Uguay - GlobalGayz News Archive

Contents:

• THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY
• UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI
• GAY FRIENDLY - POCOS
• SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY
• THE BEST MONTEVIO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTEVIO
• 6 GREAT GAY BEACH SOUTH AMERI
• GAY UGUAY NEWS & REPORT 2011
• MONTEVIO GAY BARS
• GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK

THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY

Sophistited, safe, and progrsive, Uguay sc visors wh s sprawlg untrysi, imprsive beach, pulsatg tango clubs, and world-class w—all one of South Ameri’s most open-md, gay-iendly natns.

BOOK WITH US Colonia l Sacramento | Photo: Dpkelly07Gay UguayLargely nsired the most LGBT-iendly untry South Ameri, Uguay has an outstandg reputatn among gay travellers for s legislative amework protectg LGBT cizens.

Social acceptance for LGBT dividuals and fai is high, and gay travellers to Uguay n rt assured that virtually everywhere the untry is a safe space to be as you are.

UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI

Montevio is the most gay-popular cy Uguay, boastg a rivetg gay nightlife scene and even one of the world’s few gay monuments—La Plaza la Diversidad to vis UguayBeach bums chasg the sun and sand at Uguay’s top astal rorts should seek out the height of summer, between late December and Febary.

Playa Los Pocos is betiful and easy to get to, while Carras and Miramar beach skew more gay. For more on what to see and do, cludg the bt Montevio gay bars (and some of the bt gay clubs Uguay) don’t miss our -pth gay Montevio travel gui. You’ve got the gay male-only hotel Undari, the qutsential gay-popular beach Playa Chihuahua, and a healthy smatterg of eic disthequ where you n shake your booty all night long.

GAY FRIENDLY - POCOS

Here is where you’ll fd the untry’s veted hot sprgs, a rejuvenatg way to round out any gay Uguay vatn. 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.

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.

SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY

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. One of Santiago’s most famo rtrants is the gay-owned Sara Colonia. 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.

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.

6 GREAT GAY BEACH SOUTH AMERI

Members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni have created new hom some of the world’s most excg and diverse ci. Homosexualy has been legal sce 1811, and 2001 the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage. Reguliersdwarsstraat is Amsterdam’s popular LGBTQ neighborhood, while outsi of the pal the Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht are other gay-iendly ci.

BangkokHomosexualy has been legal Thailand sce 1956, but same-sex marriage isn’t currently regnized. Dpe this, you’ll fd thrivg gay scen across Thailand, particularly Bangkok. It’s also home to a thrivg gay scene that centers around the Silom area, where you’ll fd hotels, rtrants and other LGBTQ tablishments.

The biggt bety pageant for transgenr women, Miss Internatnal Queen, is held here every Air, ArgentaArgenta is a regnal trailblazer when to LGBTQ rights and the first untry Lat Ameri to legalize gay marriage 2010. Buenos Air Gay Pri is one of South Ameri’s biggt and livelit pri events, and Network360, a nference for LGBTQ members of the bs and tourism dtri, tak place wh ernment support every year Augt.

GAY UGUAY NEWS & REPORT 2011

Homosexualy has been legal Portugal sce 1982, and gay marriage was legalized 2010.

Not only do this cy have swimmable beach wh an hour of s metro area, also has a gay beach, lled Beach 19, jt outsi the cy. MadridSpa is a world lear protectg LGBTQ rights: It legalized homosexualy 1979 and ma gay marriage legal 2005.

Spa’s pal cy, Madrid, is a European LGBTQ stronghold that is home to the biggt gay muny on the ntent.

MONTEVIO GAY BARS

Montevio is where Uguay’s gay scene is most active, and 's home to bars, clubs and hangouts. The annual Paris Gay Pri Para is one of the world’s biggt, but there’s also the Techno Para and the newer Drag Para.

Same-sex marriage has been legal sce 2013, and LGBTQ people enjoy full adoptn rights this, TaiwanAsia isn’t known for beg acceptg of the LGBTQ muny or protectg s rights, but a handful of plac this part of the world are gay-iendly, most notably Taipei. Gay people have been able to openly serve the ary sce 2002, and beme legal to change your genr 2008. Taipei Pri is the biggt gay ftival Asia, attractg hundreds of thoands of participants.

GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK

Gay Taiwan pageant and WOOW Pool Party are among other annual events that exemplify this cy’s Aviv, IsraelTel Aviv, Israel, is home to glor beach, memorable cuise, noteworthy archecture and vibrant art, culture and mic scen. The gay scene reach a fever pch durg Tel Aviv Pri Week, when events brg 250, 000 people together to celebrate and show support. In 2005, the pal Montevio beme one of the few ci the world to have a homomonument – a rose-lored grane the shape of a triangle scribed wh the words: “To Honour Diversy is to Honor Life”.

In Montevio, ’s mon to see gay upl—men and women—holdg hands on the rambla, the 25-km promena that borrs the River Plate. And while olr generatns may be takg their time to e around to the chang, younger generatns are openly supportive of gay are jt a few gay bars and my experience is that gay men and women don’t tend to ghettoise. A gay emigrant to Uguay livg Colonia wr: “I live the Uguayan equivalent of the Bible belt wh my partner of 28 years and th far have enuntered no negative vib at all.

… Unlike the US, UK and Ireland, beg gay has never been a crime here so there isn’t the same historil baggage and rentment that you still fd certa plac… an dividual’s sexualy is viewed as a personal matter and is of no ncern to the neighbors (except perhaps for a b of gossip. The same year the age of nsent was lowered to 16 – regardls of who you were havg sex past has seen big chang regardg rights for gays, lbians and transAnti-discrimatn laws are place sce 2003, and gays and lbians are allowed to serve openly the ary and jotly adopt children sce upl have been able to enter to civil unns sce 2008 and sce 2013, to marryTransgenr people have been able to change their genr on official documentatn sce looks like ’s time to plan your vis to the gay-iendlit natn South Ameri!

BeachChihuahua, a nudist beach several wt of glzy Punta l Este has the only hotel exclively for gay men the whole of Uguay. Further readg about gay Uguay EnglishGay MontevioUguay adopts iendly bs certifitn (2018)Uguay sger Ana Prada champns LGBTI rights (2014)A g-out story is told one of Gu’Guay’s 5 Uguayan films you mt see. Many thanks to Rodrigo Borda, of Friendly Maps and half of the first gay uple to register to marry  Uguay, for lettg me pick his bras for this article.