If you want a harmonious plane journey, best not let your kids play in the aisle, get drunk, or watch a movie without headphones, an online survey from pollster YouGov found.
22.05.2024 - 18:47 / lonelyplanet.com
When visting a new city, few LGBTIQ+ travelers can resist making a beeline to the local “gayborhood.”
The sight of rainbow flags and same-sex couples holding hands feels both familiar and liberating. For many, these destinations are welcoming, safe havens – friendly places where a spirit of collective community abides. These districts often a rich gay history in their bars, streets, shops and local landmarks, too, inviting visitors to join the local legacy of queer culture.
And they’re awfully fun, with festive Pride parties and colorful events all year long.
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Pride 2024: The steamy Southern heat will have set in for New Orleans Pride weekend on June 7–9. Events take place all month – including the big weekend’s drag shows, special club nights, boozy brunches and more.
New Orleans’ funky Bywater and adjacent Marigny neighborhoods seem to embody the best of NOLA’s old-school, laissez-faire vibes, including its effortless queer style. While the French Quarter has several fun LGBTIQ+ bars and clubs, it’s well worth the walk east, past Frenchmen Street, to reach the Bywater’s classic dives, hidden courtyard eateries, vintage shops and the always-worthwhile, gay-owned Country Club (be sure to reserve early for the smashing weekend drag brunches here).
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Pride 2024: June 2 brings the annual Philly Pride March and Festival, organized by social-justice organization Galaei.
Philadelphia’s dynamic LGBTIQ+ community befits a city nicknamed “the cradle of liberty.” The city’s downtown Gayborhood (yes, that’s really what locals call it) is home to gay-owned bars, restaurants and shops, including Philly AIDS Thrift, the corner store that once housed famous queer bookstore Giovanni’s Room (look for the historic marker out front). Philly Pride has recently taken a renewed approach to its annual festival and march to be more intentionally inclusive of trans folx as well as people of color. Indeed, the city’s local queer community remains one of the country’s most progressive and vibrant.
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Pride 2024: The month-long lead-up to Denver’s weekend Pride Fest features culture, history and plenty of dancing, all leading to the big Civic Center Park festival on June 22–23 – and capped off with the huge Sunday parade along Colfax Ave.
Just up from downtown Denver is Capitol Hill, the city’s LGBTIQ+ neighborhood. It’s the place to see what’s on at the Center on Colfax, and where gay-friendly shops and eateries pepper the blocks on and around East Colfax. There are a few Cap Hill musts for LGBTIQ+ visitors, including gay-owned Hamburger Mary’s and its zesty queens; bear-inspired
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