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Contents:

• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• THE 9 BT GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE US
• 7 GAY FRIENDLY WTER SUN DTATNS YOU CAN’T MISS
• 20 MOST GAY FRIENDLY CI THE US
• TOP 20 GAYT DTATNS THE USA
• BT LBIAN AND GAY PLAC THE USA -MT BE NEAR A BEACH - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
• BT GAY BEACH DTATNS
• THE WORST (AND BT) PLAC TO BE GAY AMERI
• 20 BT PLAC TO TRAVEL IF YOU ARE GAY
• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• REVEALED: 5 BT STAT IN AMERI FOR GAY TRAVELERS (AND THE 5 WORST)
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• AFFORDABLE GAY VATN TOWNS
• TOP LGBT-FRIENDLY PLAC FOR GAY SENR TRAVEL AND RETIREMENT
• GAY USA TRAVEL GUI
• GAYT PLAC IN DELAWARE FOR 2020

GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

However, the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and the fight for equaly far surpass the borrs of Boston as the state of Massachetts as a whole was the first the Uned Stat to legalise same-sex marriag and the first to elect an openly gay reprentative back 1974.

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'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

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Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

Meg and her wife Ldsay n the number one lbian travel blog, Meg’s LGBTQ+ subject matter expertise has been featured The New York Tim, Condé Nast Traveler, Cosmopolan>, Go magaze, >Out Traveler, Gay Star News, Buzzfeed, Matador Network, Ele Daily, Korea Observer, and India's The Qut. The list was limed to towns wh at least 1, 700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr many big ci like San Francis and New York have long been renowned for their thrivg gay culture, they’re jt so big that the number of same-sex upl ma up a smaller percentage of their total populatns.

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While don’t have s own LGBTQ center or annual ftival, the quiet astal town neighbors Rehoboth Beach, DE, which has both—along wh dozens of gay bars and the whole area has bee a top East Coast LGBTQ vatn statn, many folks who want to stay year-round prefer the lmer vibe, natural scenery, and better als hunters n sre this three-bedroom townhome wh a pool and fns center the muny for $394, 900.

The cy also received a perfect, 100-pot sre on the Human Rights Commissn’s Municipal Equaly Inx for five straight progrsive small town has a rich theater and mic muny, an annual pri ft, and LGBTQ+ muny center, and is home to the groundbreakg Ksey Instute for Rearch Sex, Genr, and lookg for a gay-iendly, Midwtern muny n sop up a remoled four-bedroom townhome for jt $117, 000. It turns out Brattleboro, about two hours northwt of Boston, is also a low-key gay mec the heart of ski ultraprogrsive cy is home to an LGBTQ center dited to the ral rints of northern New England, an annual LGBTQ film ftival, and equent men’s gathergs, workshops, and bt part may be the cy’s relatively expensive real tate. Gay iendly wter sun statns EuropeCanary Islands – Tenerife and Gran CanariaGay iendly wter sun statns AmeriSouth Florida – Fort Lrdale, Miami, and Key WtMexi – Cancún, Playa l Carmen, Tulum and Puerto VallartaBrazil – R JaneiroGay iendly wter sun statns AsiaThailand – BangkokGay iendly wter sun statns OceaniaAtralia – Sydney and Sunshe CoastGay iendly wter sun statns AiSouth Ai – Cape TownGay iendly wter sun statns EuropeCanary Islands – Tenerife and Gran CanariaEurope is the northern hemisphere, so there are not many warm plac to vis December.

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Bt known for s famo Febary rnival, R is the send-largt cy Brazil and one of the most gay-iendly statns Lat is one of the perfect gay iendly wter sun statns bee the perd om December to March is the hottt of the year wh temperatur that n reach 95-98º F (35-37º C) you happen to vis the cy November, know that they celebrate R Gay Pri durg this month.

