{"id":1416,"date":"2013-01-13T03:28:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T03:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/blog\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2013-01-18T00:45:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T00:45:17","slug":"top-10-gay-friendly-destination-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Gay Friendly Destination in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the top 10 list provided by Lonely Planet<\/strong>!!<\/p>\n

1. San Francisco, USA<\/h3>\n

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Rainbow flags adorn apartment windows and bar entrances in many\u00a0San Francisco<\/a>\u00a0neighbourhoods, with nearly every bar and business in the Castro catering to gays and lesbians. Pride Week is capped by the often-outrageous \u2018Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Pride Parade\u2019 \u2013 where half a million people party in the street on the last Sunday in June. Also in June is the long-running queer film festival.<\/p>\n

2. Sydney, Australia<\/h3>\n

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Hey, in\u00a0Sydney<\/a>\u00a0gay is the new straight. Gay and lesbian culture forms a vocal, vital, well-organised and colourful part of Sydney\u2019s social fabric. Host of the 2002 Gay Games, Sydney also plays host to Australia\u2019s biggest annual tourist event \u2013 the Mardi Gras. The joy-filled hedonism-meets-political-protest parade is attended by more than half a million people. Beach life also reigns here, so boys should buff up before hitting the sand.<\/p>\n

3. Brighton, England<\/h3>\n

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Perhaps it\u2019s\u00a0Brighton<\/a>\u2019s long-time association with the theatre, but for more than 100 years the city has been a gay haven. The vibrant queer community is made-up of 40,000 residents \u2013 almost a quarter of the total population. Kemptown (aka Camptown) is where it\u2019s all at, with a rank of gay-owned bars, hotels, caf\u00e9s, bookshops and saunas. There\u2019s even a \u2018Gay\u2019s the Word\u2019 walking tour.<\/p>\n

4. Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/h3>\n

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Touted as the gay and lesbian capital of Europe, partisan estimates put the proportion of gay and lesbian people in\u00a0Amsterdam<\/a>\u00a0at 20% to 30%. Though the figures are probably exaggerated, there\u2019s no underestimating the number of venues for gays and lesbians. There are more than 100 bars and nightclubs, gay hotels, bookshops, sport clubs, choirs and support services. Amsterdam hosts the only water-borne gay-pride parade in the world, held on the canals on the first Saturday in August.<\/p>\n

5. Berlin, Germany<\/h3>\n

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Berlin<\/a>\u2019s legendary liberalism has spawned one of the world\u2019s biggest gay and lesbian scenes. Openly gay mayor Klaus Wowereit outed himself with the now-popular words: \u2018I\u2019m gay, and that\u2019s a good thing\u2019. As befits Berlin\u2019s decentralised nature, the city has no dedicated gay ghetto although it contains a number of established scenes. Huge crowds turn out in early June for\u00a0Schwul-Lesbisches Strassenfest<\/em>\u00a0(Gay-Lesbian Street Fair), which is basically a warm-up for Christopher Street Day later that month.<\/p>\n

6. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico<\/h3>\n

Do as the Love Boat used to, and dock in the world famous resort town of\u00a0Puerto Vallarta<\/a>. The gay scene here is pumping, with accommodations, tours, cruises and a variety of venues all catering to the gay market. Meet amigos in town (with cobblestone streets and red-roofed adobe-style buildings) at one of the many martini bars, strip clubs or drag shows. And strut or sloth on one of the glorious white-sand beaches.<\/p>\n

7. New York City, USA<\/h3>\n

New York<\/a>\u2019s Chelsea and Greenwich Village are synonymous with gay life, possessing a thriving out-there scene. A number of quieter clubs and bars continue to flourish further uptown in Chelsea as well. Every scene, from art to fashion, is hot in New York \u2013 and the gay scene is no exception, with great galleries, bars and clubs. June sees the obligatory Gay Pride parade attracting revellers from around the world.<\/p>\n

8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/h3>\n

During Carnaval (February or March), thousands of expatriate Brazilian and gringo gays fly in to take part in the fun, with transvestites stealing the show at most balls. Outside Carnaval the gay scene is active, though less visible than in cities such as San Francisco and Sydney. The gay capital of Latin America is a mostly integrated scene, with the Entertainment sections of local newspapers and magazines branding establishments \u2018GLS\u2019: Gays, Lesbians and Sympathisers.<\/p>\n

9. Prague, Czech Republic<\/h3>\n

The beguiling bohemian city of\u00a0Prague<\/a>\u00a0inspired Kafka to warn visitors: \u2018this little mother has claws\u2019. Its maze of medieval lanes keeps a bevy of bars catering to all fancies: from leather through to rent boy. The cradle of Czech culture, Prague also stages a gay and lesbian film festival annually in November. Despite the city\u2019s wholesale acceptance of same-sex partnerships, there\u2019s a segregated gay scene, and public displays of affection are generally ill advised.<\/p>\n

10. Bangkok, Thailand<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s no \u2018gay movement\u2019 as such in\u00a0Bangkok<\/a>, as there\u2019s no antigay establishment to move against. Thai culture is generally accepting of male and female homosexuality; however, public displays of affection\u00a0per se<\/em>\u00a0are mostly frowned upon. The fairly prominent scene centres on the proliferation of bars, often enlivened by high camp cabaret.<\/p>\n

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Here is the top 10 list provided by Lonely Planet!! 1. San Francisco, USA Image by\u00a0tedeytan Rainbow flags adorn apartment windows and bar entrances in many\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0neighbourhoods, with nearly every bar and business in the Castro catering to gays and lesbians. Pride Week is capped by the often-outrageous \u2018Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Pride Parade\u2019 [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,359],"tags":[426,427,486,424,425],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaylesbian","category-travel-syle","tag-gay-travel","tag-lesbian-travel","tag-top-10","tag-top-10-destinations","tag-top-10-gay-friendly-destinations-of-2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ididgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}