Miss Manners: Nosy women at retirement muny ask rint ‘are you gay?’ durg dner

Contents:

• MISS GAY AMERI 2022
• THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA
• IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
• D.C. NTTANT CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI ARKANSAS AS STATE'S DRAG LEGISLATN ADVANC
• MISS GAY AMERI 2023
• MISS GAY D.C. CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI
• BUFF GERMAN MAN, 21, IS THIS YEAR’S MR. GAY WORLD WNER

MISS GAY AMERI 2022

Who We Are Gay Internatnal is more than a crown, a medalln and a tle. Gay Internatnal Organizatn (GIO) is about tellg the stori of the LGBTQ+ people and muni and enuragg them to celebrate who and what they are, bee you n never be happy wh beg what you are not.

Take two weeks and we’ll show you the very bt of gay Germany, wh a ltle Atria for good measure. Photo: Marc ZimmerGay GermanyThe pnacle for many Euro-trippg gay travellers, Germany is renowned for fiercely progrsive attus and laws that allow everyone to live any way they choose.

THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA

In Germany, you n fd some of the bt gay venu anywhere the world, wh lendars packed full of annual events such as Gay Pri sprgtime and other niche LGBTQ ftivals throughout the Berl and Cologne, the gay scene is particularly stand out, profferg broad muni of rabow-flag-flyg lols where ternatnals are warmly weled.

Likewise, wh the smaller ci of Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich, the gay scene remas sizable and open to all. Nicknamed ‘Mahattan’ for this very reason, Frankfurt offers a vibrant nightlife and an tablished gay scene centred on the cy’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ on Alte Gasse the downtown area.

After the queer dis ends, explore a ltle further om the ma triangle for the cy’s gay snas and cisg spots. As well as allowg for Julie Andrews themed photos, gay Salzburg is surprisgly smopolan wh a lively party scene ma all the better thanks to the high number of ternatnal tourists.

IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA

HOSI is one such anisatn hostg regular events and cy tours, wh the handful of gay bars and clubs also servg as popular meetg pots. There’s no better place to see this actn than wh the Glockenbachviertel neighbourhood where hipster bars and the cy’s gay scene li on quat 18th-century plazas and wh grand four-storey terrac.

Well-tablished sce the 1960s, Munich gay life is active all year round but peaks durg Pri Ftival and once aga durg Gay Oktoberft, the rnchier versn of the famed ternatnal beer ftival. For the bt revelri Gay Nürnberg, vis durg the two-week Old Town Ftival or Internatnal Organ Week when folk mic tak over the entire Old Town.

Wh the centre of gay Drn, don’t miss the Theaterplatz, a buzzg market square showsg Italian high Renaissance sign si-by-si wh the rather more classil styl of Semper Opera Hoe. When night falls, whether you’re lookg for the eedom of a dark room or a kky fetish lounge, Berl n surely satisfy, though you might want to set your safe word ’s openns is no secret and well as disverg s weird and wonrful gay subcultur, you’ll also fd more faiar gay nightlife the neighbourhood of Schöneberg or at any step along the cy’s Queer Walkg Tour, which also pass a number of cultural spots, such as world’s first queer mm and var queer bookshops.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

Gay Pri – otherwise known as the Christopher Street Day Para – isn’t the only queer ftival vyg for your attentn, however, as Berl leather fetish weeks (there are two! Bis Schöneberg, other alternative gay areas Berl clu Friedrichsha, Krzberg and Nköln, though the entire cy is typilly gay-iendly terra. Heilberg aniz an annual gay pri together wh the nearby ci of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

Sce 2016, fans and lols have anized an annual LGBTQ+ day lled GayRedDay to enjoy Europa Park as one muny.

But actually, the first public LGBTQ+ rights prott took place Germany, over a century earlier, 1867—one year before the term ‘homosexualy’ was ed, German! In 1871, Germany passed the ultimate anti-gay law, Paragraph 175.

D.C. NTTANT CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI ARKANSAS AS STATE'S DRAG LEGISLATN ADVANC

The Nazis ma more severe and imprisoned 10, 000 gay men (and some lbians, although they were not vered by Paragraph 175) ncentratn mps, where they were marked wh the pk triangle—and a majory died.

MISS GAY AMERI 2023

But there is plenty to see today to remember the highs and lows of German LGBTQ+ history, om the Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Natnal Socialism and the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm), both Berl, to the Dtsche Eiche bar and bathhoe Munich, where Freddie Mercury hung out the 1970s. And let’s not fet Bavaria’s gay (and/or queer) kg, Mad Ludwig, and his Wagnerian fantasy stle, Nschwanste—the spiratn for Disney’s Snow Whe’s Castle.

Tradnally, Germany is known to be a gay-iendly but relatively nservative European untry.

MISS GAY D.C. CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI

Germany ranks among the top gay-iendly vatn statns acrdg to the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018 due to the gay-iendly environment the major ci like Berl, Hamburg, and Cologne. Therefore, numero gay bars var areas around the cy centers offer the opportuny to meet lols and other visors om all over the world.

We are Karl and Daan, a German-Dutch gay uple happily livg the nomadic life. Distant natural wonrs, famo metropolis, theme parks, gay-sports events and far-away-iends are great reasons to travel.

"We intify, among other thgs, as lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, ter and nonbary.

BUFF GERMAN MAN, 21, IS THIS YEAR’S MR. GAY WORLD WNER

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