However, the real gay nightlife hub R is the Ipanema area where you will fd the beach and a large ncentratn of rtrants, bars, and read: Gay Friendly Ci – The Bt Travel Dtatns for LGBT PeopleGay iendly wter sun statns AsiaThailand – BangkokLookg for an Asian LGBTQ wter sun statn? Further up north, the South-Eastern area of Queensland, the Sunshe Coast serv attentn both for s naturalistic bety and for beg absolutely iendly wter sun statns AiSouth Ai – Cape TownIt is not easy to fd LGBT wter sun statns Ai, nsirg that more than 35 untri crimalize gay relatnships and people are not very tolerant.

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BostonPercentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2018: 6Percentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2019: 6Boston is nsired to be one of the most historic and cultured ci the US, and belongs to a state wh a really high relative gay populatn, so 's not surprisg Boston is also que gay iendly. Oklahoma CyPercentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2018: 9Percentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2019: 5The NW 39th Street Enclave Oklahoma Cy is nsired to be the largt gay district not jt the Great Plas, but also among the central regns of the entire untry, cementg s place as one of the most gay iendly ci the US.

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San JosePercentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2018: 7Percentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2019: 6California has always been a left leang state, and s biggt ci are no exceptn, and San Jose, one of the most expensive plac to live , is also home to a large gay populatn, which has more or ls remaed steady om 2018 to 2019.

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Salt Lake CyPercentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2018: 7Percentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2019: 6While you might not expect to see a cy om the nservative state of Utah this list, Salt Lake Cy do buck the trend to an extent, wh left leang views and acceptance of all cultur and sexuali, makg a prime lotn for gay people to move Ci Ameri Per Capa 2018Brendan van Son/Shutterstock. SacramentoPercentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2018: 8Percentage of populatn intifyg as LGBT 2019: 6Another Californian cy mak the list, as even though the cy's populatn is creasg steadily year on year, is actually que gay to ntue readg and see the 10 Most Gay Friendly Ci the US Disclosure: No posns. 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.

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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. In fact I would suggt that you fly to Chigo, stay around for a few days to get a hold on the really great cultural life pl spend some time on the beach on Lake Michigan where some parts are gay or lbians, then drive to Sgat and spend some time there and plan day trip to Ann Arbor (very nice universy cy), Dearborn, se of the credible Henry Ford Mm and Greenfield Village. Even, why not, the safer parts of Detro wh a possible crossg to Wdsor (Ontar, Canada) by the tunnel lkg both downtowns, you will fd yoelf a different universe; a small quiet and party place at once and very low crime cy wh one gay bar that is an stutn: The Happy Tap, ma floor is regular Ontar tavern maly lbian (tck drivers and mullets abound) and the basement a gay male stripper club.

Lolly known as the San Francis of the regn, the gay cultural landspe is vibrant, and the drag scene is easily among the bt the natn–jt watch “Kgs, Queens, and In-Betweens” cy is also a risg fashn mec, hog the third most fashn signers the untry, along wh retail giants like L Brands, Exprs, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fch. ” It mt be somethg the over 140 gay-owned bs, rangg om B&Bs to bars to art galleri to cuty ice cream shops, the small neighborg towns of Sgatuck and Douglas are home to the largt gay rort the Midwt–and thanks to lol protectn of genr inty and sexual orientatn, you’ll be hard-prsed to fd anti-LGBTQ attus here. The cy created the first gay and lbian muny center the untry, and ’s Albany that was home to one of the earlit transgenr groups datg back to the cy may not have the crazy, never-endg nightlife of NYC, and may not have the sheer numbers of NYC, but, for general “Queer Life, ” Albany ranks seventh the untry–not to shabby for a cy overshadowed by the Big LGBT muny and the Mormon church hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye.

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New York Cy is home to more than 270, 000 self-intifyg gay and bisexual dividuals, as well as over 50, 000 transgenr people (the largt the untry) York Cy celebrat s LGBT muny every June durg the NYC Pri March when lourful floats para down Fifth Avenue, flanked by performers, supporters, gay-iendly sponsors.

