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Contents:

• LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELLER
• THE CHALLENG OF BEG A GAY SOLO BACKPACKER
• A GAY MAN'S STORY SNAPSHOTS
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN SYDNEY
• GAY BACKPACK: BT GAY BACKPACKERS DTATNS
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• GAY ATRALIA

LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELLER

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THE CHALLENG OF BEG A GAY SOLO BACKPACKER

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A GAY MAN'S STORY SNAPSHOTS

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LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

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TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN SYDNEY

However, breakg out of the standard “gay travel hotspots” will keep your travels h and add more nuance to your experec abroad.

) where, spe the hors of backpackers, I never did fd another gay backpacker to explore the cy wh. Instead, I found myself venturg out to Bangkok’s gay nightlife Silom alone.

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GAY BACKPACK: BT GAY BACKPACKERS DTATNS

And so many gay bars around the world, if you walk as a foreigner, you’ll often fd yourself immediately forted by beg around others like you.

While some acmodatns exclively target gay travelers — such as some gay-men-only hostels and gay hotels Europe — most hostels are still very much a part of the heterosexual world. But, perhaps the biggt not-so-secret gay travel tip is that the ubiquo gay datg apps provi so much more than the rnal experienc stereotypil of gay men. In the past year, many of the top gay apps have lnched more social workg featur to make them more PG and to make easier to meet for “more social” enunters.

GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

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GAY ATRALIA

I remember my first vis to Amman, Jordan, where I wanted to explore the cy’s gay culture, but I was too aaid to meet anyone om the gay apps — even if was jt for a ffee. Bon: Check out Ellen Page and Ian Daniel’s Gaytn travel TV seri (om Viceland), wh episos on Jamai, a untry notor for s homophobia; Brazil; and Japan (as well as the US).

The fast iendships are fun and one of the most amazg experienc, but as a gay traveler, there’s an add challenge: most people assume that others around them are heterosexual — ’s jt a hab of the world. After listeng to the guys talkg about their nquts of Israeli women, I had to e out: Well, I’m gay.

I found myself sudnly an encyclopedia of gay sex, actg the role of teacher. Thankfully many gay bars and clubs around the world keep ndoms and lube readily available, and lol LGBTQ centers often provi rapid HIV tts, ee unselg, and STI ttg. Wh morn technology, improved equal rights, and new munitn tools, gay travel is beg easier and easier.

He’s a gay travel expert, wrer, and blogger and publish a seri of LGBT-iendly Hipster Cy Guis om around the world on his gay travel blog, Travels of Adam. By Gay Stay Atralia on 19 November 2017 Grace Hotel, Sydney, Sydney Acmodatn.