Gay Ibiza Travel Gui 2023 - Bars, Clubs, Hotels, Maps - Patroc

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• IBIZA GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
• THE 5 BEST IBIZA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS IBIZA
• GAY BARS ON IBIZA
• GAY IBIZA - IBIZA FOM
• GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA
• THE BT LGBTQ BARS IBIZA, SPA RABOW DAYBED AT THE CHIRGAY | @ CHIRGAY BEACH HOE LEON BECKENHAM 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TOGETHER WH S REPUTATN FOR HARD PARTYG, IBIZA HAS LONG BEEN AN OPEN-MD, ANYTHG-GO STATN POPULAR WH THE GAY MUNY, AND SO AS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS BALEARIC ISLAND HAS MORE THAN S SHARE OF BARS TERG TO THE LGBTQ CROWD. HERE’S A NDOWN OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS MAD BAR IBIZA GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MAD BAR IBIZA THIS POPULAR BAR IS SUATED THE THROBBG HEART OF IBIZA TOWN’S MA GAY STRIP, CALLE LA VIRGEN. IT’S ONE OF THE ISLAND’S BT-KNOWN GAY VENU, OFFERG BARGA CKTAILS AND A RELAXED AND IENDLY PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT. THERE’S ALSO A LARGE OUTDOOR TERRACE FOR SOAKG UP THE BUZZY STREET VIBE, PL A MEN-ONLY DARKROOM. DON’T LEAVE WHOUT TRYG ONE OF THEIR LEGENDARY MOJOS. DADO BAR GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RUN BY A IENDLY GAY UPLE (DRAGAN AND JENS) THIS WELG BAR IS ALSO LOTED ON IBIZA TOWN’S NARROW AND POPULAR GAY STREET OF CALLE LA VIRGEN. THE CLIENTELE IS UALLY A MIX OF GAY, STRAIGHT AND SWGER, MOST OF WHOM TEND TO NGREGATE ON THE TERRACE, SOAKG UP THE STREET VIBE. IT’S A RELAXED BUT FUN-FILLED SPOT THAT ATTRACTS PLENTY OF FABULO OUTFS AS MUCH AS FLASHG OF FLH. SUNRISE IBIZA GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SUNRISE IBIZA SET RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE DADO BAR, SUNRISE CERTALY FEATUR MORE GLAMMED-UP TERRS, WH PLENTY OF NEON LIGHTG, FANCY LAMP SHAS AND LOURFUL ARTWORKS. SWGS AS BAR STOOLS ADD TO THE FUN, WHILE THE OWNER, PETER, ALWAYS PROVIS A WARM WELE. WHILE OPEN TO ALL, ’S A PARTICULARLY POPULAR HNT FOR LBIAN REVELLERS AND – UNLIKE MANY – STAYS OPEN OVER THE WTER SEASON. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP BAR MONALISA IBIZA GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AN ELEGANT LTLE CKTAIL BAR THE HEART OF IBIZA TOWN, BAR MONALISA HAS A REPUTATN FOR PULLG BOTH LOL AND TERNATNAL GLTERATI. IT’S A GREAT OPTN FOR BOTH PRE-DIS DRKS AND AN TIMATE PARTY STATN S OWN RIGHT. IT’S A NTENR FOR THE BT MOJOS ON THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS HOSTG SOME OF IBIZA’S MORE EXCLIVE EVENTS. CHIRGAY RTRANT, GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, MEDERRANEAN, SPANISH, SEAFOOD SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © CHIRGAY LOTED ON THE PERENNIALLY POPULAR MEETG SPOT FOR THE LGBTQ CROWD, PLAYA D’ CAVALLET, THIS BEACH BAR IS THE DAYTIME PLACE TO HANG OUT. OPEN FOR BREAKFAST UNTIL SUNDOWN, THE LOURFUL AND CHILLED-OUT BAR HAS A CHIRGUO BEACH-HOE VIBE AND ONE OF THE BT SEA VIEWS ON THE ISLAND. A MENU OF MEDERRANEAN CUISE N BE ENJOYED ON TABL SET UP ON THE BEACH, ACPANIED BY THE BALEARIC BEATS OF REGULAR DJ SSNS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. CHAOS BAR IBIZA GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A HETERO-IENDLY BAR AND LOL LANDMARK IBIZA’S FIGUERETAS NEIGHBOURHOOD, THIS SUPER-IENDLY HANGOUT IS THE TOP PICK FOR MANY LGBTQ VISORS TO THE AREA. MANAGERS VICKY AND MART DM UP PLENTY OF LGHS AND GOOD VIB, WHILE DRK PRIC ARE REASONABLE AND MIC RANG OM HIP-HOP AND HOE TO CHILL-OUT. BAR JJ GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT OPEN FOR OVER 25 YEARS, BAR JJ HOLDS THE TLE OF THE FIRST GAY BAR ON THE ISLAND. IT FEATUR A TERRACE OVERLOOKG THE HARBOUR, IENDLY FRENCH-LEANG CLIENTELE AND SOME LOURFUL, ELEGANTLY PRENTED CKTAILS. THERE’S A DARK ROOM FOR HOOK-UPS, PL THE BAR OPENS AT WEEKENDS OVER THE WTER. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS IBIZA
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS IBIZA TOWN
• IBIZA GAY PRI
• GAY PRI EVENTS SPA
• GAYSNA 4 MEN!
• GAY FMGAY FM

