Our May Issue Is Available For Download! Happy Travels

Sonoma as seen in ManAboutWorld gay travel magazine
Photo of ManAboutWorld’s May 2015 cover video

The May 2015 issue is now available for download on more platforms than ever before, including iPads, Android tablets, iPhones and now Android phones. Our cover (a screen grab of the video cover), nimbly combines two of this month’s stories: a wine country road trip to Sonoma and Napa; and gay Pride.

In this issue we also cover:

  • Riga, Latvia for EuroPride;
  • An unexpectedly gay-friendly music festival in Nashville, Tennessee;
  • A dangerous and touching first-date story from our Kenya correspondent (involving man-eating crocodiles);
  • The perfect honeymoon hotel in gay-popular Tel Aviv, Israel;
  • Killer images of cemeteries by Jeffrey James Keyes (that’s Toto interred atHollywood Forever Cemetery below); and much more!

Download the May issue now. If you’re not a subscriber, take advantage of ourthree-month FREE trial subscription and start planning your next gay holiday  now.

Toto, Hollywood Forever Cemetery

 

Gayography Brief: Your Global LGBT News Update

Wig Day at the Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware as seen in ManAboutWorld gay travel magazine

This column is brought to you by Ashton Giese, ManAboutWorld correspondent and editor of theGAYography newsbrief.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend? Check out great pictures (above below and via this link) from Wig Day on the Beach (#WDOTB) at Rehoboth Washington DC’s gay beach. This week’s news brief features exciting news from Kazakhstan where their Russia-like “gay propaganda” law was ruled unconstitutional, likely due to the country’s desire for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The strategy to change policies at the IOC looks to be working. Also find the latest on impending progress on marriage equality across the world.

As summer begins, get the latest information on Pride celebrations all over, and keep in mind that your own personal pride guide will be in DC, Riga, NYC and Chicago’s Market Days this summer. See you on the parade routes. Take a break this weekend and prepare your travel plans with this week’s brief. Photos by Alex Kotran. 

A vital resource for LGBT travelers, focusing on news, vacation insights, advocacy and current events in major cities around the globe, the GAYography brief is published each Thursday. Subscribe here & like!

Wig Day at the Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware as seen in ManAboutWorld gay travel magazine
Wig Day at the Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

 

Mark your calendars for the 1st-ever #gaywine Twitter chat — Tues, June 2, 3-4pm EST

What's so gay about wine? Find out June 2!
What’s so gay about wine? Find out June 2!

On June 2, 2015 co-hosts ManAboutWorld and Out in the Vineyard uncork the first-ever #gaywine Twitter chat from 3pm-4pm ET (12pm-1pm PT).

What’s so gay about wine?! It’s not just the fruity bouquet and mouth feel! Join us next week and find out much more about the hidden gay side of wine from LGBT vintners and gay-friendly wine destinations to the gayest wine weekend on the planet.

Simply log into Twitter and follow #gaywine on June 2 at 3pm ET (and 12 noon PT) when we’ll begin asking and answering the questions below. Be sure to crack a bottle of your favorite sippable. You will be quizzed! Also please follow us at @mawtravel and @Outinvineyard.Continue reading “Mark your calendars for the 1st-ever #gaywine Twitter chat — Tues, June 2, 3-4pm EST”

Departing Shots: Killer Photos Of Cemeteries

La Recoleta Buenos Aires
La Recoleta Buenos Aires

Cemeteries are the subject of the Parting Shots section of this month’s issue of the magazine. Here are a few of our favorite shots. Story and photos by Jeffrey James Keyes

  1.   Why do you check out cemeteries when you travel?

I think some of the most incredible artwork can be found in cemeteries, I love seeing how some are well maintained and others have the feel of a secret garden, like you’ve stumbled into some storybook garden with trees and vines growing over the statues and graves. All cemeteries have the same peaceful vibe, it automatically grounds me and reminds me that life is fleeting. Whenever I leave a cemetery I feel slightly recharged, like I’m ready to live and tackle the world.

  1. Do you travel to places you know will have cemeteries or do you simply check out cemeteries when you find them?

Continue reading “Departing Shots: Killer Photos Of Cemeteries”

The NomadicBoys Do Laos Like No One (Except ManAboutWorld)

Our global correspondents Stefan Arestis and Sébastien Chaneac (theNomadicBoys) visited Laos in March and created the video you see here. Unlike many travel journalists, they not only document but participate as well. You can see they really don’t mind getting their hands dirty!

For more Laos and Cambodia and Thailand, download the April issue of  ManAboutWorld, available for iPad, Android tablet and now iPhone. Read more about the handsome NomadicBoys in their adventure piece also in the April issue. (Our Thailand guide is free!)


