Here are the top 10 untri for gay (LGBT) travelers who want to go where they’re treated bt for great cultural and legal protectns for gay nomads.
Contents:
- THE WORST (AND BT) PLAC TO BE GAY AMERI
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- THE TEN BT PLAC IN THE WORLD TO BE GAY
- THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
THE WORST (AND BT) PLAC TO BE GAY AMERI
If the Tmp admistratn won’t protect gay people, we’re at the mercy of our ZIP s. * best places to be gay *
Dpe Tmp’s happy mpaign talk about how fond he was of gays (and, Tmp beg Tmp, how fond they were of him), his rerd as print has been hurtful and hateful. We’re at the mercy of our ZIP s: Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are often affected most by their municipaly, not their state. He told me about Piyune, Miss., where an 86-year-old gay man passed away last year, leavg behd his 82-year-old hband.
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(Only 22 stat have such laws erng all gay and lbian workers, both the public and the private sectors, while only 20, cludg New York, have them for transgenr workers as well. “I don’t take this for granted, ” he add, notg that he grew up Kansas and knows gay men ci ls smopolan than New York.
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Watch Frank Bni's Facebook Live wh Tommy Starlg and Patricia Todd about their experienc as gay people nservative stat. In 1974, the cy beme the first the untry to elect an openly gay polician: Kathy Kozachenko, who served on s cy uncil for two years. As far as advocy and velopment go, the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce works wh lol ernment and cy officials to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people have as many opportuni as possible.
"The progrsive cy, often jumbled together wh Boston, is home to a thrivg gay- and lbian-owned bs scene which many belong to the Greater Boston Bs Council, " wrote The Advote 2016. "Attend a gay-iendly event at Porter Square Books or book a room at the gay-owned and super-stylish Clarendon Square Inn. Over the past few years, LGBTQIA+ stunts at the universy have voiced their ncerns about safety, cg an cint 2011 which a gay stunt was btally beaten off-mp, acrdg to Inpennt Mail.
Rock Sprgs is only a few hours om Laramie, which was the se of the gome murr of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay hman at the Universy of Wyomg who was btally beaten and left to die after beg targeted for his sexual orientatn 1999.
THE TEN BT PLAC IN THE WORLD TO BE GAY
''Florida, Montana among worst for LGBTQ muny The x ranked stat acrdg to five areas: work environment, legal protectns, youth and fay support, health accs and safety, and polil and relig at the top tend to get more clive over the past year, while their lower-ranked peers beme ls tolerant or didn't move om where they were 'T SAY GAY LAWS SPARK FEAR:If they 'say gay, ' will my child be safe? Meanwhile, Florida – which has enacted what opponents ll a "Don't Say Gay'' bill that would rtrict discsn of LGBTQ people the classroom – dropped 3. It ranked #4 on Gallup’s 2015 list of “Top Plac for Gay People to Live, " #23 on HSBC’s rankg of bt untri for expats and is known for s lic cuise.
Gallup ranked Denmark among the “Top Plac for Gay People to Live” the world, and Copenhagen, s pal, was listed among the top ci for expats. Arnaldur Halldorsson / Bloomberg via Getty ImagIceland, which legalized same-sex marriage back 2010, was recently ranked as the happit untry for gay men.
The Nordic island natn was also the first untry the world wh an openly gay head of ernment -- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who served as prime mister om 2009-2013.
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It's listed among Gallup's bt untri for gays and lbians, and Condé Nast Traveler clud Dubl on s list of "Bt Ci the World.
The island natn, loted the southwt Pacific Ocean, is also known for s betiful ci and NetherlandsCyspe of Photo / UIG via Getty ImagThe Netherlands is nsired the most gay-iendly untry the world, acrdg to Gallup, and was also the first untry the world to legalize same-sex marriage 2000.
LGBTQ culture is also very visible the Sndavian untry -- Pri Oslo is one of Norway's largt events, and the cy is also home to one of the world's bt gay AiAerial view of Johannburg, South AiDean Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty ImagIn 2006, South Ai beme the first untry Ai to legalize same-sex marriage -- and there has yet to be a send. Johannburg, s largt cy, is also the untry's gay epicenter: It's home to the annual Jo'Burg Pri event, the Out Ai Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival and most of the annual Mr. SpaView of Barcelona, Fte Raga / JTB Photo/UIG via Getty ImagNearly 90 percent of Spa's cizens believe lbian and gay people should be accepted, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center, and Gallup has Spa tied wh the Netherlands as the number one untry for gay people.