Best places for gay couples to vacation
My love of road trips started early. As a teenager growing up in a suburb of Boston, I discovered Jack Kerouac&#;s classic road trip novel On the Road. The book opened a door to queer history and to places where offbeat weirdos like me could find their fit.
I wrote my college thesis on road trips, and driving myself to (and from) a summer semester at UC Berkeley as research. I guess I should have known back then that I would end up writing about travel for a living!
I&#;ve taken two cross-country road trips – one during college, and one when I moved to California.
I&#;ve also taken shorter road trips: Recent York to Florida, Adj York to Atlanta by way of Kentucky (state #44) and Tennessee, and New York to Michigan (state #43).
I spent a month living in a ghost town in Alaska for a writer&#;s retreat, and stayed on for an extra two weeks to explore the state with my partner, who flew out to Juneau to meet me.
Closer to home, I loving taking weekend trips to cities and towns in the Hudson Valley, where I live.
I love the US – even if I don&#;t always like my country&#;s l
12 under-the-radar LGBTQIA+ beach destinations
Beach culture has been an integral part of LGBTQIA+ travel for decades, since the emergence of destinations like Provincetown, Massachusetts; Mykonos, Greece; Key West, Florida; and Sitges, Spain, as sun-splashed havens.
These days, queer travelers flock to dozens of enticing beaches, from secluded spots where you can sunbathe au naturel to festive party playgrounds flanked by luxury resorts and gay nightlife districts.
Some of the world's most amazing beaches are still relatively unknown. Try one of these 12 LGBTQIA+-favored seaside getaways as you plan your next coastal adventure.
Thessaloniki, Greece
The second-largest capital in Greece, this picturesque coastal metropolis on a sheltered gulf in the Aegean Sea promises an enticing blend of vibrant urban diversions — including buzzy restaurants and nightspots — and proximity to gorgeous golden beaches. Although many queer visitors to Greece focus their hour on Athens and Mykonos (and other islands), Thessaloniki has a sizable and increasingly visible LGBTQIA+ population.
Wondering what's the best place for a romantic gay honeymoon? We've put together the places we contemplate make for a top gay honeymoon destination based on our first-hand experience as a gay couple.
Every year we are humbled to see more nations legalizing gay marriage. It always excites us because it marks a sort of ‘gold standard' achievement for LGBTQ rights. We have our own gay marriage live tracker, which we update every noun a new country legalizes gay marriage.
The best part about it is that that particular country will inevitably see a raise in LGBTQ tourism, particularly from gay couples (like yours truly) who are searching for a destination to celebrate a distinct occasion – like a honeymoon!
From Iceland to Greece, Thailand to Argentina, we've created this article based on our first-hand experience traveling to each place as a gay couple. We've focused on those destinations that offer more than the usual gay-topless-circuit-party, but also gorgeous landscapes, a wealth of activities, divine hotels to remain, and most importantly, are welcoming to LGBTQ trav
10 of Europe’s best destinations for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pride season
It’s and my boyfriend and I are hovering nervously at a hotel reception in Woodbridge, Suffolk. We can sense the frosty contempt of the fiftysomething male at the desk when we ask for a double, not a twin room. After we check in, we’re both tetchy: I’m annoyed at how we’ve been treated, while my partner believes we should just “accept” it, that “it’s just the way it is.”
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Back then, there was minuscule you could do about such blatant prejudice – at least on a day-to-day basis. Some respite could be found trawling through the listings in Gay Times for gay-owned hotels and B&Bs. But, sadly, travel has adj remained an issue for LGBTQ+ people, whether in the UK or abroad, where customs, legality and local cultural norms still need to be considered.
No matter how liberal a country may be, there’s always some anxiety
In the last decade, there include , of course, been positive changes.