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Memorial Day Milestone: 1st LGBT Veterans Monument

11313006_10205480364621113_6578208399993061006_oUPDATED May 27 with actual photo from event. (Credit: Jean Albright via Facebook.)

We hope you’re enjoy this long weekend and unofficial kick off to summer. Also be sure to give some thought to the veterans (LGBTQI and S) who’ve served this country.

In a first, LGBT veterans will be honored today with the first such monument in a national cemetery. The dedication takes places today, Monday, May 25 — Memorial Day — 2pm at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, one hour south of Chicago.

According to the Windy City Times:

The monument, which was spearheaded by Stanley J. Jenczyk, junior board member of the Chicago chapter of the American Veteran’s for Equal Rights ( AVER ), was approved late last year by Ronald E. Walters, interim undersecretary for memorial affairs.Continue reading “Memorial Day Milestone: 1st LGBT Veterans Monument”

That Vacation To Ireland You’ve Been Dreaming About? Time To Go!

Along with marriage equality in Ireland, the country just hung out a giant rainbow-colored “you are welcome” sign to the world. Within a few hours of the historic vote, Tourism Ireland released this video inviting the gay world to visit Ireland.

LGBT-friendly Ireland is ready for you to come visit, join the celebration and, who knows, maybe get gay married yourself!

Screen Shot 2015-05-24 at 8.20.27 PMYou can be sure we’ll be covering Ireland in the months to come, but if you’re eager to get going, check out thesummer fare sale by Aer Lingus and these tour operators:

Tour operators in Ireland

  • The very first gay tours of Ireland (in 2003) were operated for RSVP Vacations by Brendan Vacations, the leader in luxury vacations to Ireland, with four different styles of vacations, including chauffeured- and self-drive options.
  • Vagabond Tours of Ireland specializes in local experiences, offering 4×4 active vacations and small motor coach groups.
  • Rail Tours Ireland offers rail-based tours from two days to nine.

LGBT Matchmaking

Single but wanna get gay married to an Irishman (or Irishwoman)? We have just the ticket! This year’sThe Outing, the 3rd annual LGBT matchmaking and music festival, takes place October 2-4. We covered it in our July/August 2014 issue. The outing is a gay offshoot of the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival (August 28-October 4) — going strong since the 1850s. (Why should straights have all the fun?)

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Video and photo above courtesy Tourism Ireland. Photo middle right: Cian Markey.

 

Yes means yes: Ireland Votes For Marriage Equality

Yes means yes!

Congratulations, Ireland. Way to lead the world. This is the first time gays have been granted marriage equality through national referendum. (They like us, they really like us.) It feels like it marks a significant milestone in the journey to equality for LGBT people. Read more in today’s New York Times.

Now, let’s start planning a trip to Eire to join the festivities.

Photo: Ken Danieli.

Cocktails and Upgrades: Delta Gets Gay Pride Package Right

Cocktails aboard a Delta flight
Cocktails aboard a Delta flight

Finally, an airline that knows what a boy really wants in his Pride Package: Cocktails and Upgrades!

Delta is offering First Class flight deals to the six Pride Festivals they’re sponsoring this year: Utah Pride Festival in Salt Lake City; Motor City Pride in Detroit; LA Pride; NYC Pride; Seattle PrideFest; and Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis.

So, what are you waiting for fellas (and ladies)? Grab a flight, down a cocktail, and show your (first class) pride … for less!

Photo: Sarah Ackerman

GAYography brief: Your Global LGBT News Update

ashtonThis column is brought to you by Ashton Giese, ManAboutWorld correspondent and editor of the GAYography newsbrief.

As we approach Memorial weekend (and thus wedding season), the world could not be more gay-married! In two firsts, Ireland will (almost certainly) vote to approve a national referendum on marriage equality tomorrow and Luxembourg’s Prime Minister married his partner! Even in Asia, an Indian mom posted an ad for her gay son and in Taiwan a city implemented it’s first same-sex registry.

Have fun on Fire Island, Rehoboth or in the Pines this weekend (even if it rains you can always stay in and watch Eurovision) and if you’re on the West Coast, don’t forget to celebrate Harvey Milk Day on Friday. Enjoy Pride in Puerto Vallarta as well as Phnom Penh. However, before you head out for the weekend, give to your favorite LGBT cause for Give OUT Day today!

Please enjoy this week’s GAYography brief.

A vital resource for LGBT travelers, focusing on news, vacation insights, advocacy and current events in major cities around the globe, the GAYography brief is published each Thursday. Subscribe here & like!