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Travel

Travel 

Pride and cherries both blossom during Japan’s Golden Week

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 5 min read

Cherry blossoms are not the only flowers that bloom in Japan, but the Japanese people definitely have a soft spot

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Travel 

Meet Carine de Mesmaeker, the woman behind Velvet Ibiza

March 21, 2023March 13, 2023 John Hernandez 6 min read

Carine de Mesmaeker is the founder and producer of Velvet Ibiza, the legendary five-day, five-night party extravaganza for queer women

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Travel 

Go fish with Kelly McCoy of RiverGirl Fishing Company

March 17, 2023March 13, 2023 KwinMosby 8 min read

Lesbian entrepreneur Kelly McCoy talks about her outfitter business, fly fishing, and the LGBTQ+ community in Todd and Boone, North

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Travel 

Fulanita Fest returns to sunny Spain

March 16, 2023March 13, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

After the great success of the first Fulanita Fest in 2022, the event returns this year from May 11 –

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Travel 

Viva Velvet Ibiza! Europe’s queer party for women returns

March 15, 2023March 12, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 2 min read

Velvet Ibiza – Europe’s hugely popular 5-day party for queer women is back!   Velvet Ibiza, Europe’s most epic queer

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Travel 

A warm invitation from Florida’s Paradise Coast

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 12 min read

Explore Florida’s Paradise Coast with our travel guide for first-time LGBTQ+ travelers visiting Naples, Marco Island, and the Everglades for

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Travel 

Troy Petenbrink is The Gay Traveler

February 28, 2023February 24, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 6 min read

Troy Petenbrink, journalist, broadcaster and pro traveler is known as The Gay Traveler or if you’re living near Washington, DC,

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LGBTQ+ Rights Travel 

LGBTQ people targeted online in Middle East, North Africa

February 22, 2023February 24, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 4 min read

According to a new report, LGBTQ people suffer arbitrary arrests, and sometimes torture from authorities, after online surveillance and illegal

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Travel 

The next gay mecca is Cleveland!

February 20, 2023March 2, 2023 Merryn Johns 10 min read

Put Cleveland, Ohio on your map for your next gay vacay. You’ll get to visit a new breed of gayborhood

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Travel 

The Ellen DeGeneres Campus celebrates its first anniversary

February 17, 2023February 14, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 2 min read

The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda is celebrating its first anniversary after opening in

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Destinations Travel 

Tokyo’s Shinjuku district emerges as popular LGBTQ+ destination

February 16, 2023February 14, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 6 min read

Progressive and positive changes for LGBTQ+ couples in Tokyo make it an increasingly hot destination for LGBTQ+ travelers to visit,

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Entertainment Events Travel 

Get a ferry to a Bay Area island film festival

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Kevin M. Thomas 4 min read

Take a charming ferry ride from San Francisco and you can end up at the quaint island of Alameda, home

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Travel 

Spend Valentine’s weekend at The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 4 min read

Provincetown has been in the process of reinventing itself as a year-round destination. With an impressive roundup of fall and

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Travel 

United Airlines celebrates inaugural class of majority diverse pilots

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 5 min read

United Airlines is taking a big step forward with regard to diversity and inclusion—and helping to address the nationwide pilot

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Travel 

Kristen Kish invites you to LGBTQ beach party in Colombia

January 31, 2023February 9, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

The fabulous Top Chef host and former Queer Forty Cover star Kristen Kish has a special LGBTQ foodie event coming

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Entertainment Travel 

Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan provide queer safe travel spaces

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

Gay power couple Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan are currently gracing the front cover of Out Traveler and sat down

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Events Travel 

Orlando Bear Pride and One Magical Weekend present Bear Jamboree 2023!

January 25, 2023January 24, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

You will have One Magical Weekend at Bear Jamboree 2023! Orlando Bear Pride is excited to welcome all their furry

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Events Travel 

Head to Ireland for the world’s only LGBTQ matchmaking festival

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 7 min read

The Outing, the only LGBTQ+ Matchmaking Festival, returns to County Clare, Ireland this Valentine’s Day Weekend from February 10-12, 2023,

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Travel 

Here are the winners of the 2022 Gay Travel Awards

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

GayTravel.com has revealed its list of official 2022 winners for its Gay Travel Awards. The goal of the awards is to

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Travel 

Victoria, Australia is throwing its own WorldPride bash!

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Queer Forty Staff 3 min read

WorldPride will be hosted Down Under this year in Sydney, Australia. Travel a little further south of the New South

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This Month’s Front Cover

Latest Articles

  • Uganda passes bill criminalizing LGBTQ, imposes death penalty in some cases
  • Now showing: Queer witchy thriller, The Five Devils
  • Utah Governor signs historic bill protecting youth from conversion therapy
  • B.D. Wong directs Judy Gold in Yes, I Can Say That!
  • We’re loving Michelle Rodriguez in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  • Pride and cherries both blossom during Japan’s Golden Week
  • Here are this year’s Lambda Literary nominees
  • Drag Isn’t Dangerous campaign fights back for LGBTQ+ community under attack
  • HRC data reveals half of transgender youth could face barriers to life-saving gender affirming care
  • The S.I.R. Festival creates a space for men who love men in San Diego

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