What's the world's most gay friendly country, city?
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Yeah, I agree with most - Northern European countries. Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, etc.
I wouldn't call Thailand so much gay-friendly as gay-tolerant. It's like America in that regard - you're not going to be persecuted, they have an active gay travel industry (I'm a travel agent by profession), but walking around hand-in-hand for same sex couples can still draw a few unappreciative gazes.
There is gay culture, and its safe, but no one talks about it. Then again, the Thai don't talk about heterosexual liaisons freely either.
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I agree with miggy04 Denmark has and nordic countries has some of the most protection for gay people. All bars can't serve you alcohol unless you buy food and all bars are usually attached to hotels so they're pretty clean and nice. The government did this prevent disease dissemination in the 1980s.
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I don't think Germany is that friendly. Gay marriage is not even legal. Belgium and Holland are more friendly.
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I don't think Germany is that friendly. Gay marriage is not even legal. Belgium and Holland are more friendly.
It depends on where you are in Germany. If you are in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, or the NRW/Dusseldorf region, you are in one of Germany's gay meccas. Germany in generally isn't very friendly, but if you take the time to try and break through that initial coldness/standoffishness, I think you will find Germans to be very loyal. They just need to warm up to you. If you are exotic, that process happens much more quickly, lol. Germany does not have gay "marriage", but they do have legalized partnerships. I am in the process of ending mine now.
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I've heard Canada (specially Toronto) is very friendly, and also Neatherlands (Amsterdam) and some nordic countries, specially Iceland.
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I was in Cologne (NRW/Dusseldorf region) and it was amazing … also in Barcelona, Spain
But you have idiots everywhere. My friend from Madrid, Spain told me that a couple of gay guys were beaten on the street because they hold each others hands. It is a hate crime and in happened in fucking Spain where gay marriages are legal
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Gay marriage being legal means absolutelly nothing. Here in Rio, Brazil, gay people are beaten and killed everyday and we can't possibly even hold hands in public without being harassed, and still gay marriage is legal. In other places, such as many european countries, tolerance thowards gay people are much higher even without gay marriage - that's the case of Germany and was the case of France and the UK till very recently.
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Los Angeles
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Melbourne Australia
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City of Berlin in Germany
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Yeah, I agree with most - Northern European countries. Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, etc.
I wouldn't call Thailand so much gay-friendly as gay-tolerant. It's like America in that regard - you're not going to be persecuted, they have an active gay travel industry (I'm a travel agent by profession), but walking around hand-in-hand for same sex couples can still draw a few unappreciative gazes.
There is gay culture, and its safe, but no one talks about it. Then again, the Thai don't talk about heterosexual liaisons freely either.
Thais are quite reserve when it comes to conversation about sex. But so far Bangkok is one of the most gay-tolerant and gay-friendly cities in Asia, although many other parts of Thailand do not share the same character. Gays are welcome almost everywhere and the Thai society is becoming more and more open towards homosexuality, but when it comes to equality or other social aspects of homosexuals, I think we still have some way to go.
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Belgium & The Netherlands
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Tel Aviv Israel for the culture the acceptance and the clubs
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Some say it's the Nordic countries. Anyone from there who wants to validate that?
Scandinavia was the first place to legalize gay marriage. Even though they are extremely tolerant, there is almost no gay scene, which was decreased by the government to prevent the spread of AIDS.
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When I visited Stockholm during the pride, I felt secured and it seemed like almost everyone views it as another event of the year. Not many places in the world you would see grandparents bringing their grandchildren to see a gay parade with a smile and open attitude.
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Berlim, Germany is really good
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Some say it's the Nordic countries. Anyone from there who wants to validate that?
Scandinavia was the first place to legalize gay marriage. Even though they are extremely tolerant, there is almost no gay scene, which was decreased by the government to prevent the spread of AIDS.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalise same-sex marraige, followed by Belgium. Neither of those countries are Scandinavian.
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Being patriotic I have to say London, no one really cares about anything and the uk is number 1 on the LGBT rights index. I have to say though I think a lot of the rest of the UK needs to do some catching up with tolerance
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When I visited Stockholm during the pride, I felt secured and it seemed like almost everyone views it as another event of the year. Not many places in the world you would see grandparents bringing their grandchildren to see a gay parade with a smile and open attitude.
I live in a small city in Canada and our gay pride parade is exactly as described. It's becoming more and more common to raise the gay flag during Pride Week and trans* flag during Trans Awareness Week, even in small towns. There are intolerant people, but I'd say most Canadians adopt a "live and let live" philosophy. We've done a good job at integration as well, as our gay districts have their share of sex shops, bars, clubs, etc. but they are also family friendly with average businesses that are supportive of LGBT rights and maybe have some cool products, services or layout because of the location in the district. When I went to Germany, I found their gay districts to be all about the party scene. Not bad, just different.
I've never been to the Netherlands but they seem to be the world standard for acceptance. Nordic countries seem to be doing a really good job as well.
LGBT rights (or even parades) mean nothing when it comes down to true acceptance. Brazil allows same-sex marriage, adoption and has huge gay parades but it's a living hell for any LGBT person. Same goes to South Africa, they have the most progressive protections to LGBT individuals but Afrikaners tend to be very traditional and black Africans will literally kill their gay relatives believing they are either possessed by the devil or supporting some sort of "evil Western agenda".
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