IBIZA GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023

WeleWele to Ibiza, one of the most important lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgenr and fay plac the Mederranean is proud to have a lot of lgbt owned and operated bs, cludg hotels, bars, clubs, rtrants, shops and attractns, wh many loted San Anton and Ibiza pri ourselv on beg a diverse, clive and safe statn to spend your holidays and/or bs trip as well as beg a welg place to live and Island - brochur & mapsIbiza is an island the Mederranean Sea, surround on four sis by crystalle HotelsHere you n fd the acmodatn for your perfect gay holidays Ibiza... Gay PriWh open arms, Ibiza wel all for s 3rd annual Gay Pri, celebratg love and equaly wh a lorful flair om Wednday 14 June to Saturday 17 June is the range and qualy of nightlife Ibiza that mak this island the one of the bt...

Wily looked upon as a mol natn for gay rights Europe ( 2013 the Pew Rearch Center ranked Spa as the most gay-iendly untry the world, ) Spa ntu to ph the envelope for equaly and tolerance, wh laws place to protect same-sex marriage, adoptn, and transgenr rights. Add to the mix some of the world’s largt, most wildly fun Pri Ftivals and a rich cultural history that liv on the passnate, diverse untry today, and you’ve got all the makgs for an epic gay Spa getaway that will quickly have you returng for more. A smopolan cy wh distct, laid-back Mederranean vib, Barcelona promot an atmosphere of tolerance and diversy, of which perhaps the bt example is Catalonia’s landmark Anti-Homophobia Act.

A geo gay Barcelona getaway n be had anywhere the cy, but the ever-popular Eixample neighbourhood—also known as Gayxample—is the epicentre of the cy’s most sought-after gay-popular tablishments. Photo: EnBarcelona promot an atmosphere of tolerance and diversy, of which perhaps the bt example is Catalonia’s landmark Anti-Homophobia ActWe wouldn’t blame you for makg a beele straight to Barcelona’s 4.

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Be sure to stop by Chirguo BeGay while you’re there, a gay Barcelona stutn servg up lic drks and beach a gay party not soon fotten, time your vis to Barcelona over one of s world-renowned ftivals.

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It’s all very elegant wh jt the right dose of bchery, showsg why Sg is one of Europe’s most sought-after gay holiday statns; the Spanish Tourism Board is an excellent place to start planng your Sg erary. The heart of Sg gay district is Old Town, specifilly along Calle Montroig, but Sg’ notoriety as gay Spa’s premier retreat means the entire town is hugely to gay beach, Sg don’t disappot. Every summer, Sg hosts a rivetg Pri Ftival, wh other notable gay events cludg Europe’s largt Bear ftival and a gay-popular luxur acmodatn the heart of gay Sg, Hotel Casa Vilella offers stately rooms and sweepg Mederranean views.

