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AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
Disver Europe's gayt ci cludg Berll, Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Manchter, Bssels, Brighton & Barcelona. * gay friendly places to live europe *
LuxembourgAdolphe Bridge Luxembourg CyNilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileLuxembourg’s prime mister, Xavier Bettel, is one of only three openly gay heads of ernment the world.
In 2019, durg an addrs at the Uned Natns, Bettel lled on world lears to nmn hate speech, sayg, “Homophobia is a personal choice, and we have to fight agast . Nilas Enomou / NurPhoto via Getty Imag fileA new bridge beg built Belgium’s pal, Bssels, will be named after inic gay rights activist Suzan Daniel, who found the untry’s first LGBTQ associatn, acrdg to The Bssels Tim.
9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
Here are some of the most gay-iendly untri Europe where LGBTQ+ travelers n enjoy a safe vis. * gay friendly places to live europe *
Stroll along Amsterdam’s wateront and you’ll enunter the Homomonument, a memorial for LGBTQ people who were killed by the Nazis durg World War II. Germany’s history wh LGBTQ rights n be traced back to the late 1800s when Karl Herich Ulrichs, who was known as one of the first gay activists history, gave a speech advotg for homosexual rights. Held every year July, Berl’s Christopher Street Day is one of the largt gay events Europe, held the memory of the Stonewall Rts that occurred New York Cy 1969.
Bssels has a vibrant gayborhood and a well-veloped LGBTQ scene that appeals to a diverse range of orientatns, while Antwerp is a progrsive cy wh an energetic nightlife. In 2001, Paris beme the first European pal to elect an openly gay mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, and matas s stat as the most welg cy France for the LGBTQ muny.
For a Catholic untry, Spa is extremely LGBTQ-iendly, wh nearly 90% of the populatn acceptg of homosexualy acrdg to the latt Pew Rearch poll.
The gay-iendly untri offer opportuni for fun and adventure abroad. * gay friendly places to live europe *
It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville. This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss. Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.
The cy’s olst gay bar The Waterloo dat back half a century, while another classic spot is the Unrground bar, equally fun for drag or karaoke. Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags. Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street.