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Contents:

• GAY BOGOTÁ TRAVEL: COLOMBIA’S GAY-FRIENDLY CAPITAL
• THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA
• GAY BOGOTA
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• GAY MELL
• COLOMBIAN VILLAGE OFFERS HOPE FOR DIGENO GAY MEN
• WHY COLOMBIA IS THE BT SOUTH AMERI FOR GAY TRAVEL?

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.

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

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. Although first looked like they were makg fun of , they were actually geekg out about our gay kiss.

GAY BOGOTA

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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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.

Below we've piled a list of four of the most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci South Ameri, statns where gay, queer and trans travelers will fd thrivg muni and plenty to explore. Argenta is socially liberal pared to most of s neighbors – was the first untry South Ameri to legalize gay marriage July 2010, and the lg also clud full adoptn rights. Each November, the cy hosts a large Pri ftival that attracts over 100, 000 people, and the ernment also vts and supports the LGBTIQ+ muny – an ternatnal gay bs and LGBT tourism nference lled Network360 tak place every Augt along wh the BADiversa week, which clus a variety of ftivals, events and ncerts.

The pal cy, Bogotá, is an excellent statn for LGBTIQ+ travelers who will fd a welg scene the Chapero neighborhood, home to gay hangouts like the bar/rtrants El Recreo Adán and Estación Cafe. The ma highlight of Bogotá's gay scene is the mega-club Theatron, the largt LGBTQ club South Ameri. Gay rights Uguay have long been rpected: homosexualy was crimalized 1934; anti-discrimatn laws have been place sce 2003; adoptn laws were enacted 2009, and gay marriage was legalized early 2013.

GAY MELL

In jt a few s, Chile has quickly evolved to havg major gay events and a strong queer culture, and December 2021 passg marriage equaly laws a landsli vote. As a sign of solidary wh s LGBTIQ+ muny, the Palac la Moneda (the formal office of the print) central Santiago lights up wh rabow lors on May 17 for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia (IDAHO). Santiago’s gay scene is large and maly ngregated to one area lled Bellavista, which harbors a mix of bars, clubs and rtrants.

The eclectic dér rembl somethg om an LSD trip or Alice Wonrland, and the tablishment's self-proclaimed theme is “Pevian Transvte Kchen” – what the webse explas is a "tribute to the apocryphal Pevian miracle-worker followed by immigrants, prisoners, homosexuals, transsexuals and transvt, where margalized rage is weled and transformed to balm for tolerance and rpect. Near to Santiago, you'll fd one of the largt gay clubs the whole of South Ameri, Il Divo, loted the nearby rort town of Viña l Mar. The LGBTQ-foced Pri Tours Chile do package trips for gay travelers to Santiago, which clu we tastg at the bt bogas.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex Colombians have been granted momento protectns over the past two s.

COLOMBIAN VILLAGE OFFERS HOPE FOR DIGENO GAY MEN

It igned natnal ntroversy, however, as evangelil and nservative sectors claimed that the Mistry of Edutn was promotg homosexualy and doctratg a “genr iology” among schoolchildren. The Barranquilla Carnival has a Gay Guacherna, a night para that brgs together the entire cy wh s LGBT populatn. Wh a pal cy that’s known as the next gay pal of Lat Ameri thanks to s btlg bars, clubs, shoppg statns and betiful gay neighborhoods like Chapero, Colombia is quickly beg a favored travel statn among LGBTQ+ travelers.

The untry’s reputatn as gay-iendly arguably om a strong tradn and culture of service and hospaly. LGBTQ+ scen are poppg up all over the cy, pecially Chapero, the headquarters of the Bogotá Pri Ft and the home of Mala Muerte Queer Bar and Theatron nightclub (the largt gay-themed club night Lat Ameri), two of Bogotá’s most famo gay tradnal bars and meetg spots that have bee stutns for the cy’s LGBTQ+ scene.

WHY COLOMBIA IS THE BT SOUTH AMERI FOR GAY TRAVEL?

Outsi of Poblado, there are a handful of gay hangouts dotted around the cy, particularly Lrel. Neighbours e out to take photos and impromptu show has unique signifince the streets of El Carmen Bolívar, reprentg the remarkable rurgence of a muny once btally victimised by homophobic armed nearly 30 years, the town and surroundg regn of Mont María were famo for vlence perpetrated agast LGBTQ+ dividuals, targeted at one time or another over the untry’s long civil war by rightwg paraari, leftwg guerrillas, ernment soldiers and the the 1990s, paraari formed rponse to leftist activism and surgency throughout Colombia. While such btaly was wispread Colombia, El Carmen Bolívar and the surroundg regn of Mont María, was ma particularly public – cludg wh forced boxg match between gay men and transgenr vlence was rampant and meted out as a punishment.

“They said they were gog to kill them for beg gay, that they were gog to kill them for not beg part of mastream society.

Dpe ongog secury om dg traffickg groups like the Clan l Golfo, LGBTQ+ people El Carmen Bolívar say they feel more secure now than ever, a gay 46-year-old, says he has experienced a huge change over the years. ” He says he has LGBTQ+ iends who “fled om El Carmen Bolívar out of fear”, a 46-year-old gay man, says he feels much safer now, but has many iends who left out of fear of abe om armed groups“We’re nsc that armed groups are returng to the terrory, but at this moment, there haven’t been any threats directly agast the LGBT muny, ” says To, new perceived secury and acceptance is part the rult of a mpaign by Caribe Afirmativo, an anisatn which ns a muny centre the town.

He utns that the creased visibily of LGBTQ+ people natnal polics n rerce discrimatn, as the flam of homophobia are fanned for polil El Carmen Bolívar still often face employment discrimatn bee of their sexual or genr inty, but say that they appreciate the current secury as a time to years of abe and threats, To, 30, ns a folk dance group wh many LGBTQ+ participants that has performed across 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! REUTERS/Luisa GonzalezBOGOTA (Rters) - At least 63 members of Colombia’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex muny were killed the first eight months of this year, the Anan untry’s human rights ombudsman said on Tuday, while other acts of vlence also those killed were 17 transgenr women, 12 gay men, six lbian women and one transgenr man, as well as others whose sexual orientatn and genr inty uld not be specified, although they belonged to the LGBT and tersex muny, the anizatn said.

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. 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. As homosexualy be more visible, the hope is that this posive trend will crease.

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. There’s a thrivg gay scene many of the bigger ci and people all over are iendly and welg. While macho and Catholic views still have a big fluence on society, this jt means that for gay travellers they need to be aware of the suatns they’re .

For travellers who want to keep their fgers on the pulse, Bogota, Mell and Cartagena are the plac where LGBT tourism is really boomg and this is where all the bt parti, events and gay scen will be.