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Contents:
- UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
- LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
The LGBTQ Renaissance is blossomg unlikely statns all over the Uned Stat. See where you should be travelg wh our list of the 10 bt gaytn statns that jt might surprise you. * best vacation spots for gay couples *
We sat down and dreamed up a list of queer experienc every LGBTQIA person should have their lifetime cludg a few novel on that might not be on your gaydar yet, but are sure to tickle you, um pk. As the queer muny assiat, gayborhoods are beg srce, but the Castro district San Francis is still a rabow-lored bean and s bt feature is s movie palace of the same name which opened 1922 and whose sign is a cy in.
Ibiza, Sg and Gran Canaria attract queer sun seekers by the thoands, but none que touch the eternal fascatn wh the island of Mykonos thanks part to the Ancient Greeks and their societal acceptance of homosexualy.
LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI
* best vacation spots for gay couples *
This sun-drenched sert metropolis belongs to many cludg Hollywood A-listers, mid-century sign fanatics and gay male sun seekers, but for one week annually the cy turns Sapphic as party promoters Club Skirts turn the town to a nonstop party and mic ft that is bar none the largt gatherg of lbians the Uned Stat and has attracted the lik of Lea DeLaria and Lady Gaga among others.
This sunny cy by the sea is hardly Brazil’s biggt (that distctn belongs to São Plo), but LGBT Carns dance to the beat of their own Samba-fed rhythm day and night pecially at Farme Amoedo, an vg stretch of gay beach Ipanema. One of the most eloquent and provotive queer wrers of all time, Amerin novelist turned expat Jam Baldw left que a footprt on gay Paree and visors to the Cy of Lights who trace his steps n take numero legendary hnts cludg fé L Dx Magots, Café Tournon, Le Select, Brasserie Lipp, Le Montana, and Café Flore among others. Gay Days started as a one-day event which several thoand LGBT Floridians showed up at the beloved Orlando theme park wearg red shirts as a mark of visibily.
More than twenty-five years later (and still not sanctned by Disney) draws together an timated 150, 000 people for a week-long gatherg that clus pool parti, A Taste of Gay Days, and Miss Gay Days Pageant and is beloved by both a party crowd and same-sex fai. The Dutch pal is servg of s reputatn as a breezy and tolerant mec for people of all kds as evinced by s tolerance for sexual pleasure and dg e, but between cisg the nals and the bars, save a moment for reflectn at the Homomonument, a nal si tr of triangl that memorat people who have been persecuted due to beg LGBTQIA.
14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
Lookg for the bt gay-iendly ci to vis? We asked the top LGBT travel bloggers om around to world to remend their favoure statns * best vacation spots for gay couples *
Who would’ve imaged a sun-drenched nal town bt known for lnchg the gdy, libido tradn known as sprg break would revent self as a high-end statn for gays and lbians? Boastg a dozen LGBTQIA-exclive rorts (most clothg optnal), laid-back Fort Lrdale remas the qutsential weekend gaytn mandg only swimmg, sunng, boozg and relaxg. Between gay karaoke and go-go bars, 24 hour snas, sweaty nightclubs, and iendly (wk, wk) massage parlors, rowdy Bangkok is Southeast Asia’s undisputed queer pal and famo among nightlife offergs are ladyboy barets which transgenr women (katoey Thai) perform genr illns to the tun of popular gay divas.
The Asie sun is famoly tense, but for one night annually pal parison to the rabow-tged para that is the high watermark for the annual Sydney Gay and Lbian MardiGras. Stay at one of dozens of gay gutho, see a baret show (as Miss Richfield 1981 or Da Marta), h up Herrg Cove Beach and do at least one Tea Dance at the world famo Boatslip. The era of the gay ghetto is endg and whether that’s a good or bad thg, ’s still a joy to walk down a street where gay bs abound and hand holdg is the norm.
While plenty of rorts wele diverse travelers, some really roll out the rabow rpets—whether they’re part of a gay-iendly brand; home to an out-and-proud LGBTQ+ staff; or part of a fabulo statn. The brand is a Gold Global Partner of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA), and has been honored for more than a as one of the HRC’s annually ranked Bt Plac to Work for LGBTQ+ Equaly.
GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
For starters, the Pacific-Coast cy is a hotspot for gay vatners who love the nightlife and s annual mid-May Vallarta Pri ftival.