For starters, NYC is home of the Stonewall riots which took place in Greenwich Village in the late ’60s and practically launched the gay rights movement.
San Francisco has long been heralded the gay capital of the US (think Harvey Milk, the Castro and beyond) but liberal and well-dressed New York is one of the world’s most gay-friendly destinations too. This is how #all #events should #start with an #acknowledgment of the #traditional #owners of the #land in which we #live #pridemarch #fitzroystreet #stkilda #indigenouspride #ceremonial #gumleaves and #smoke #Melbourne #melbournelife #melbournepride #rainbowflags #indigenousaustralians #changethedateĪ photo posted by Natalie Blazyn on at 5:29am PST 4. Berlin’s first openly gay mayor – Klaus Wowereit was in office for 13 years to 2014. Berlin has something for everyone, from the candy store of bars, clubs, saunas and nights that meet all tastes imaginable right through to gay museums, archives, a Holocaust memorial and modern mainstream beaches and districts like wild Schöneberg, original pink hub Prenzlauer and hipster central Kreuzberg & Neukölln. I asked a friend to sum up the LGBTI scene in Germany, to which he quickly replied ‘wild nightlife, liberal sex scene and hot Germans’.
From Tel Aviv Pride Week to each and every day on famous Shenkin Street, free gay city tours and shopping/eating/clubbing on Rothschild Boulevard – Tel Aviv is a city for everyone. dubbed Tel Aviv 'the gay capital of the Middle East … exotic with a Mediterranean c'est la vie attitude’ after the Israeli city trumped New York as the world’s best gay city in their reader poll a few years back. Tel AvivĪ very liberal city with a high LGBTI population makes Tel Aviv more than just a hub of amazing beaches and cafes. Here are some of the world’s must-see gay-friendly cities with much to offer the LGBTI traveller… 1. Toronto, Sao Paulo, Brighton, Mykonos, Sydney, London, San Francisco and beyond – the list of the world’s most gay-friendly cities extends beyond these well-loved liberal ports. What are the world's most gay-friendly cities?