Bt of LGBTQ+ Germany: Highlights of a Gay Couple Road Trip

Contents:

• GAY GERMANY TRAVEL GUI
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA
• SUMMER THE CY: A GAY MUNICH WEEKEND TRIP
• GAY HAMBURG CY TRIP: OUR WEEKEND NORTHERN GERMANY
• GAY FRANKFURT
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY

GAY GERMANY TRAVEL GUI

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! 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. 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. 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.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A. There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?! Compared to other plac Mexi, was the cy where I saw the most signs of affectn public between same-sex upl, and there are plenty of gay bars, clubs and parti for everyone.

The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta. Each year Auckland hosts a week of Pri events, one of which is lled The Big Gay Out (as if New Zealand wasn’t already the most epic spot).

Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays.

THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA

Durg the harsh, reprsive Fran years, the ernment turned a bld eye to homosexualy as the island was too far away om the maland to bother wh.

From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island. The Yumbo Centre is the fol pot for the area: a large shoppg mall full of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and boutique shops, makg a gay man’s paradise.

SUMMER THE CY: A GAY MUNICH WEEKEND TRIP

Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui. Hostels Gran Canaria | Cheap flights to Gran CanariaMilan, ItalyMilan, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly love Milan bee has the bt GLBT scene Italy.

GAY HAMBURG CY TRIP: OUR WEEKEND NORTHERN GERMANY

There’s Hell’s Kchen, where lots of gay guys hang out, or Henrietta Hudson the Village, which is one of three remag lbian bars the five boroughs. Hostels New York | Cheap flights to New YorkRome, ItalyRome, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly is an credible cy wh tonn of amazg plac to take photos and historil s that will take your breath away. You’ll fd yourself talkg to everyone and, wh the night g, you’ll want to disver one of the most popular Italian clubs: Mucssassa wter and Gay Village Pri tak place every June.

GAY FRANKFURT

Hostels Rome | Cheap flights to RomeLisbon, PortugalLisbon, remend by Gian Lu om Viaggia e of the most amazgly gay-iendly ci I n remend for LGBT travellers Lisbon. Therefore, public displays of affectn (PDAs) and topics like sex and sexualy are thgs Japane do not talk about, though genr norms are more fluid Japan than elsewhere the LGBT people Japan are jt ‘gay for the weekend’ and often even have a ‘normal’ fay durg the rt of the week. The gay bars n be found Tokyo’s gay area Shju-nichōme, the perfect place to eher fd your special someone or to celebrate your love wh your special someone.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

To fd the bt gay hangouts, the top neighborhoods clu the U Street Corridor, Dupont Circle or Logan Circle wh LGBT favore spots like Cobalt, 30 Degre, Green Lantern or DIK Bar.

The cy’s premier fancial district by day, once the sun go down the area is home to lectable street food, rooftop bars and Thailand’s prospero and lively gay village. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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

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 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.

But addn to some mugs of the bt beer the world, which we as beer lovers had to try durg our 4-day stay Munich, there had entirely different thgs planned out for our first Munich Gay Cy Trip.

Bee even if Munich is the pal of the more nservative German state of Bavaria, the cy on the Isar is one of the most LGBTQ+ and gay-iendly ci Germany. Adventuro and cur as we are, we started our journey wh a guid cy tour explorg the heart of the geo cy center of Munich while learng more about the tertg queer stori of the Bavarian pal, startg wh Freddie Mercury, the Dtsche Eiche, and the gayborhood Glockenbackviertel.

Loted close to the cy center nearby to the gayborhood Glockenbachviertel wh shoppg and sights, the gay-iendly acmodatn offers spac loft hotel rooms wh optnal breakfast, a pantry kchen, a fns center, and a Cocktailbar the playful spac lobby and lounge. We learned more about the history of the place and about the huge gay sna the back of the buildg, not to fet to mentn, their rooftop bar.

Generally speakg, many Munich rints themselv do not know that Freddie Mercury lived Munich for about five years and th beme the cy’s gay in the early 80s. Acrdg to the Spartac Gay Travel Inx, Germany is rankg among the top 10 LGBT-iendly untri the world and is known as a very welg and gay-iendly untry acrdg to the annual Gay Travel Inx – and, of urse, to our own queer experienc! Though we did our rearch and all our opns wrten our Munich Gay Cy Trip journal and our Gay Munich Travel Gui are hont, thentic, and te.

Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: Gay Street, the queer neighborhood of Rome wh view of the Colossm, is a highly social 300-meter long pestrian street wh shoppg, bars and lodgg popular wh queer folx but primarily gay men who enjoy the opportuny to meet person rather than on hook-up aps. Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: France crimalized homosexualy 1791 and Paris has always been a bean for LGBTIQ+ folx and other nonnformists.