Out the Sun: Florida’s Top 10 Gay Beach | VISIT FLORIDA

Contents:

• GAY UPLE AT BEACH STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• GAY UPLE BEACH STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• BT GAY BEACH DTATNS
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH
• THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
• SEE IT: ARMED PS TRY TO ARRT GAY UPLE FOR KISSG ON MEXI BEACH, BUT ARE STOPPED BY FUR CROWD MANDG THEIR RELEASE
• CASE OF GAY COUPLE CLAIMG MIAMI BEACH ATTACK WILL GO TO TRIAL, DEFENDANTS SAY THEY WERE 'STANDG THEIR GROUND'

GAY UPLE AT BEACH STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

An inic gay beach statn sce the 1970s, Fire Island is 5 kilometers off the ast of Long Island, New York, and pris a dozen beachsi muni. Sun-seekers who head to the longtime LGBT muny of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, n expect to mgle on the shor of gay-iendly Poodle Beach wh olr lol rints and vatng cy folks om Philalphia, Pennsylvania (207 kilometers), and Washgton, D. This town has a number of fay-iendly plac, such as CAMP Rehoboth, a full-service gay and lbian muny center that aniz summer events for all ag.

LGBT-owned bs have thrived here for s, particularly the gay nightlife the Broadway Corridor Alamos Beach, which clus venu like Mhaft, a pub for the jeans and leather crowd, and Paradise, a piano bar and eatery. Follow the rabow flags by the lifeguard towers surfsi at the foot of 12th Street to fd the epicenter of gay-iendly Miami Beach, Florida, 4 kilometers off the maland of Miami, Florida. While plenty of rorts wele diverse travelers, some really roll out the rabow rpets—whether they’re part of a gay-iendly brand; home to an out-and-proud LGBTQ+ staff; or part of a fabulo statn.

GAY UPLE BEACH STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

The brand is a Gold Global Partner of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA), and has been honored for more than a as one of the HRC’s annually ranked Bt Plac to Work for LGBTQ+ Equaly. Here gay upl n spend time their villa’s private pool, cisg through the property’s mangrove forts, bikg to the beach, or meltg to an open-air upl’ massage.

Along wh Grand Palladium’s tramark ntemporary sign and range of on-se rtrants and entertament, gay and lbian guts n enjoy ameni like the Zentropia Spa & Wellns and s fully equipped gym, several pools and Jacuzzis, sports facili, and direct beach accs.

Israel is easily the most gay-iendly middle eastern untry, and Isrotel Lagoona is the perfect hotel for an Israeli vatn for anyone the LGBTQ+ muny. South Ai is probably the most gay-iendly untry Ai, and Royal Malewane is a member of IGLTA, assurg your South Ain LGBTQ+ experience is as fortable as n be. The Summer Diary Project is a curated llectn of male photography, queer art, and gay pop culture that's told a daily narrative by s founr and creative director Billy Mec.

BT GAY BEACH DTATNS

This November, Summer Diary has jt opened Summer Outpost - s onle shop and art gallery, sellg origal patgs, exclive prts, digal magaz, and their new lendar for more at, Instagram,, December 5th, Summer Diary heads om s Jersey Shore home to South Beach to exhib at "the gayt fair at Miami Art Week" -- the Art Gaysel show at Hotel Gaytherg. "If you're to llectg queer art and havg a good time" says Billy, "this mt be the place for you to be Miami Beach evengs durg Art Basel" Diary will be showg select works om "The Sun Bathers", their current onle show of origal patgs by Richard Stabbert, "Men In Nature", an exclive & very limed edn of prts by SDP ntributg photographer Ron Amato (clud here this gallery), and "Somewhere Over The Rabow", one-of-a-kd hand pated vtage postrds by Nolan Gaysel ns om December 5 - 9, 2018.

Courty Sandals RortsI generally don’t travel where I’m not wanted, preferrg to support LGBTQ+ bs LGBTQ+ affirmg statns, but I’d actually been blissfully unaware of Sandals homophobic past.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

Perhaps ’s worth potg out that there are zero lbian rorts the Caribbean, or anywhere, and the few gay properti ter to difference between the adults-only (party wh iends) rort Punta Cana and the upl’ (romance) rort Jamai wasn’t obv to me until I experienced : Everythg was tailored for a man and a woman.

Even better is fdg a gay-iendly beach where you n tly be yourself whout fear of judgment or harassment due to your sexual orientatn.

Barcelona’s largt and most popular gay beach is Platja la Mar Bella loted at the far left of the beach (facg the sea) clost to metro stop Poblenou (le 4). Here you’ll fd plenty of foreigners and lol cuti takg the sun or enjoyg one of the many beachsi bars and rtrants, Chirguo BeGay beg the most notable. Also loted here is a great rtrant and bar (really the only rtrant and bar) lled Chirgay where you n enjoy an credible va sangria while takg the geo views of all the guys tanng on the beach.

THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS

Nowadays when the gays want a full body tan Benidorm, they n head to Ti Ximo ve at the far end of Levante beach and up the hill. Although most beach on the island of Mykonos attract a gay crowd, the most popular gay beach is by far Elia Beach loted on the southern si of the island. Popular wh gay upl, Panormos is another beach on the northern si of the island and although ’s a b off the beaten path, there’s a b service om Mykonos Town.

In the summer months, the gays go shg to this seasi town jt outsi of Málaga to layout and soak up the sun, pecially durg their annual events like Torremolos Pri, Mad Bear Beach Weekend, Delice Dream and Wonr Beach Ftival. There are three gay beach to pick om, the most popular beg El Gato/En Beach where you’ll fd betiful views of all the betiful men. It’s near many of the gay hotels and rorts that are primed for happy hour drks and light b after a long day of soakg the sun and meetg cuti the sand.

Nearby, you’ll also fd Northeast 18th Street Beach, another gay beach smaller than Sabastian Street Beach and more typilly vised by lols. In the heart of South Beach, you n’t miss Miami’s official gay beach loted at 12th Street and Ocean Drive surround by inic Art De hotels and rorts. All the beach Miami Beach are generally gay-iendly, but this is where you’ll fd the ncentratn of gay men and straight iends wh a sprklg of lbians mixed .

SEE IT: ARMED PS TRY TO ARRT GAY UPLE FOR KISSG ON MEXI BEACH, BUT ARE STOPPED BY FUR CROWD MANDG THEIR RELEASE

There are a number of great beach San Juan, but you’ll fd that Atlantic Beach is where the gays gather – mostly ont of Oceano, a gay-owned rtrant and beach hang out. Durg the daytime the gay-iendly areas you shouldn’t have any problems wh your partner, but like anywhere, jt e your bt judgment and be ut of who’s around you.

Though Tel Aviv is gay-iendly all around, the beach jt ont of the Hilton Hotel is nsired Israel’s unofficial “gay beach” and is appropriately named Hilton Beach. It’s the perfect place to meet lols and learn about the gay scene, but be prepared to cise and be cised this fun and lively atmosphere.

CASE OF GAY COUPLE CLAIMG MIAMI BEACH ATTACK WILL GO TO TRIAL, DEFENDANTS SAY THEY WERE 'STANDG THEIR GROUND'

Hilton Beach is divid up to three areas wh lol surfers to the south, the ma gay beach the middle and the dog beach to the north. The most popular gay area is jt north of the Hilton Hotel, right off Inpennce Park and oppose the eagle state on the top of the cliff. This gay beach R Janeiro is easily spotted by the numero rabow flags markg the area (between Posto 8 & 9) and the geo speedo-wearg men loungg about.

One of those is Playa Playas, a gay beach which you n reach by crossg over some rocks (at low ti) at the north end of the ma beach, Playa Espadilla. The most popular gay beach  Fort Lrdale is across the street om the Rz-Carlton and wh blocks of some of the cy’s gay rorts and gutho. Pete Beach, the breathtakg, stic North Beach area of this unty park has a northern expanse near the end of the island where gays and lbians ngregate.

There’s an unofficial gay meet-up at Guana’s first beach accs pot, reached by a boardwalk that wds down a 40-foot-tall dune system to a priste stretch of seclud sand. Pensala Beach cy near the Alabama borr may not seem like the most gay-iendly spot, but ’s been a beach getaway for LGBTQ folks om the South for a long time, particularly for Gay Memorial Day Weekend, which started rmally the 1980s and has grown to a huge gatherg, drawg thoands to late-night circu parti wh well-known profsnal DJs and rmal tent parti on the beach. Only the north part of the 1½-e priste, whe stretch of sand at this gay beach the Miami area is legated for urban nu sunbathers.

Stonewall Beach, a swath of sand near the Pompano Beach pier, was unoffilly named by lol gay rints on the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, a seri of spontaneo monstratns followg police raids New York's Greewich Village 1969. At is one of the bt gay honeymoon statns, not only bee of s proment and diverse LGBTQ+ populatn, but bee of all of the fe fun activi and yummy food has to offer.

" Choose om a variety of uple-iendly activi: Take the gay and lbian historic trolley tour of Key Wt, vis Ernt Hemgway's former-home-turned-mm, snorkel above the ral reefs or sip mojos on palm-led nightlife hub, Duval Street.

This gay-iendly honeymoon statn has always attracted visors wh s rich history, lectable food and inic European-spired archecture. Portland was the first major cy to elect an openly gay major 2008 and now has one of the five largt LGBTQ+ muni the Uned Stat.