Photo: Florian WehMadrid is the beatg heart of gay Spa, arguably one of the world’s most gay-iendly ciStart your exploratn of gay Madrid Chue Square, easily distguishable by the plethora of billowg rabow flags that rate most tablishments.

For a full list of our favoure spots Chue, don’t miss our -pth gay Madrid Cy keepg wh Spaniards’ satiable appete for stylish nightlife venu, Madrid offers snazzy gay hnts of all styl and siz.

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That said, like most gay Spa nightlife, ’s bt to arrive after Mary Rebec EllttRoom Mate Osr Hotel might not be an official gay hotel, but s central lotn Chue mak an uber-popular optn wh the LGBT muny. Room Mate Osr Room Mate Osr Room Mate OsrGay Ibiza is what you make of —wildly fun wh a smopolan edge and home to azure waters, swaths of protected terra, and stunng whe sand beach4.

A large variety of mouthwaterg mocktails mak this a particularly unique optn for those cled to absta for an Purple Hotel is Ibiza’s premier gay adults-only hotel, an elegant way to experience the bt of Ibiza’s gay scene whout sacrificg style the procs.

GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA

Home to a burgeong gay scene full of flourishg gay bars, fashnable gay travellers and, of urse, a distguished Pri Ftival, Valencia has all the buildg blocks of a fascatg gay getaway—not to mentn s strikg futuristic archecture, vibrant Old Town, nt regnal cuise, and dazzlg goln sand Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia don’t have a distct gayborhood. Photo: Willian Jten VasncellosCafe las Horas is a verable stunner, drippg wh glterg chanliers and chic Parisian fluencValencia gay nightlife is synonymo wh The Me, one of the cy’s premier gay bars. We also love Trapezz Gay-Friendly Cafe for s expansive terrace and ultra-iendly Botani Hotel Boutique is an enchantg art hotel ntled the heart of the gay-popular Carmen district.

Another famo gay beach is Ra Conill, a sheltered ltle spot that, due to the secln, also attracts Maxiian PazakWh some 50 gay bars and clubs, attemptg to list all Benidorm’s top nightlife spots seems an effort futily.

