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 new gay travel index. Dive beyond the headlines to the why – including why the US gets their own version of this special list.
The questions I’m asking myself these days: Whether it’s avoiding Kansas, or organizing politically, or helping trans folks in impacted states move to safer ones, how do we get our cis allies to not just care, but act?
Nigerian queer clubs are underground for a reason. Here’s why Western tourists filming content in Lagos’s LGBTQ+ spaces do more harm than good – and a breakdown of why queer visibility does not automatically equal liberation.
Gen Z queers are laying low, staying in, and avoiding queer dating and public spaces that could out them as LGBTQIA. Is this bad for LGBTQ nightlife, or the catalyst we need to offer more inclusive options?
It matters when an organization decides where (and where not) to host its events. Here’s why.
Launching now through November, HRC is taking to the road on an “American Dreams” tour. Is their red state road trip a feel-good effort that won’t shift the narrative, or the hope we need in these times?
The political climate is uncertain, but there’s nothing uncertain about the LGBTQ+ community’s 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, let’s look at how LGBTQ+ people are approaching rainbow season differently. Spoiler alert – we’re 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?