Gay podster Stt Maxwell giv sir tips on the bt LGBTQ+-iendly beach, rtrants, and plac to stay Puglia, Italy.
Contents:
- THE SAD BUT TE STORY OF SAN DOMO, FASCIST ITALY’S ISLAND FOR ‘IMMORAL’ GAY MEN
- IL TURISMO LGBTQ | PUGLIA – ITALY’S GAY SUMMER PARADISE
- LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH | PUGLIA’S GAY ISLAND MUNY CREATED BY FASCISTS
- GAY ITALY
- THE FASCATG TALE OF FASCIST ITALY'S ALL-GAY ISLAND PARADISE
- "THE NEWSPAPERS DIDN’T REPORT AT ALL": THE STORY OF A GAY ISLAND CREATED BY MSOLI’S FASCISTS
- OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
THE SAD BUT TE STORY OF SAN DOMO, FASCIST ITALY’S ISLAND FOR ‘IMMORAL’ GAY MEN
Natnally and ternatnally Puglia is wily regnised as Italy’s top gay summer statn for LGBT+ travelers ahead of Tny, Sicily * italian gay island *
From 1919 to 1945, fascist lear Beno Msoli transformed Italy om a mocracy to a totalarian dictatorship by g state police to vlently supprs all unsirable elements, cludg gay men.
Towards this end, 1938, the mayor of Catania, Sicily, cid to stop the “spreadg of generatn” by roundg up gay men and shippg them off to San Domo, an island nearly 500 away. The island has sce bee known as Msoli’s gay island.
Although homosexualy wasn’t actually illegal durg the time of Msoli’s le, was seen as a mental disorr ntradictg fascist Italy’s ial of the “new man, ” a virile man who embodied strict ary behavr. As such, fascist ernment lears sought to intify and supprs gay men through spi gay hangouts and through a form of forced rince known as nfo (or nfement). So, that same year, the mayor and lol police round up 45 gay lol men and ported them to San Domo, an island the Adriatic Sea’s Isole Tremi archipelago, two hours by ferry om Italy’s south-central ast.
IL TURISMO LGBTQ | PUGLIA – ITALY’S GAY SUMMER PARADISE
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San Domo, Msoli’s gay island. There are no known gay survivors of the San Domo nfement, but historil rearchers say gay men arrived there handcuffs and were placed dormori wh no nng water or electricy. Though Msoli ed other Italian islands to nfe his polil prisoners, San Domo remaed Msoli’s gay island rerved exclively for gay men.
LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH | PUGLIA’S GAY ISLAND MUNY CREATED BY FASCISTS
Msoli terned gay men on Puglia’s Tremi Islands, endurg harsh ndns but unwtgly creatg Italy’s first openly gay muny * italian gay island *
Dpe s harsh livg ndns, some ways gay men uld live more openly on Msoli’s gay island than they uld their own hometowns. Msoli’s gay island is the subject of the 2008 graphic novel In Italia Sono Tutti Maschi (In Italy Everyone Is Manly) and the 2018 mil San Domo, wrten by Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whtaker.
Had you ever heard of San Domo, Msoli’s gay island?
GAY ITALY
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“Thanks to s clive and unequaled wele, Puglia has tablished self over time as one of the bt Italian gay statns… Whether you're lookg for clothg optnal, whe sand, remote sereny, or packed wh eye-ndy, disver your paradise. Quiiky Magaze, The Top 10 Gay Beach Puglia. Quiiky Magaze, Explorg Puglia, Italy’s Beachont Gay Paradise.
Gay travel bloggers and fluencers are equally enthiastic about our regn. “Our gaydar went absolutely crazy on the beach Puglia. Nomadic Boys, Gay Puglia.
“Puglia is a classic favore gay Italian statn”., Puglia Gay Travel.
THE FASCATG TALE OF FASCIST ITALY'S ALL-GAY ISLAND PARADISE
The ndns on San Domo were squalid and prison-like. Yet was also one of the only plac gay men uld be open about their sexualy * italian gay island *
“Puglia is also one of the most gay-iendly areas Southern Italy and wh is the town of Gallipoli.
"THE NEWSPAPERS DIDN’T REPORT AT ALL": THE STORY OF A GAY ISLAND CREATED BY MSOLI’S FASCISTS
Gallipoli is another small charmg gay beach town, but unlike Sg or Fire Island, is not known for the party boy wild nightlife scene and more for s bety and e-as-you-are atmosphere”. Two Bad Tourists list of The Top 15 Most Gay Friendly Ci to Vis on Your Next Gaytn (Puglia’s Gallipoli is raked no.
The Nomadic Boys - perhaps one of the bt known gay travel fluencers - rate Puglia as Europe’s 5th top gay statn for LGBTQ+ travelers after Sg, Mykonos, Tel Aviv and Gran Canaria.
OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
“Oh Italia… where is virtually impossible to tell the gay men om the straight.
Our gaydars have never been as nfed as when we first h the beach of Puglia. Italian men (gay and straight) take good re of their bodi and have a lot of pri what they wear.