Bring relevant documents
Ensure you bring a current photo and all relevant documents, including permissions for children to travel with you, blood type, allergies, updated inoculations, recent hospitalizations, dental records, etc as accidents do happen.
Use Google maps
Google maps now has a tag about LGBTQ+-friendly places, which is useful especially when you’re travelling together as a queer family.
Let’s face it. Travelling as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community comes with its own set of challenges that others may not experience or aren’t aware are happening right in front of them. As a transgender woman (MTF), Jace has realised that getting through security also has its unique set of challenges.
Safety check
I share my location on my iPhone with my parents and siblings at all times. After living abroad for so long, it has helped us to communicate at comfortable times. I have used this as a safety measure too when dating. Shared my location with a trusted friend upon dating and told them to check on me in case I am not checking in until the next day.
What’s the plan?
Once, I found myself separated from a larger party in a bad part of Subic Bay, Philippines. It was a scary situation. Of the four of us in the group, one of us spoke the local language and we were able to locate a U.S. military outpost and all was well. We learned to pay closer attention to our surroundings and to always have a contingency plan: “If things go wrong, we do THIS.”
You already decked the halls and rang in the New Year. Think it’s time to hibernate until Eurovision and Pride season kicks off? Think again, doll. The best gay travel period of the year is among us – ski season, and you need a gay ski week.
Berlin – with Sergio Pratz
Berlin is generally very open about religion and gender. A few years ago I went to a multi-religious and multi-gender Ramadan feast. The imam – the mosque’s religious leader – invited the local female priest and rabbi to celebrate together with whoever wanted to attend. He mentioned that their congregation fully supports marriage for all.
Seoul – with TK Kang
There’s an area near the main Gwangwhamun palace called ‘Jongno-3Ga’ and there are some fun places around there. One of the main ones is ‘Friends’ . It has a warm, friendly vibe that welcomes people of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, etc. This area is more local where you will find fewer foreigners if you want a true local LGBTQ experience.
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