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Eurovision (this year in Malmö, Sweden) is a big motivator for European and other gay travelers

SVT/EBU The world´s premier song contest - and likened by many to a LGBTQ blockbuster event on the order of the World Cup or U.S. Super Bowl - just completed its spectacular 68th edition with the usual lineup of singing, dancing, special effects, silliness and seriousness, pulling in a TV audience of hundreds of millions plus many thousands of fans who flocked to Sweden´s third city from 90 countries (and I´ll venture to say more than half of them were gay). Plus this year there was a degree…

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3 of Europe's most gay/LGBTQ-welcoming cities

SolStock Welcome once again to Pride month, celebrated in increasing numbers of destinations around the world - although also under pressure in some of them, sadly even including part of the United States, the very country where the celebration of Pride originated. Of course, depending on where you go, travelling while LGBT+ can be a challenge, particularly if you're with a same-sex partner and/or if you are visibly queer. Sadly, there are still many countries where being gay is still…

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LGBTQ+ Danger Index rates countries for both locals and visitors

Just came across a Guardian piece published a few weeks ago with some interesting findings from something called the LGBTQ+ Danger Index, which ranks the world's 150 most-visited countries using eight factors, including legalized same-sex marriage, worker protection and whether, based on Gallup poll findings, it is a good place to live. Sweden comes in first, followed by Canada, Norway, Portugal and Belgium. My adopted country Spain comes in at number 10, but my native country the USA is just…

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  • Dave Acton August 31, 2024 at 11:31am
    A pretty interesting look at a longtime LGBTQ vacay spot in Michigan: Saugatuck and Douglas - https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/08/24/gay-beach-resort-s...
  • Helen Brown June 24, 2024 at 4:30pm
    I love Madrid! And I was interested to read this: https://travelnoire.com/madrid-considered-lgbtq-friendly-destination
    Why Madrid Is Considered One Of The Best LGBTQ-Friendly Destinations - Travel Noire
    Madrid is renowned as one of the top LGBTQ-friendly destinations in the world. Discover why it is a haven for the LGBTQ community.
  • Ken Kok Lee May 29, 2024 at 8:50am
    Well, I sure did not see this coming. With the exception of Taiwan, Asia is notoriously not exactly a hotbed of progressivism when it comes to queers, but this news from Nepal shows how at least when it comes to travel, some progress is being made here and there: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/nepal-lgbt-tourism-intl-hnk-cmd/inde...
    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/nepal-lgbt-tourism-intl-hnk-cmd/index.html
  • Helen Brown April 5, 2024 at 2:52pm
    Much of the Caribbean is still mildly to virulently homophobic, but there are a handful of cities which are an exception: https://travelnoire.com/gay-friendly-caribbean 
    The Most Gay-Friendly Cities in the Caribbean - Travel Noire
    Several Caribbean cities have experienced a wave of progress and acceptance, turning them into thriving havens for gay vacationers.
  • Dave Acton February 16, 2024 at 5:56pm
    Like many people, I think of Africa as for the most part less than friendly to LGBTQ travelers - not to mention our brothers and sisters who live there. But a Cape Town tour operator called Out2Africa assures us that there are plenty of places where we can feel welcome and rewarded. Check them out, with some of their destination suggestions: https://www.out2africa.com/destinations
    Top Gay-Friendly Destinations in Africa | Out2Africa
    A list of all of our top gay-friendly destinations in Africa you should visit. Contact our Travel Experts at Out2Africa today for an obligation-free…
  • Ahmed Abbas September 17, 2023 at 11:49am
    It´s been a great Euro Pride in Malta this year - and underscores the country´s fantastic continuing first place on the Rainbow Europe index for eight years running now. On my visit I didn´t notice anything particularly ¨gay¨ about it, but I sure had a great time! https://www.ttgmedia.com/features/the-massive-party-that-celebrates...
    The massive party that celebrates everything Malta stands for
    Peter Green, the Malta Tourism Authority’s trade trainer for UK & Ireland, explains why EuroPride has been such a significant event for the island to…
  • Dave Acton September 1, 2023 at 12:51pm
    Wow, now friendly Canada has issued an official warning to its LGBTQ folks re travel to the USA. Fox ¨News¨ and its ilk are slamming it as misdirected when there are so many worse places where gays and lesbians are actually killed. But thanks to all the current homophobic jihads in Repub-ruled states, it´s leading to real-life violence in the US too, like the recent killing of the straight shop owner in California for flying the Pride flag. Even before this, years ago, there have been gay club shootings like at Pulse in Orlando, and now they will inevitably become more common. So yeah. danger for real. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/canada-travel-warning...
    Canada issues travel advisory for LGBTQ+ residents visiting US
    Canadian government issues warning after numerous discriminatory laws passed in Republican-controlled states
  • Dave Acton August 18, 2023 at 5:52pm
    Wow, I just have to comment about Vienna´s Kaiserbründl gay sauna, which I visited recently. I´ve been to a few in my day - most so-so, a few impressive, and several very impressive for various reasons. But never had I experienced one quite like this, behind a nondescript green door on a center-city side street. Kaiserbründl is Vienna's oldest bath house, opened in 1889 as the Centralbad and designed in an elegant Moorish motif, with exotic elements like horseshoe arches (the current name comes from the fact that at least four members of the Habsburg imperial family - Kaiser means emperor and Bründl means well - frequented the place in the late 19th and early 20th century). Check it out here: https://www.kaiserbruendl.at/en/

    Since the 1980s KB has been Vienna´s most popular gay male sauna, and it's huge (more than 18,000 square feet), mazelike, and with in addition to of course play cubicles has a bunch of amenities like a bar, a restaurant serving hot meals of local fare, a pool, steam and dry saunas, a playroom, a dark room, and a spacious, high-ceiling lounging area. It's also frequented by a varied clientele including some pretty hot guys - particularly right after work, from around 5:30 to 8:30, and especially good on Saturday and Thursdays (when there´s a foam party in one of the shower areas - where by the way I met a very interesting gentleman ha). And while overall I enjoyed Vienna, I can't say I´m necessarily dying to go back when there are so many other places still on my list, But I have to say, it would almost be worth a special trip back for one or two more visits to this ¨Imperial Well!¨
    KAISERBRÜNDL Herrensauna | Gay Sauna Vienna
    KAISERBRUENDL - HERRENSAUNA | Gay Sauna
  • José Balido June 3, 2023 at 9:48am
    Especially for Pride month: how some hotels roll out the rainbow carpet for LGBT! guests: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/06/28/lgbtq-friendly-hot...
    Gay happy hour, neutral pronouns, a ‘glam room’: Hotels go LGBTQ-friendly
    Sensitivity training and paying for Pride events are two of the ways hotels work to build inclusivity for the LGBTQ community.
  • Wissam Al Khoury May 17, 2023 at 9:21pm
    An interesting twist: CNN reports that according to its website, the tourism authority of notoriously homophobic Saudi Arabia - which criminalizes same-sex activity - is now claiming it is welcoming gay travelers. BBut under what terms? https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-lgbt-tourists/i...
    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-lgbt-tourists/index.html
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