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The LGBTQ+ guide to travelling the world: where to go and where to definitely avoid

Source: Nomadic Boys

We met in 2009 at the G-A-Y bar in London. Stefan is originally Greek Cypriot and Sebastien is from Lyon, France and several years into our relationship we realised we wanted a complete life change and had a craving to see more of the world together. We began planning and saving, then in 2014 we quit our lives and jobs in London for a big trip around Asia.

We started our Nomadic Boys gay travel blog as a way for our friends and family to follow along our trip, but unbeknownst to us, it grew quickly. We started to see random people reading it – people who found our content online after searching on Google for gay travel related content. At this point we realised we were onto something big and started publishing more content for LGBTQ+ travellers.

As gay people there is an extra layer of research we need to carry out before embarking on a trip. We need to know if the place we’re going has any anti-gay laws, whether we need to be cautious about PDAs, are the hotels we’re staying at ok to let

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