From gay marriage to transgenr rights, Expati looks at the most LGBTQ+ iendly untri for those nsirg a reer change abroad.
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9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
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Europe has long been viewed as a relatively progrsive part of the world for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights. LuxembourgAdolphe Bridge Luxembourg CyNilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileLuxembourg’s prime mister, Xavier Bettel, is one of only three openly gay heads of ernment the world. In 2019, durg an addrs at the Uned Natns, Bettel lled on world lears to nmn hate speech, sayg, “Homophobia is a personal choice, and we have to fight agast .
Nilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileA new bridge beg built Belgium’s pal, Bssels, will be named after inic gay rights activist Suzan Daniel, who found the untry’s first LGBTQ associatn, acrdg to The Bssels Tim. Keepg all that md, here are jt some of the most gay-iendly untri Europe where LGBTQ+ travelers n enjoy a safe vis.
Portugal was one of the first European untri to approve gay marriage 2010, and the Portugue nstutn bans discrimatn of LGBTQ people. For gay-iendly neighborhoods, check out the Prcipe Real and the Barr Alto areas Lisbon. Lisbon also has a very popular and well attend Gay Pri Ftival and para and the ternatnal Queer Lisboa Gay and Lbian Film Ftival every year, too.
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Belgium was the send European untry to legalize gay marriage and the send to crimalize same-genr relatnships all the way back 1795. Spa legalized homosexualy 1979 and legalized gay marriage 2005, beg the third natn Europe to do so.
In Madrid, the gay scene is by the Chue area, and MADO, the Madrid Pri celebratn, is one of the biggt Europe. In 2013, Gay marriage was legalized, and LGBT persons were allowed to serve openly the French armed forc.
Gay people had a tough time until some of the rights were granted to them. Stunt protts of the 1970s were a perd of change for the Uned Stat of Ameri. * most gay friendly countries in europe *
The “Gay Street” Rome may be small, but ’s ially loted near the fascatg Colossm. Ireland may seem like a rather nservative untry, but beme the first European natn to legalize gay marriage by a popular vote 2015. A poll done 2019 said the 87 percent of Luxembourgers believed gay, lbian, and transgenr people should have the same rights as heterosexuals.
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Some rpe uld be found trawlg through the listgs Gay Tim for gay-owned hotels and B&Bs. It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville. Two years later, Leo Varadkar was elected taoiseach, beg the world’s fourth openly gay head of ernment.
This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss.
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Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.
The cy’s olst gay bar The Waterloo dat back half a century, while another classic spot is the Unrground bar, equally fun for drag or karaoke. Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags.