Beyond Tas: Mexi's Bt Street Food - Gay & Lbian Travel

Contents:

• IS THAT LIBIDO LATA TA GAY OR BI?
• RTRANTS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY LIKE RABOWS—AND GAY PEOPLE, TOO
• GAY TA
• WELE TO GUADALAJARA’S GAY VILLAGE

IS THAT LIBIDO LATA TA GAY OR BI?

"Back then, beg gay was seen as very, very bad Mexi, " he says, "and my parents did not accept me.

RTRANTS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY LIKE RABOWS—AND GAY PEOPLE, TOO

"There is no gay taqueria tradn Mexi, " says Madrigal. Adds Aster, "We don't know of another unabashedly gay taqueria Ameri, to be hont.

"The pair origally wanted to ll the project "Gay Tas, " before settlg on Los Puñal as a more subversive, evotive choice.

GAY TA

The term has no exact translatn to English, but means several thgs Mexi: to be "a handful, " as a difficult person; a dagger, a knife meant for stabbg; and a particularly venomo pejorative for gay Madrigal knew growg up. ' Well, 's bee I'm gay, for one.

This is an unapologetilly gay taqueria. This place is Mexin and gay, and when people e here, they realize 's a queer space. Fifty-three years after brave participants the Stonewall Rts first gave voice to the fight for gay rights this untry, there’s this tweet om fay-dg cha IHOP on the first day of June, wily known as Pri Month: “S/O to everyone who puts the pan pank, ” the breakfast cha tweeted, referencg those who are pansexual.

(Or, as the New York Tim put recently, “There may be gayer ways to spend an afternoon at Ta Bell, but ’s hard to image how. Guadalajara has long had a reputatn as one of Lat Ameri’s most gay-iendly ci, and is often known as the “San Francis of Mexi. ” Although there are new fashnable gay venu openg other parts of the cy, the rner of Prisciliano Sánchez and Ompo the cy center is still the vibrant fol pot of Guadalajara’s gay muny.

WELE TO GUADALAJARA’S GAY VILLAGE

Guadalajara’s lively gay village has at least a dozen venu aimed at LGBT clientele. Hangg out In recent years, Guadalajara’s more upmarket Chapultepec Avenue has e to rival s tradnal “gay village. ” But the area centered around Prisciliano Sánchez is still the LGBT center of the cy, attractg a diverse crowd that is tly loyal to the gay-iendly tablishments that have long fed the area.

Known as the “Gay Cathedral” of Guadalajara, the two-story nightclub is one of the cy’s livelit venu and is open 365 days a year. Insi, you’ll fd plenty of imag of Francis Villa, the Mexin revolutnary lear that Cdillos has revented as a gay in for the 21st century. Late-night eats One of the cy’s most-loved ta spots, Tas Gay, is suated right the center of Guadalajara’s gay village.