The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Countri for Gay and LGBT Nomads

Contents:

• TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE
• PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL
• LE PORTUGAL, PAYS GAY FRIENDLY
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• PORTUGAL IS THE MOST GAY IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD: HOW MUCH DO ST TO LIVE A GAY NEIGHBOURHOOD THERE?
• GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI
• IS PORTUGAL A GAY IENDLY STATN? - PORTUGAL FOM
• PORTUGAL GAY
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• GAY LISBON
• GAY ALGARVE
• THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS

TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL

While the cy boasts fewer bars and activi for LGBT people than the pal, the muny has built a home for self wh inic plac such as the drag club Invict and the gay fe Pri Coffee. From luxury to affordable rtrants, amazg hotels and gay nightclubs, and the bt beach the untry, the Algarve is the perfect LGBT getaway, havg retreats and hotels tered to LGBT people and found by LGBT people. Although there are no “official” signated gay beach, there are a few nudist beach Portugal that are particularly popular wh the whole of the LGBT+ muny, such as Praia do Me (Simbra) and Praia da Bela Vista (between Costa da Capari and Fonte da Telha).

Lisbon Pri is also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri and is anized by ILGA, the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Portugal, partnership wh the municipaly of Lisbon. The most anised gay scene Portugal is s pal cy Lisbon, particularly the lively Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real districts, and the nearby town of Casis.

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Furthermore, thanks to s recent chang s law regardg the protectn for trans and tersex people, Portugal has moved to number one, ed to be 27th before the Spartac gay travel gui. However, if you’d like to stay at a gay-owned hotel or guthoe, or somewhere that has specifilly listed themselv as gay-iendly, this list should help you out. Historilly, Portugal has all of the gredients of a untry that is unlikely to be tolerant towards homosexualy: ’s que nservative, ’s relig, and lived unr dictatorship le for many years.

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Espelho bar, Albufeira – Although not technilly a gay bar, Espelho bar on The Strip Albufeira is extremely gay-iendly and one of Albufeira’s most popular hangouts. Cet ensemble post dépens venant la munté LGBTQ+ représente l’Argent Rose, qui uvre entre tr l disthèqu, rtrants, magass, jqu’x s étus réalisé Brésil, le public Gay dépensera jqu’à 30% pl que l nsommatrs hétérosexuels. La différence t prcipalement expliquée par la suatn faiale s upl homosexuels, qui ont pl souvent un double revenu et pas d’ vill Porto et Lisbonne sont l pl à même Portugal d’ofir un ensemble servic et merc Gay Friendly.

CrèrMariage torisé entre personn du même sexeAdoptn pour l upl homosexuelsLois anti-discrimatnsDros s personn Transévénements dédiés tels que la Gay Pri ou tr maniftatns ouvertement pro-LGBTQ+Accueil la populatn loleAbsence d’fluence 2021 le Portugal t 2ème du classement à égalé avec l’Espagne et Malte, rrière le Canada. As well as the hotels and B&Bs above, there are also a few webs like Mister B&B and Gay Homtays that specifilly foc on gay and gay-iendly room and apartment rentals. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers.

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The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. “In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.

“We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Ci like Lisbon and Porto have the bt gay scen the untry and Portugal is hopg to host the 2022 Europri, the world's biggt event celebratg gay pri Europe. Wh an overall natnal attu that is relaxed and acceptg towards homosexualy, Belgium is known for havg a vibrant gay and lbian scene, particularly Bssels, ” says Fergson.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

It was ranked so highly largely due to the extreme penalti for simply beg gay, which clu up to 14 years prison and the ath penalty stat unr Sharia law, ” says Fergson. “Sdi Arabia is another of the untri on our list which implements the ath penalty for nsensual homosexualy unr their terpretatn of Sharia law, ” says Fergson.

“Iran ma #6 on the x, due part to s extreme punishments for homosexualy, which clu 100 lash for homosexual terurse or the ath penalty, and 31 lash for same-sex acts other than terurse, ” says Fergson.

PORTUGAL IS THE MOST GAY IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD: HOW MUCH DO ST TO LIVE A GAY NEIGHBOURHOOD THERE?

“Publicly, homosexualy is a taboo topic, so LGBTQ+ travelers choosg to vis Sudan should proceed wh utn and rema discreet wh regards to their sexualy.

