smooshed between the Theater District and Chatown, Jacqu is Boston’s olst operatg gay bar and the cy’s premier tablishment for drag shows. The Boston LbiGay Urban Foundatn is another group that has ntued to put on queer events and offer support to lols after the dissolutn of Boston Pri.

After years of travelg the world as an openly gay uple sharg our experienc on our blog and social media platforms while givg advice and tips to fellow LGBTQ+ travelers, we were about to receive one of the biggt honors a gay travel blog such as Couple of Men uld possibly get – the Bt Travel 2021 LGBTIQ+ Storyteller Award by Lonely Pla. The annual updated rankg of Spartac’ Gay Travel Inx for 2020 rms travelers about the suatn of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenr people 202 untri and regns around the world.

Daan: We started our blog to showse our travel story and attractive statns, but we also fd that a lot of our followers fd fort observg our trips and seeg beg openly gay different parts of the world.

DENMARK – THE MOST GAY-IENDLY PLACE ON THE PLA

Now based Amsterdam, Karl and Daan’s joyful, lovg relatnship sh through each post, and they share personal aspects of their liv wh their followers, cludg the lovely story of Karl beg a (gay) dad to his son and dghter. The cy’s pact size means ’s easy to bop om place to place and LGBT travellers shouldn’t feel they’re limed to ‘official’ gay-iendly venu; would be difficult to fd a venue Dubl cy centre you won’t be wele .

North of the Liffey, Pantibar ntu to draw crowds, thanks part to beg owned by the unofficial queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss, bonafi drag royalty and one of the untry’s leadg gay rights activists. Wh lourful flowers and plenty of cycle lan, mak for a nice sojourn and has a wir signifince: the tragic murr of a lol gay man lled Declan Flynn the park 1982 is wily nsired the talyst for the Irish gay rights movement.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY

Break for the Borr stands place of Bartley Dunne’s, probably the untry’s first gay-iendly venue, which prid self on allowg punks and ‘alternative’ people , while the Vikg holds the tle of beg Ireland’s first exclively gay bar – ’s now unr new management and has been renamed Brogan’s.

The GAZE Film Ftival July has been celebratg LGBT storytellg for 25 years, while the Dubl Gay Theatre Ftival tak place smaller venu across the cy May. Like all ci, homophobic cints are not unheard of but are few and far between, and public displays of affectns between same-sex upl are que monplace. Senr Advice, a webse that foc on senr livg, recently ranked the bt ci for LGBT people to retire s report, Senr Advice looked at multiple factors, cludg the percentage of LGBT populatn the area, the cy's sre on to the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equaly Inx (HRCME, which looks at thgs like laws, polici and servic for LGBTQ people), LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce prence, the number of gay-iendly senr muni, lol and state legislatn protectg the LGBTQ muny and st of livg (based on thgs like hog, food, transportatn and healthre) are the top 10 ci for LGBT people to retire.

New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans, known for s historic French Quarter, is a "haven" for the LBGT muny due to s "abundance of gay clivens, " acrdg to Senr cy has a Gay Easter Para, Southern Dence (an annual gay ftival and para held around Labor Day each year) and more than a dozen gay bars. Wt Palm Beach, FloridaWt Palm Beach has more than 40 of beach, plenty of shoppg — like 40 antique shops on Antique Row s Arts and Dign District — and while relatively small, there is gay nightlife, cludg popular neighborhood gay bar H. Universy of Arizona's Instute For Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Studi there is one of the first of s kd, acrdg to SenrAdvice, and Tn was the first Arizona cy to pass an anti-discrimatn ordance protectg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rints and cy workers back overall st of livg is "average" pared to natnal averag, acrdg to Senr Advice.

GAY LIFE ALBANIA

There are LGBT anizatns that are supportive of gay senrs, like Alexandria Gay and Lbian Communy Organizatn, The DC Center for the LGBT Communy and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Veteran assisted livg and adult re sts are signifintly higher than the natnal average Washgton, DC, the average st of home healthre is $44, 044 per year, which is lower than the natnal average of $46, 197, acrdg to Senr Advice. Senrs are almost 10% of the cy's populatn, acrdg to Senr Advice, and there is a LGBT populatn of about 5% the cy has sred 100 out of 100 on the HRCMEI for the last five years a row and Tempe celebrat gay pri wh Phoenix Pri every May.

Fort Lrdale, FloridaAn hour north of Miami, Fort Lrdale has 23 of beach, scenic parks and nals, and strgs of rtrants and shops n parallel to the advice lls Fort Lrdale the "gay pal cy" of Florida and says 's a mec for the gay lols and visors alike.