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Contents:

• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

Most of the cy’s excg gay nightlife is Le Marais, cludg the well-known Le Raidd, Everyone lov stoppg by Raidd for sexy “shower shows” where you n tch a ltle risqué performance. Rambunct drag bnch rtrants like Hamburger Mary’s, evengs dancg at The Abbey, and pesg quirky ems at gay shops like Block Party WeHo are all classic experienc for LGBT travelers. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like.

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

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. 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. Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year.

LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI

Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s. 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. ]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence.

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. Factors for cln on this list clu nsiratn for plac that have an active gay muny, statn marketg anizatns that work to appeal to LGBTQI travelers, and, fally, untri that have passed marriage equaly laws. While someone might not be travelg for a statn weddg, havg a law on the books that regniz a foundatnal human right of marriage is a tellg sign that gay travelers are more likely to fd acceptance.

Southern California’s gay culture has an HQ queer-iendly Wt Hollywood, a neighborhood known for posh boutiqu, high-energy clubs, and s world famo gay bar and rtrant, The Abbey. CatalogueBerl:New York:Chigo:Montreal:Puerto Vallarta:Mexi Cy:Honolulu:Tokyo:Cancun:Key Wt, Florida:Ibiza, Spa:Tahi:Show MoreDo you know that globally, 77 untri have anti-gay stanc?

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

You will fd them all here Puerto are the plac you should not beach at Banras Bay, Sayula the surfer’s Mec, the daily actn at Playa Los Muertos, The Blue Chairs Rort, the Mantamar beach club, Lido Beach club, the gay village of Yelapa wh boats om Los Muertos Pier and even a gay bar-hoppg tour are a mt-vis.

All you wish for is a stone’s throw om the Lazaro Carnas Street and the gay of our bt travel ias and tips for the gay muny is to vis Mexi Cy, which was an early adapter of equaly for the LGBT muny. The party is ever on at sunbather’s favore of Figueret beach, the gay uple's favore of Port D Torrent, and the S Salas crowd beach-bars beach, and the Cala Conta beach wh breathtakg sunset views. In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A.

There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?! The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta.

THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020

Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays. From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island. Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui.

Hostels New York | Cheap flights to New YorkRome, ItalyRome, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly is an credible cy wh tonn of amazg plac to take photos and historil s that will take your breath away. You’ll fd yourself talkg to everyone and, wh the night g, you’ll want to disver one of the most popular Italian clubs: Mucssassa wter and Gay Village Pri tak place every June.

LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

Therefore, public displays of affectn (PDAs) and topics like sex and sexualy are thgs Japane do not talk about, though genr norms are more fluid Japan than elsewhere the LGBT people Japan are jt ‘gay for the weekend’ and often even have a ‘normal’ fay durg the rt of the week. To fd the bt gay hangouts, the top neighborhoods clu the U Street Corridor, Dupont Circle or Logan Circle wh LGBT favore spots like Cobalt, 30 Degre, Green Lantern or DIK Bar.

The Netherlands has long been known as one of the most progrsive and tolerant untri on Earth, and that mak s pal cy of Amsterdam an excellent choice of gay-iendly travel statn. Though Amsterdam is not as large of a cy as some of s European neighbors, those hopg to experience all of the gay iendls has to offer won’t be disappoted bookg a hotel neighborhoods like Kerkstraat, Amstel, or Reguliersdwarsstraat.

When you’re not loungg on the whe-sand beach or olg off the crystal clear turquoise waters for which Aba is so famo, be sure to grab a drk or two at Jimmy’s Place, one of Oranjtad’s most famo gay bars. Ined, the Curao Tourist Board has published on s webse: “Wh exceptnal gay iendly hotels and attractns, [Curao] enurag gay and lbian travelers to vis the island and experience s ‘live and let live’ atmosphere for themselv.

UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

Elia Beach is pecially popular amongst Mykonos’s gay muny, as is Jackie O’Beach, a by beachsi bar plete wh a pool, hot tubs, daily drag show, and even a private church for weddgs. Travelers terted seeg some breathtakg natural scenery will have their pick of erary optns, and wh nearly 100 gay-owned home stays throughout the North and South islands, their pick of plac to stay, too. ” That is, of urse, referrg to San Juan, where travelers will fd the Eros club and the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Bar, which is set on a gay beach and hosts a weekly drag show).

” I barely knew how to travel, wasn’t entirely sure I was a lbian, and I didn’t really know how to give them an LGBTQ-iendly spiel… A gay travel gui assortment of tips and advice… Their qutns really threw me. But I also know that travellg n be the bt gift to give yourself while tryg to figure out which booti you like bumpg and how to live a life that is still not nsired “normal”, there are some super smashg gay iendly ci to fill the spiratn cup along the way.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

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Existg as your uneded, loud, proud, gay-ass self giv those around you permissn to be there is no reason for you to not claim your space as an LGBT traveller some of the world’s bt gay ci. It might get a b overshadowed by Sydney’s showy Madi Gras para, but the gay travel scene Melbourne is still bt thgs to do Melbourne are terwoven to the fabric of this progrsive cy. Along wh torrents of ptivatg ffee, the bt gay ci always seem to have scmpt we of the ve – and Cape Town don’t is credibly betiful scenery around alongsi some great hikg to be done around the edg of the as I might, I’ll never be this Town is also a great place to learn to surf… or even swim wh great whe sharks.

GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

”The most prehensive article on LGBTQ travel safety I found was this list of the 150 Worst and Saft Countri for LGBTQ travel; the article ma the lk between many untri which have “anti-gay” legislatn and their stat as former Brish loni. Add that to the dirty lndry list of lonialism – wispread crimalisatn of non-hetero activi and the breedg of stigmas that still lgers to this thkg about the regns of the world and how dangero would be to travel gay there, I thought about this qutn: what would happen if I held the hand of my same-sex partner public this area? Conversely, some plac that are likely safe for LGBTQ travellers are not safe for LGBTQ wh untri that on the whole are unacceptg, there are still some of the bt gay ci to be found.

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