“Historilly, Barbados and some other Caribbean islands have had poor anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and practic, largely left over om the Brish occupatn which put the laws place and rerced anti-gay attus. Unfortunately, imposed punishment for homosexualy is severe and the existence of gay people Malaysia was nied by their tourism mister as recently as March 2019, ” says Fergson. That said, the LGBTQ+ muny is margalized this untry and there are heavy nsequenc for beg homosexual, which clu seven years to life prison for any same-sex act, ” says Fergson.

Unfortunately, thgs may soon be gettg even worse for the LGBTQ+ muny, as the Ugandan ernment has recently lled to retroduce an anti-homosexualy bill, which would clu the ath penalty for same-sex acts, the midst of the recent murr of a gay Ugandan activist.

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“In the Paltian terrori of Gaza and the Wt Bank, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is taken very serly, wh homosexual acts rultg up to 10 years prison, ” says Fergson. “Groups advotg for LGBTQ+ rights are threatened by the erng thori Palte, who nsir homosexualy to be ‘a blow to, and vlatn of, the ials and valu of Paltian society. Currently, Kenyan law stat that same-sex terurse between mal rults 14 years prison, while all other homosexual acts between mal are punished wh five years imprisonment, ” says Fergson.

In fact, Jamai was lled ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’ by Time magaze 2006 and LGBTQ+ people are sadly still the victims of homophobic vlence today. Advanc equaly laws Portugal have placed the untry at the head of the table for the bt statns for the LGBTI+ muny (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex), although there is still a lot of ground to ver.

Lisbon is the ma gay centre Portugal, wh some of the most clive neighbourhoods the untry – Arros and Misericórdia are the more popular gay parish, or eguias, the pal. Portugal is a top statn for LGBTI travellersPortugal was elected the most hospable statn the world for the LGBTI muny, sharg first place the rankg wh Canada and Swen, acrdg to the Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui Inx 2019.

IS PORTUGAL A GAY IENDLY STATN? - PORTUGAL FOM

There was also an crease vlence agast LGBTI+ people Germany, which fell om 3rd place to of the most dangero untri for LGBTI+ people to travel to rema Sdi Arabia, Iran, Somalia and the Rsian Republic of Chechnya – the last the table – where gay people are tortured, imprisoned and even social climate Portugal is still homophobicDpe the advanc the law and the untry beg ternatnally regnised as an LGBTI+ iendly untry, "the social climate Portugal is still homophobic and transphobic", acrdg to statements om ILGA Portugal (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Interventn), to the La associated prs about the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia and Transphobia that on 17th associatn took advantage of the date to release the send follow-up report to the Council of Europe remendatn for the adoptn of measur to bat discrimatn on grounds of sexual orientatn and genr inty, highlightg the facts that no asssment of the impact of the legislatn on the LGBTI+ muny has been ma and that Portugal do not llect data on the experienc of the people, cludg crim, spe the "nstant mands" om var the report, ILGA remend a revisn to article 13 of the Portugue Constutn – the Prciple of Equaly – bee only explicly mentns the issue of sexual orientatn, whereas the associatn believ that genr inty, genr exprsn and sexual characteristics should also be ma explic the Pri March to LisbonThe pal drsed up rabow lours on Saturday 22nd June 2019 to mark the fence of equaly and eedom sexual orientatn and genr inty, what is nsired to be Pri month many ci around the streets of the pal were filled wh lour aga on 29th June 2019 for the send edn of Lisbon's LGBTI+ Pri March.

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This Saturday 6th July 2019, will be Madrid's turn to celebrate Gay Pri, and ialista will be there proudly flyg the rabow flag om their para float at the pro-diversy monstratn.

LGBT Rights Portugal Portugal has been beg more progrsive over the years, and homosexualy was crimalized 1982 – which is que a long time before many other untri. Portugal is very gay-iendly on paper, meang gay upl now have all the same rights as straight upl (marryg and adoptg), but sce both straight and gay upl are very discreet, public displays of affectn still attract the star.

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Sce the 1990's, there have been huge advanc gay liberatn Portugal, though the bigger ci of Lisbon, Porto and the more smopolan Algarve regn are more acceptg than the largely nservative first LGBT mpaign anizatn Portugal was found 1992. Although homosexual liaisons were crimalized 1945, gay life otherwise eply nservative Catholic Portugal was, for most of the twentieth century, not easy.

