Here you’ll find Alma Barcelona, a sophisticated boutique hotel with a contemporary design and minimalist decor. Gayxample’s central location makes it an excellent base from which to explore Barcelona’s highlights (the best of which we’ve outlined in our gay Barcelona Travel Guide). Another icon for gay Barcelona nightlife is El Cangrejo, best known for its weekend drag performances and kitschy, colourful decor.
One of our favourite Barcelona gay bars is Plata Bar, a stylish cocktail bar with a sunny terrace, handsome staff, and expertly crafted drinks. Of course, Barcelona offers plenty of action any time of year, with a vibrant gay nightlife scene to rival any European capital. Barcelona also hosts one of Spain’s largest Pride Festivals, a fabulous celebration of diversity with a myriad of epic parties across the city. Don’t miss Circuit’s “Water Park Day,” always a crowd pleaser. Every August, some 100,000 people descend on Barcelona for Europe’s largest gay festival and ten days of riotous good times punctuated by themed dance parties and epic DJs. The Circuit Festival is a gay Spain classic and Barcelona must-do. Be sure to stop by Chiringuito BeGay while you’re there, a gay Barcelona institution serving up delicious drinks and beach bites.įor a gay party not soon forgotten, time your visit to Barcelona over one of its world-renowned festivals. For something a little quieter, Mar Bella is Barcelona’s clothing-optional gay beach. Start at Sant Miquel or Sant Sebastia Beach, both located near the iconic W Hotel (and just a stone’s throw from downtown Barcelona.) Due to their central location, these gay Barcelona beaches always attract a crowd, but that also means there are plenty of handsome, sun-kissed men around, too. People who exhibit gender variance may be called gender variant.We wouldn’t blame you for making a beeline straight to Barcelona’s 4.5km of scenic coastline. Gender variance, or gender nonconformity, is the behavior by an individual that does not match masculine and feminine gender norms. Gender Queer is an umbrella term for gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine - identities that are thus outside of the gender binary. Pansexuality, or omnisexuality, is sexual attraction, romantic love, or emotional attraction toward people of any sex or gender identity. Intersex is a variation in sex characteristics, including chromosomes that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female.Īsexuality (or non-sexuality) is the lack of sexual attraction to anyone.Īn Ally is a person who considers herself, himself as a friend to the LGBT community. The questioning(unsure) of one’s gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, or all three. However, some LGBTQIA people still find the term offensive. But, beginning in the late-80s, LGBTIQ activists began to reclaim the word. Queer was originally used as an insult against the LGBT community.
Queer is sometimes used as an umbrella term for the LGBT community, or people that are not heterosexual or cisgender (Cisgender people are people whose gender identity and expression match the sex they were assigned at birth.). Transgender people have a gender identity/expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth. It means a man is sexually/romantically attracted to men.Ī bi is sexually/romantically attracted to both women and men. It means a woman is sexually/romantically attracted to women.Ī gay is a homosexual man. What does LGBT/LGBTQ+/LGBTQIA+/LGBTTTQQIAA+ mean? LetterĪ lesbian is a homosexual woman.