Wh wily popular events such as Disney’s Gay Days and Come Out wh Pri, ’s no surprise why Orlando is so popular wh LGBT lols and ’s Gay Days is a week-long celebratn that tak place every Augt at Magic Kgdom, where over 50, 000 atten drsed up red support of the LGBT muny.

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We may earn a missn if you buy through lks on our / 13Expand Your HorizonsDo a quick search onle for "gay-iendly travel, " and you'll fd the ual spects — New York Cy, Chigo, Palm Sprgs, Miami — but there are plenty of smaller ci and towns that are jt as enticg to LGBTQ travelers.

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Related: Unexpectedly Cool Plac for a Summer Weekend GetawayRoschetzkyIstockPhoto/istockphoto2 / 13Eureka Sprgs, ArkansasPopulatn: about 2, 000 This historic Ozark Mounta rort town has been dubbed "the gayt small town Ameri" for s clive, welg spir.

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Related: College Towns That Parents Won't Want to LeaveDenisTangneyJr/istockphoto10 / 13Santa Fe, New MexiPopulatn: 84, 683 Travel and Leisure rears voted Santa Fe one of the bt ci for gay travel, part for s sizable LGBTQ populatn, s year-round outdoor ameni, and s unique history.

This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round.

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For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship.

Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more. Markets close 44 mutS&P 500 Dow 30 Nasdaq Rsell 2000 C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 20 Most Gay Friendly Ci the USIn this article we will list the 20 most gay iendly ci the world.

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) There are dozens more Pri events around town, many hosted by lol queer-owned and -allied tablishments that are out-and-proud all year, cludg 801 Bourbon, Aqua, the Garns Hotel, and LaTeDa Hotel and Piano Henry/UnsplashPhilalphiaLGBTQ+ pri ns ep  Philalphia, where some of the untry’s very first homosexual civil-rights protts began 1965, four years before New York Cy’s 1969 Stonewall uprisg. This temperate regn known for s natural scenery has s share of rzy plac to stay and eat, but fear not: you'll fd plenty of budget-iendly lodggs and cheap down-home rtrants, anic ffeeho, arts and crafts galleri, expensive die shops, and quirky gay bars.

Though this area of verdant Bucks County Pennsylvania has a lively gay nightclub and several trendy rtrants, life here floats along at an unhurried pace, and sticker shock is rare, pecially given this quat riversi hamlet's close proximy to New York Cy and Philalphia. Department of Hog and Urban Development and the Gay Pri Calendar meanwhile g to support the rankgs, who nsired the followg creria: equaly, muny support, affordabily, safety, health re accs and pri-reads (pri ftivals, gay bars and clubs, LGBT-iendly acmodatns). At the top of the crown, the Big Apple has weled the LGBT muny tremendoly by openg muny centers loted the Wt Village known as The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy center otherwise lled The Center, to further te New Yorkers about the rights of the transgenr muny.

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This sun-drenched sert metropolis belongs to many cludg Hollywood A-listers, mid-century sign fanatics and gay male sun seekers, but for one week annually the cy turns Sapphic as party promoters Club Skirts turn the town to a nonstop party and mic ft that is bar none the largt gatherg of lbians the Uned Stat and has attracted the lik of Lea DeLaria and Lady Gaga among others.

One of the most eloquent and provotive queer wrers of all time, Amerin novelist turned expat Jam Baldw left que a footprt on gay Paree and visors to the Cy of Lights who trace his steps n take numero legendary hnts cludg fé L Dx Magots, Café Tournon, Le Select, Brasserie Lipp, Le Montana, and Café Flore among others.

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More than twenty-five years later (and still not sanctned by Disney) draws together an timated 150, 000 people for a week-long gatherg that clus pool parti, A Taste of Gay Days, and Miss Gay Days Pageant and is beloved by both a party crowd and same-sex fai. The Dutch pal is servg of s reputatn as a breezy and tolerant mec for people of all kds as evinced by s tolerance for sexual pleasure and dg e, but between cisg the nals and the bars, save a moment for reflectn at the Homomonument, a nal si tr of triangl that memorat people who have been persecuted due to beg LGBTQIA.