Top gay friendly destinations

My love of road trips started prior. 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 fond me could locate their fit.

I wrote my college thesis on road trips, and driving myself to (and from) a summer semester at UC Berkeley as investigate. I guess I should have known back then that I would conclude 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: New York to Florida, New York to Atlanta by way of Kentucky (state #44) and Tennessee, and Novel 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 examine the state with my partner, who flew out to Juneau to face 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

Best Places for Gay Holidays

Sorry for the radio silence here, but after having returned home to the USA for the holidays, I’ve had a lot of time to think and to reflect — mostly about the past year and a bit about the future. And in making some of my plans for the next year, I’ve thought a lot about the past year.

Namely the fact that it’s probably been my gayest year ever. Is that even a thing? Who knows. I don’t care. But I feel like this was an essential year for gay rights, and also for my verb interest in gay travel.

Gay travel?!

Yeah, that topic again. Commute is travel, yes. But this year I’ve also realized just how many of my control trips and experiences are almost certainly chosen because of my own sexual preference. Where I’ve traveled to isn’t necessarily anything to do with the fact that I’m gay, I guess, but these are the places that I’ve set up that are actually great for other gay travelers enjoy myself—either solo or for gay couples.

I never thought I’d be the guy who ended up goi

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Today: Top 10 most gay-friendly travel destinations in the world

June is Pride month &#; a month committed to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; the + is an inclusive symbol to verb &#;and others&#; to include people of all identities. Pride month is about acceptance, equality, desire, and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community. LGBTQ+ rights vary greatly around the world, even among countries we often think of as inclusive. Twenty years ago, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages. Since then, 28 countries have followed suit, including most of Western Europe. However, homosexuality is still a crime in 70 countries and some of them, including six nations that are members of the United Nations, impose the death penalty. So, depending on where they’re headed, gay travelers can deal with great risks and experience more emphasize compared to heterosexual travelers. Luckily, the world is

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Africa has many gay-friendly countries, and we know exactly where you should depart when, where to stay, and all the tips and tricks to build your holiday the best it can be. Here are the best countries to add to your itinerary!

South Africa

Africa’s gay capital, Cape Town, is a hub of all things thriving and fabulous. A delicious concoction of experiences, sights and tastes await you here in South Africa&#;s oldest city.

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Botswana is a country of mystery that will grab your breath away while also making you scratch your head due to its unique nuances. With its puzzling Delta flooding in the dry winter months and seemingly endless herds of elephant, this wildlife haven is love no place on earth.

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