THE BT LGBTQ BARS IBIZA, SPA RABOW DAYBED AT THE CHIRGAY | @ CHIRGAY BEACH HOE LEON BECKENHAM 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TOGETHER WH S REPUTATN FOR HARD PARTYG, IBIZA HAS LONG BEEN AN OPEN-MD, ANYTHG-GO STATN POPULAR WH THE GAY MUNY, AND SO AS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS BALEARIC ISLAND HAS MORE THAN S SHARE OF BARS TERG TO THE LGBTQ CROWD. HERE’S A NDOWN OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS MAD BAR IBIZA GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MAD BAR IBIZA THIS POPULAR BAR IS SUATED THE THROBBG HEART OF IBIZA TOWN’S MA GAY STRIP, CALLE LA VIRGEN. IT’S ONE OF THE ISLAND’S BT-KNOWN GAY VENU, OFFERG BARGA CKTAILS AND A RELAXED AND IENDLY PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT. THERE’S ALSO A LARGE OUTDOOR TERRACE FOR SOAKG UP THE BUZZY STREET VIBE, PL A MEN-ONLY DARKROOM. DON’T LEAVE WHOUT TRYG ONE OF THEIR LEGENDARY MOJOS. DADO BAR GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RUN BY A IENDLY GAY UPLE (DRAGAN AND JENS) THIS WELG BAR IS ALSO LOTED ON IBIZA TOWN’S NARROW AND POPULAR GAY STREET OF CALLE LA VIRGEN. THE CLIENTELE IS UALLY A MIX OF GAY, STRAIGHT AND SWGER, MOST OF WHOM TEND TO NGREGATE ON THE TERRACE, SOAKG UP THE STREET VIBE. IT’S A RELAXED BUT FUN-FILLED SPOT THAT ATTRACTS PLENTY OF FABULO OUTFS AS MUCH AS FLASHG OF FLH. SUNRISE IBIZA GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SUNRISE IBIZA SET RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE DADO BAR, SUNRISE CERTALY FEATUR MORE GLAMMED-UP TERRS, WH PLENTY OF NEON LIGHTG, FANCY LAMP SHAS AND LOURFUL ARTWORKS. SWGS AS BAR STOOLS ADD TO THE FUN, WHILE THE OWNER, PETER, ALWAYS PROVIS A WARM WELE. WHILE OPEN TO ALL, ’S A PARTICULARLY POPULAR HNT FOR LBIAN REVELLERS AND – UNLIKE MANY – STAYS OPEN OVER THE WTER SEASON. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP BAR MONALISA IBIZA GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AN ELEGANT LTLE CKTAIL BAR THE HEART OF IBIZA TOWN, BAR MONALISA HAS A REPUTATN FOR PULLG BOTH LOL AND TERNATNAL GLTERATI. IT’S A GREAT OPTN FOR BOTH PRE-DIS DRKS AND AN TIMATE PARTY STATN S OWN RIGHT. IT’S A NTENR FOR THE BT MOJOS ON THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS HOSTG SOME OF IBIZA’S MORE EXCLIVE EVENTS. CHIRGAY RTRANT, GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, MEDERRANEAN, SPANISH, SEAFOOD SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © CHIRGAY LOTED ON THE PERENNIALLY POPULAR MEETG SPOT FOR THE LGBTQ CROWD, PLAYA D’ CAVALLET, THIS BEACH BAR IS THE DAYTIME PLACE TO HANG OUT. OPEN FOR BREAKFAST UNTIL SUNDOWN, THE LOURFUL AND CHILLED-OUT BAR HAS A CHIRGUO BEACH-HOE VIBE AND ONE OF THE BT SEA VIEWS ON THE ISLAND. A MENU OF MEDERRANEAN CUISE N BE ENJOYED ON TABL SET UP ON THE BEACH, ACPANIED BY THE BALEARIC BEATS OF REGULAR DJ SSNS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. CHAOS BAR IBIZA GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A HETERO-IENDLY BAR AND LOL LANDMARK IBIZA’S FIGUERETAS NEIGHBOURHOOD, THIS SUPER-IENDLY HANGOUT IS THE TOP PICK FOR MANY LGBTQ VISORS TO THE AREA. MANAGERS VICKY AND MART DM UP PLENTY OF LGHS AND GOOD VIB, WHILE DRK PRIC ARE REASONABLE AND MIC RANG OM HIP-HOP AND HOE TO CHILL-OUT. BAR JJ GAY BAR, SPANISH SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT OPEN FOR OVER 25 YEARS, BAR JJ HOLDS THE TLE OF THE FIRST GAY BAR ON THE ISLAND. IT FEATUR A TERRACE OVERLOOKG THE HARBOUR, IENDLY FRENCH-LEANG CLIENTELE AND SOME LOURFUL, ELEGANTLY PRENTED CKTAILS. THERE’S A DARK ROOM FOR HOOK-UPS, PL THE BAR OPENS AT WEEKENDS OVER THE WTER. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Together wh s reputatn for hard partyg, Ibiza has long been an open-md, anythg-go statn popular wh the gay muny, and so as no surprise that this Balearic island has more than s share of bars terg to the LGBTQ crowd. Sunrise Ibiza Gay Bar, Spanish © Sunrise Ibiza Set right next door to the Dado Bar, Sunrise certaly featur more glammed-up terrs, wh plenty of neon lightg, fancy lamp shas and lourful artworks. View Trip Bar Monalisa Ibiza Gay Bar, LGBTQ Bar, Spanish An elegant ltle cktail bar the heart of Ibiza Town, Bar Monalisa has a reputatn for pullg both lol and ternatnal glterati.

