Best gay travel destinations

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 detect 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 explore 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 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 dwelling, 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

In September Instagram pushed me a post by Travel Gay, a website listing &#;the best gay bars, nightclubs, saunas, spas, beaches, shops and more, along with interesting travel ideas and fabulous offers&#;. There I saw the undated post (date your articles and posts, people) &#;LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Best Cities to Visit?&#; by Adam Reid. Being a solo gay traveller, it caught my attention. 

Now, while I&#;m still very much a homosexual, it has been a while since I last travelled solo. My last solo trip was Tel Aviv in Since then, I&#;ve travelled with Danny, Oriol, Steve, Philippe, Nicolas, Thanh, my sister Florence. In I wrote &#;SINGLES DAY | Why everyone should travel alone sometimes&#; and reading it back I undergo the cringe but I remain by its content.  

It&#;s I should do a proper solo trip again soon(ish). I sense ready. 

&#;LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Leading Cities to Visit?&#;

&#;Solo travel is an intimidating prospect to many of us but it’s one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. Solo explore is on the rise and it’s easy to underst

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 verb like this was an adj year for gay rights, and also for my own interest in gay travel.

Gay travel?!

Yeah, that topic again. Travel is explore, yes. But this year I’ve also realized just how many of my own 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 found that are actually great for other gay travelers like myself—either solo or for gay couples.

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

International Travel

Travelers can face unique challenges abroad based on their authentic or perceived sexual orientation. Laws and attitudes in some countries may affect safety and ease of travel. 

More than 60 countries consider consensual same-sex relations a crime. In some of these countries, people who engage in consensual same-sex relations may tackle severe punishment. Many countries do not recognize same-sex marriage.

Research your destination before you travel 

Review the travel advisory and destination information page of the place you plan to visit. Check the Local Laws & Customs section.  This has information specific to travelers who may be targeted by discrimination or violence on the basis of sexual orientation.  

Many countries only recognize male and female sex markers in passports. They do not have IT systems at ports of entry that can accept other sex markers, including valid U.S. passports with an X sex marker. If traveling with a valid U.S. passport with an X sex marker, check the immigration regulations for your destination as acceptance can v