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United States in Gay and lesbian travel
By and large the USA is tolerant-to-accepting of LGBT travellers, especially in the larger cities, the Northeast, and the West Coast. Major destinations include:
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San Francisco - the "gay mecca" of the USA; the Castro is one of the world's most famous gay neighborhoods.
New York City - Greenwich Village is the birthplace of the American gay rights movement; Chelsea is a center of gay social life.
Chicago - has an annual Pride Parade in the Boystown neighbourhood, which includes some of the city's best clubs and bars
Ft. Lauderdale - a "Gay HotSpot" in South Florida. The area has a large gay population, gay districts, and tons of gay bars, shops, and restaurants.
Minneapolis - Hosts the Twin Cities Pride festival every summer, and has numerous gay bars.
West Hollywood - in the heart of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
New Orleans - Hosts Southern Decadence every Labor Day Weekend and has many gay bars in the historic French Quarter.
Philadelphia - the "City of Brotherly Love" and the first destination in the world to create and air a television commercial specifically geared towards LGBT Tourism, with a slogan "Get your history straight and your nightlife gay."
Fire Island Pines / Cherry Grove - Two of the seventeen villages located on the Fire Island National Seashore (70 Miles from NYC) that are predominantly gay
Palm Springs - a small desert mecca two hours east of Los Angeles - it has amongst the highest proportion of Gays and Lesbians in its population of any American city - also home to the annual White Party at Eastertime
Provincetown - at the tip of Cape Cod, "P-Town" has long been famous as a queer getaway; and now that gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, it's a popular place to tie the knot as well
Northampton, Massachusetts - a lesbian mecca in Western Massachusetts, known for its art scene and surrounded by farms and mountains
Boston - the South End is the largest gay neighborhood, within reach of touristy attractions in the Back Bay and on the waterfront. Annual pride parade in June is the city's second largest festival after the Fourth of July.
Key West - the southernmost point of the US is also a famously liberal vacation spot with many options for LGBT travellers
Miami Beach - a glitzy and very queer-friendly beach resort that is also home to the annual White Party
Ocean Grove, New Jersey - known as Gods Square Mile, The Methodist resort is now a vacation resort and home to a a diverse group of people.
Ogunquit, Maine
Rehoboth Beach - a small beach town on the Delaware coast with a large and active LGBT community
Galveston - a small island city just out side of Houston Texas that has some "Gay Only" hotels and some beaches that are generally queer only
Asheville - a city in western North Carolina with significant feminist and lesbian/gay communities.
San Juan - the 500 year-old island capital of Puerto Rico and “Gay Capital of the Caribbean”. San Juan is a definitively Latin American city and Spanish is predominant throughout the island. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory with border-free access from the mainland and direct air links to Canada and Europe. With gay guesthouses, restaurants, beaches and nightlife in the Condado and Santurce areas, San Juan offers the Caribbean's best gay scene.
Washington, D.C. - Dupont Circle is gay central in a very gay-friendly town, where you can subvert the national political culture, dancing the night away with gay Republican politicians and their staffers!
San Diego, CA - Hillcrest - near downtown, Hillcrest is a vibrant community with the same no attitude relaxed atmosphere that defines San Diego
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