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Chirgay Rtrant, Gay Bar, LGBTQ Bar, Mederranean, Spanish, Seafood © Chirgay Loted on the perennially popular meetg spot for the LGBTQ crowd, Playa d’ Cavallet, this beach bar is the daytime place to hang out. Chaos Bar Ibiza Gay Bar, LGBTQ Bar, Spanish A hetero-iendly bar and lol landmark Ibiza’s Figueretas neighbourhood, this super-iendly hangout is the top pick for many LGBTQ visors to the area.

Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munySee how the search rults are rankedHotel Rosamar★ 5Hotel room ** • Es Pujols Wi-Fi • Beachont • RtrantHotel Tr Torr★ 5Hotel room **** • Santa Eulària s Riu Breakfast clud • Wi-Fi • PoolHotel Vedra★ 5Hotel room * • Sant Antoni Portmany Wi-Fi • Elevator • Smokg allowedBt rated LGBTQ+ hosts by our muny Ibizaapartment wh sea view★ 5Private room • Sant Antoni Portmany Clothg optnal accepted • Host shar gay lol tips • LGBTQ+ venu nearby. Also loted at the gay beach is a great rtrant and bar lled Chirgay where you n enjoy an credible va sangria or lunch while takg the geo views of all the guys tanng on the beach. As if Madrid’s extravagant pri event isn’t reason enough to vis, there are also plenty of annual gay parti throughout the year cludg the WE Party Ftival, which hosts multiple parti over a week’s perd Madrid durg New Year's and gay pri.

Gay Pri Events SpaIt go whout sayg that Spa is home to some of the biggt and livelit gay pris the world, wh Madrid Pri even claimg the tle of Europe’s largt gay pri each year.

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Spa voted favor of same-sex marriage back 2005, and the untry ntu to go om strength to strength terms of moreIt go whout sayg that Spa is home to some of the biggt and livelit gay pris the world, wh Madrid Pri even claimg the tle of Europe’s largt gay pri each year. 1 FMLas Palmas Gran Canaria, Pop, Hoe, ElectroCosta Del Mar - ChilloutIbiza, Chillout, AmbientTop 100 StatnBerl, R'n'B, Hoe, Top 40 & ChartsABC LoungeNice, Ambient, Chillout, Easy ListengGayInterRadQuedlbourg, Oldi, Pop, RockKISS FM BERLINBerl, Hip Hop, Pop, R'n'BDEFJAYBerl, Hip Hop, R'n'B, Soul, Urbansunshe liveMannheim, Electro, Techno, HoeAbout Gay FM24/7 - mic non-stop! Statn webseListen to Gay FM, Today's Hs - Hsrad and Many Other Statns om Around the World wh the AppGay FMDownload now for ee and listen to the rad statns that might tert youTop 51.

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It is nowhere near a prehensive ndown of every great movie to feature out-and-proud hero and villas, or a queer sensibily, or even jt visible (and/or risible) exampl of gay life cema; we uld have easily ma this list twice as long. The performanc are staggerg: Al Paco as the ignom Roy Cohn; Jefey Wright is the sharp-wted gay nurse who tends to him; Mary-Louise Parker as a pill-poppg hoewife wed to a closeted Mormon; Emma Thompson as an imper (and sometim sassy) angel; and Meryl Streep four rol, cludg the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg. Yet the film remas one of the first ank big-stud treatments of uncloseted gay and bisexual men, as follows eight iends (and one htler) who’ve gathered a New York Cy apartment to celebrate a birthday party.

L like “show me a happy homosexual and I’ll show you a gay rpse” will still make you crge, but the film remas a time psule of a moment when men were nflicted wh how they “got” to be gay. It works bt as a signpost and a throwback — jt ask the all-gay st who starred the a major Broadway revival, or Ryan Murphy, who’s adaptg the cematic remake as a savage, ic perd piece for a new generatn. It was still nsired a bad reer move for a movie star to play a gay role 2005, and Hollywood’s track rerd was ls than stellar when me to treatg homosexual romanc wh the same pth as heterosexual on (if emed f to tackle such stori at all).

