Gay Santiago LGBTQ* nightlife and travel 2023

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• GAY SANTIAGO 2023
• GAY SANTIAGO CHILE SANTIAGO CHILE CY GUI
• GAY CHILE, THE BT PLAC OF THE LONGT UNTRY THE WORLD
• THE 5 BEST SANTIAGO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SANTIAGO
• GAY SANTIAGO
• GAY GUI TO SANTIAGO, CHILE
• GAY CHILE
• THE 5 BEST SANTIAGO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SANTIAGO

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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.

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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. Consequently, Buenos Air is one of the most gay-iendly plac South Ameri. 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.

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As such, society Uguay is largely very acceptg, tolerant and super gay-iendly.

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.

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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. In stark ntrast to the opprsive Pochet years (when homosexualy was supprsed entirely), Santiago now has a large, open and diverse LGBTQ muny, wh LGBTQ anizatns and activists ntug to fight reprsn to achieve equal rights.

For your five Santiago Chile gay gui, you’ve e to the right bt hotels SantiagoLet’s start this gay Santiago travel gui wh a roundup of the bt plac to stay Santiago Chile.

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This small well loted fay-owned hotel mak you feel at home away om home wh a personalized service together wh their lic homema breakfasts served every morng wh ee-range eggs Bellavista is home to Santiago’s bt gay bars and nightclubs, and also where you’ll fd The Aubrey. Wh the regn, however, Chile out top for s tolerant attus, most evint the flourishg gay scene wh Santiago. Civil same-sex unns have been legal sce 2015 wh prev print Michelle Bachelet phg gay marriage onto the natnal agenda.

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For current print Sebastián Piñera however, legalisatn of gay marriage – along wh the right for same-sex upl to adopt – seems not to be a prry. Although nservative attus rema more ral areas, most of Chile is certifiably gay iendly, particularly the bigger ci.

Gay Santiago, of urse, leads the way wh openly queer culture on the streets and a strong muny centred on Barr Bellavista. Jo on wild nightlife and untls LGBTQ+ events all year round, wh Santiago Gay Pri June. To fd the gay muny Bellavista, head direct to Bombero Nuñez, the ma gay street at the centre of Santiago’s most bohemian neighbourhood.

Daytime trips to Bombero will grant you street art and morn galleri terspersed wh a number of hip bnch spots, while nighttime se buzzg gay bars and clubs e alive and the streets flow wh liberal mds lookg for fun. Alternatively, follow the land’s datit birds to the Los Flamens Natnal Rerve, where the rint flamgos pat the landspe nightlife the regn, San Pedro is your bt bet and while the San Pedro Atama gay scene is not huge, you’ll likely fd a gay-iendly atmosphere at any of the bars dotted about town. The Valparaiso gay scene is small yet easy to fd among the buzzg bars around the port area and beyond.

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Most plac are mixed and clive, but for LGBT-centred fun, check out pagan-themed bar Mana and Br Pop-playg Másra before fishg the night at Pagano or Club Delir, Valpo’s top two gay clubs.

At any other time, jo the high rollers a Viña’s imprsive art so, makg a night of on the dancefloor of Club Divo, the famo Viña l mar gay club; one of the largt gay clubs Lat Ameri wh multiple rooms and a fun-lovg crowd. Home of the Ans as well as untls lak and glaciers, ’s easy to see why Torr l Pae tops our list for gay travel Chile. Cerro Castillo Natnal Park Not far om Aysen cy, the pal of the Patagonian Coyhaique regn, li the last statn on our Chile gay tour.

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), mand a new nstutnal assembly (the current nstutn was thored unr murro dictatorship of General Pochet), nounce jtic targetg digeno peopl, nounce the culture of machismo (Pa homofobi! Lemebel was a queer Chilean wrer and activist who risted homophobia, cried opprsn, and subverted the culture of machismo durg the dictatorship. One of the historil referenc the poem are the l that rebe one General Ibáñez, a homophobic and opprsive ary dictator who led durg formative perds the 20th century, who created the very police force that’s mtg human rights ab today:.

The sectn refers to a mournful episo which homosexuals who were round up and imprisoned by Ibáñez were executed by way of fonamiento, the practice of throwg tae off of ships at sea wh weights bound to their legs. The leafy, lonial, muraled streets of the bohemian quarter Bellavista district, over the river om the historic cy center, have a clter of gay and lbian bars, not far om streets full of rtrants, outdoor terrace f, and boutique shops. Compared to the pumpg gay nightlife of R Janeiro and Buenos Air, Santiago's scene is a tad smaller, to be sure - mostly on or around Calle Bombero Núñez, and often void of outward rabow/ triangle public intifiers - but certaly isn't closeted anymore.

Wedged between San Cristóbal Hill and the Mapocho River, Bellavista is a bohemian enclave wh plenty of stunts, stoners, and gay men. Santiago’s annual Orgullo gay pri event tak place on a Saturday June at Plaza Baquedano.