Gay life and tourism Andalucia | Costa l Sol, Spa |

Contents:

• SPIAGGIA D’AYALA | GAY BEACH GUI
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS HUELVA
• THE BT GAY BEACH EUROPE
• 10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
• DISVER THE 10 BT GAY BEACH NORTH AMERI (AND WHERE TO STAY)

SPIAGGIA D’AYALA | GAY BEACH GUI

The gay and lbian muny is currently enjoyg a high profile Spa, thanks to the recent troductn of the ntroversial homosexual marriage law.

Obvly the Catholic church has put up fierce opposn to this bill, but the large majory of people (pecially urban areas) support equal rights for homosexual upl. Sce then, Spanish gays and lbians have been g out of their closets and makg a public life for themselv. Today, gay pri is celebrated throughout the untry and there are numero well-known and rpected anisatns providg tegral servic to the gay muny.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

The climate, shoppg, beach and bar/club culture have for some time bed to make Andalucia very attractive to the gay market, not to mentn the lourful, vibrant, outdoor liftyle.

In terms of acmodatn Andalucia, there's a good selectn of hotels and apartments along the Costa l Sol, wh Marbella and Torremolos pecially terg for gay visors (Marbella's shoppg is excellent, Torrie's nightlife renowned), as well as Puerto Santa Maria Huelva provce, which has a lively summer scene. Ci such as Cadiz, Grenada, Malaga and Seville also have thrivg gay muni, and as gay visors have started to explore more ci the regn, a number of gay-iendly hotels and other typ of acmodatn have appeared to acmodate their needs.

In Torremolos the scene is centred around the La Nogalera area, wh bars, clubs and snas; there's one whole strip entirely voted to gay visors, wh 20 bars of varyg style terms of dér, mic and clientele. A gay uple walkg hand hand a ral village will get stared at, or may even be treated wh hostily if they try to check to a hotel room together. Most gay Italians g to Puglia for their fix of summer sun (many take extend month-long holidays, some will return home to the regn om the north’s larger ci, stayg for 2 - 3 months) have on their list of beach to vis.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS HUELVA

McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized.

He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly.

It was paful at the time — the worst thg that had happened to him as a gay man, he said — but has reced far enough to his memory that did not e to md an hourlong terview about his experienc as a gay broadster. As far as Bach knows — and as far as many of his unterparts wh other teams are aware — there are no other openly gay broadsters the sport.

THE BT GAY BEACH EUROPE

McCoy for The New York TimBorn to BroadstLong before he knew he was gay, Bach knew he wanted to be a sports father was a ach, and a love of sports ran through the fay. ”)He began to accept that he was gay durg his sophomore year of high school, but wh that acceptance me worry.

10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD

As a multisport athlete, Bach was often locker rooms filled wh chos of homophobic slurs and gay jok.

’”By the start of his sophomore year at Michigan State, Bach was ready to tell his parents that he was gay, tchg his father off guard but nfirmg what his mother had prevly assumed. He did each job to the bt of his abily, and his sexualy never me, he has found that there’s a difference between beg a gay man baseball and beg pletely fortable as one. “I feel like that’s the burn a lot of gay people live wh — tryg to be perfect for straight people, ” he job requir equent teractn wh the players and the achg staff — addn to his duti as play-by-play announcer, Bach also is the ma public relatns ntact for the team — and he said he hadn’t fully relaxed any of them.

DISVER THE 10 BT GAY BEACH NORTH AMERI (AND WHERE TO STAY)

Mrer/Frericksburg NatnalsThat feelg is somewhat “self-flicted, ” Bach said, but he believ the solutn is to brg more openly gay people to sports and create a safe environment for those who are already there but have felt necsary to hi their League Baseball has touted self as a place of clivy.