A page-to-screen take on Vo Rso’s semal book regardg LGBTQ reprentatn (and misreprentatn) the movi, Rob Epste and Jefey Friedman’s documentary prents the perfect show-and-tell plement to the late scholar’s work — you n lerally see the evolutn of cematic homosexualy as progrs om punchle to social pundry, sikick-and-stock-villa fodr to queers beg the hero of their own stori. Filmmakers, actors, and screenwrers weigh on the joy of seeg gay characters visible, if sometim veiled, on film, as well as the way Hollywood aid perpetratg negative stereotyp.

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To say that William Friedk’s thriller about a serial killer targetg gay men New York was ntroversial would be puttg dly: Village Voice lumnist Arthur Bell (whose verage of murrs the Wt Village bar scene was a partial spiratn) lled the script “the worst possible nightmare of the most uptight straight”; tablishments that had agreed to operate sudnly whdrew their support; activists dispted filmg at every turn; theaters were picketed; and one massive prott led to a traffic-stoppg s- and arrts. ) But 40 years after Al Paco’s unrver p first stepped to the Mhaft, this lurid exploatn movie has been reclaimed by gay film crics such as Nathan Lee and Melissa Anrson, noticeably for the way prents the late ’70s leather-bar scene wh an almost véré-like sense of observatn. Mixg herage-drama aspects wh outré postmorn flourish and a heightened sense of homoeroticism, the movie prents the relatnship between the two men as a polil act as much as a romantic one; Edward’s army is refashned as ACT UP-style activists, and the behd-the-scene machatns of Edward’s wife, Isabella (longtime Jarman llaborator Tilda Swton), double as a crique of Bra’s opprsive, historilly strict anti-homosexual laws.

Set on the muddy, wdswept moors of Yorkshire, Francis Lee’s but feature follows Johnny (Josh O’Connor), a young gay man leadg a ad-end existence on his fay farm, and Ghehe (Alec Sereanu), a Romanian migrant worker who to help out durg lamb-birthg season. The HIV vis h the gay muny around the same time that the personal mrr h retail shelv — which is one reason David France’s Osr-nomated film about the formatn of activist anizatn groups ACT UP and TAG (Treat Actn Group) has such a shatterg impact. Told bs and piec over 10 years — and chartg how Pl and Erik tersect and fall apart and tersect aga over time — this romantic drama is startlgly clear-eyed about the stggl of s gay characters to accept themselv as well as their partners.

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Blendg readgs of his work wh sequenc of geo men tuxedos dancg and cisg each other (or posg naked), the movie specifilly plac Hugh’ verse a homoerotic ntext; the work of fellow gay wrers Jam Baldw, Essex Hemphill, and Robert Bce Nugent also acpany black-and-whe scen of gay clubs, gay celebri (keep an eye out for Bronski Beat sger Jimmy Sommerville as an angel), gay inography, and gay love. Terence McNally, who died March om plitns related to COVID-19, adapted his own Tony-wng play for director Joe Mantello, and the film is the perfect remr that McNally was one of the great chroniclers of gay love, gay relatnships, and what meant to fd a chosen fay who would support you through good tim and bad.

And even though director Leonte Sagan and the film’s -wrer Christa Wsloe toned down some of the more-erotic overton om Wsloe’s play, was still explicly a story about homosexualy that honored the characters’ mutual attractn.

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A heartbreakgly gentle portra of a young man’s very rough life growg up gay Miami’s impoverished Liberty Cy neighborhood, Barry Jenks’ lyril send film, prented three acts, juxtapos moments of credible tenrns between men wh bursts of sual celty.

Bety alone uld have won this film s Bt Picture Osr; but centerg the kd of life so often overlooked, one where the hurdl to livg openly as a gay man are as high as they n get, beme culture-shiftg. “Gay-htler die” may now seem like a Sundance cliché, but until G Van Sant’s third feature dropped dienc to the sular world of Portland’s street culture, no one had ma a movie that addrsed the subject wh such a mix of poetry and blunt honty.