We’re Celebrating Pride With a Collection of Features Dedicated to LGBTQ+ Travelers

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TRAVEL TODAY LGBTQ+ Travel We're Celebrating Pride With a Collection of Features Dedicated to LGBTQ+ Travelers When reading through our June features, which celebrate Pride, I was struck by a quote from Amazing Race star and Celebrity Page host Jaymes Vaughan about why he started OUTbound, a custom tour company for LGBTQ+ travelers. "Traditional gay cruising has a reputation for being only circuit parties. There's nothing wrong with that, but we're personally not big into the party scene… Our main focus is building a community of LGBTQ+ travelers who want to get to know each other, who want to spend time together." For all that travel should be about diversity and inclusion—what else do we travel for, if not to meet new people and discover unfamiliar cultures?—the industry too often buckets LGBTQ+ travel into categories that don't represent the whole community. That's why we dedicated this month's features to less-discussed elements of LGBTQ+ travel. Follow along as Fatoutmata Ceesay travels to The Gambia as a bisexual woman—and visits her staunchly religious family. Consider the challenges of traveling abroad as a gender non-conforming person. Or simply listen to LGBTQ+ travelers discuss the personal risks and ethical considerations of visiting countries that still limit their rights. As always, we're here to help you plan trips, too. Discover monuments and memorials to the LGBTQ+ movement at eight national parks; show your pride all year long at some lesser-known LGBTQ+ festivals and events; or plan a day trip to the best LGBTQ+ attraction in your own backyard—we found one in every single state. Wherever this year's celebrations take you, Happy Pride! Molly Fergus General Manager Inspiration The Best LGBTQ+ Hidden Gem in Every State read more Celebrities Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan on the Future of LGBTQ+ Travel read more LGBTQ+ Travel 15 Travelers Talk About Traveling to Countries Unsafe for LGBTQ+ People read more LGBTQ+ Travel International Travel As a Gender Non-Conforming Person Is Tricky read more LGBTQ+ Travel Beyond Pride: 13 Unique LGBTQ+ Events Around the World read more LGBTQ+ Travel 'I Felt Seen': What It Was Like Visiting Family in The Gambia As a Black Bisexual Woman read more Air Travel In the Aviation Industry, the LGBTQ+ Experience Just Keeps Getting Better read more Museums The Top 10 LGBTQ+ Museums in the U.S. read more VACATION LIKE A PRO You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Travel Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005 © 2021 Dotdash.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.

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