Launching now through November, HRC is taking to the road on an "American Dreams" tour.ย Is their red state road trip a feel-good effort that wonโt shift the narrative, or the hope we need in these times?
The political climate is uncertain, but thereโs nothing uncertain about the LGBTQ+ communityโs purchasing power. Especially when it comes to one of our favorite pastimes: travel! I unpack the latest numbers and my take on trends.
Across the U.S., corporate sponsors are backing out of their Pride commitments. Some brands cite economic pressures and tariff uncertainty. Others hand Pride organizers money and telling us to keep their names out of the headlines. As Pride 2025 season kicks off, letโs look at how LGBTQ+ people are approaching rainbow season differently. Spoiler alert โ weโre not going back into the closet and we take note which companies are LGBTQ-friendly and whose claims of support turned out to be hollow.
A new LGBTQ map colors code Europe and Central Asia, for at-a-glance travel planning for LGBTQ folks.
Warnings against US travel have made headline news. How many people are actually staying away? And how much is the travel boycott going to cost the United States?
If your social media feeds and LGBTQ newsletters have been awash with blog post lists of the safest countries to travel if you're LGBTQ, that's because Spartacus has just released their gay travel index for 2025. Dive beyond the headlines to the why โ including why the US gets their own version of this special list.
In the old days โ post-Stonewall, pre-LGBTQ rights โ we hadย Spartacusย andย Damron. These gay travel guides were packed with listings for gay bars, clubs, saunas, bookstores, and LGBTQ-friendly hotels. They helped gay travelers find safety, community, and connection in unfamiliar places.ย
As times changedโand as travel info became more accessible and digitalโthose old-school guides faded out. But the need for thoughtful, identity-aware travel advice never went away. Now, a new wave of LGBTQ travel books is stepping in to fill that gap, with a fresh take and a broader lens.
A growing number of Americaโs strongest allies are warning their citizens about traveling here, thanks to the mess of anti-LGBTQ and anti-immigrant policies.
Hereโs the full list of U.S. travel advisories Iโve tracked so far with updates added as new countries issue similar warnings.
For years, Japan has been a curious outlier among global powerhouses, standing as the only G7 nation not to recognize same-sex marriage. But recent court rulings are sending ripples of hope through the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, raising an exciting question: could Japan finally be on the brink of marriage equality?
Travel just got trickier for trans and nonbinary Americans, with the rollback of gender X passports in the US.