Gay LisbonLisbon has a party reputatn as the kd of cy that don't really get ser until the early hours of the morng, when everyone really out to play.

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Havg s fger on the cy's gay pulse, is the ia rource for those settg out, providg ntacts or at least potg you the right directn for more rmatn. The Chiado is still the most stylish of Lisbon's shoppg areas, wh s elegant tearooms, even after the vastatg fire of has s gay snas, but unls you're particularly to ugls and tawdrs, the snas here nnot be said to be beach of Costa da CapariGay Beach.

)Useful Addrs & RourcAssociação ILGA PortugalCentro Comunár Gay e Lésbi LisboaRua dos Fanqueiros, 40LisbonWednday-Saturday 7-11 pmMétro Terreiro do Paço351 21 887 3918. The Algarve southern Portugal is the untry's ma beach rort area and there are gay bars and clubs the area's ma centers of Faro, Tavira, Albufeira and Lonely Pla and Rough Guis clu gay listgs and gay and lbian specific rmatn cludg gay entertament and acmodatn their var Portugal your Gay bar, club or event Portugal, we'd love to have you here - ntact Advertisg.

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Homosexualy was crimalised  1983 and gay marriage has been legal sce 2010: Portugal was actually the 6th untry Europe, and the 8th untry the world, to make gay marriage legal. Gay-iendly acmodatn LisbonOther acmodatn optnsLisbon gay toursAnnual Gay Events LisbonGay bars & clubs LisbonGay PartiGay SnasGay Beach near LisbonOther thgs to do LisbonCommuny servic & health clicsLGBT Safety Lisbon. The Late Birds Lisbon – Set an 18th Century buildg wh twelve gutrooms, a lounge, garn, and swimmg pool, The Late Birds Lisbon is probably Lisbon’s most popular gay urban Rabow Rooms Gay Men’s Gut Hoe – Hostel-style boutique acmodatn wh bunkbed dorms and private rooms, this is another popular place to stay Lisbon.

It is suated near the Saldanha metro stop, and the attractns, shops, and nightlife of the cy centre are ls than 20 mut by metro or 30 on Anjo Azul – Hotel Anjo Azul is a small, boutique hotel that attracts a large number of gay guts. Although often advertis self as a gay hotel, the clientele is ually a mix of both gay and straight – Gay Homtays is a specialist webse that lists gay or gay-iendly hom where you n stay wh the – Airbnb, but for gay-owned and gay-iendly acmodatn.

Chiado and the Bairro Alto, both close nearby, are also very popular wh lol Portugue and visg gays while Alfama, the olst and most tradnal neighbourhood Lisbon, is probably the most popular neighbourhood wh visors overall. Lisbon Beach Tours – Specialist gay tour pany offerg walkg tours, trips to Casis and Stra, trips to Maa and Ericeira, fado evengs, we tastg evengs, and more. Arraial Lisboa Pri – Usually the week after Pri, there’s a large party  Praça do Comérc that has a lot of bars, entertament, and Lisboa / Internatnal Queer Film Ftival Portugal – September se the Gay and Lbian Film Ftival, Queer Lisboa, e to Portugal’s pal.

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Constctn Club – A gay and hetero-iendly nightclub that specialis  Teck-Hoe, Hoe, and Electronic – A popular gay and lbian bar that’s popular wh the alternative and arty crowd, Purex has a small dancefloor and sometim has live DJs. Espaço 40e1 – Suated the Bairro Alto, this is que a small but welg bar that’s famo for s 106 – A fun mic bar that’s suated the Prcipe Real Bar – A small gay cktail bar loted the Bairro Alto Bar – Loted Cais do Sodré, Lisbon’s former red light district, this lively bar is famo for s nightly strip show which tak place between 1 and 3 C– One of the most popular gay cise clubs, Bar C hosts regular themed parti and fetish nights. Trombeta Bath – Probably the most popular gay sna Lisbon, this Bairro Alto tablishment has a dark room, lots of bs, a massage service, steam room, and hot tub.

Durg the day, the foc is maly on tanng while be more cisg foced the do Me – Loted Simbra, around 45 mut om Lisbon, this is one of the most ma naturist beach near Lisbon and ’s popular wh both gay and straight visors. Meetups – There are several LGBT meetup groups Lisbon: there’s a meetup for hikg gays, surfg, nu hangout, and several general LGBT meetup groups.