Movg Beyond the Gay Metropolis: Lsons Learned om Stellenbosch | Urban Fom

Contents:

• A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
• GAY TRAVEL SOUTH AI
• QUEER LIFE AI'S GAY PAL
• CAPE TOWN’S GAY VILLAGE: OM “GAYTRIFIED” TOURISM MEC TO “HETEROSEXUALISED” URBAN SPACE
• MOVG BEYOND THE GAY METROPOLIS: LSONS LEARNED OM STELLENBOSCH

A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN

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GAY TRAVEL SOUTH AI

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QUEER LIFE AI'S GAY PAL

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CAPE TOWN’S GAY VILLAGE: OM “GAYTRIFIED” TOURISM MEC TO “HETEROSEXUALISED” URBAN SPACE

And November, Jared Polis beme the first openly gay man to be elected as a US state 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.

MOVG BEYOND THE GAY METROPOLIS: LSONS LEARNED OM STELLENBOSCH

Jt a few years ago, Biedron was attacked on the streets of his cy bee of his Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunil Pant beme Asia’s first openly gay feral-level elected official 2008, rultg a spate of public scty.

Bra's The Guardian newspaper lled 'one of the 10 most popular gay travel statns the world', while the US publitn Out and About named a 'world-wi favoure'. Built alongsi the archectural masterpiece of the Zez Mm of Contemporary Art Ai, this gay-iendly hotel Cape Town offers over 200 distctively dividual su, sunrise yoga ssns, a roof-top food tck, and superb views of Table Mounta. Sophistited, stylish, and boastg magnificent Table Mounta and mara views, this gay-iendly acmodatn offers LGBTQ+ travellers a taste of luxury livg at the ‘hottt addrs Cape Town’.

Wh effortls elegance, unrstated luxury, personal touch and clockwork efficiency, the gay-iendly hotels Frnaye and Bantry Bay offer low-profile hiaways that are perfect for discreet vatns. Filled wh old-world charm and quirky touch like retro telephon which n be ed to orr drks or have a chat wh people at other tabl, Alexanr is one of the most popular gay bars Cape Town. If you’d like to -ordate your romantic break Cape Town wh one of the cy’s annual gay and lbian events, nsir a late summer vis Febary to March to take advantage of the Cape Town Pri Week, or vis sprg (October to November) for the Out Ai film ftival.

It pris gay-iendly events like the annual Pri Para through the heart of Cape Town’s CBD, the crowng of Mr and Miss Cape Town Pri, a roller dis, and hikg the Mother Cy’s var nature rerv.

However, we always suggt that you book your trip through a travel agency like Out2Ai, specialisg gay travel to ensure everythg is smooth sailg and there are no surpris.

If you want sultry evengs the hottt gay clubs, fe dg some of the world’s bt rtrants, lazy beach days and adventurg up mountas, you nnot skip this gay mec.