Walk this way! Sashay into gay history with a guided queer stroll. These walking tours leave no stone, nor pre-Stonewall locale, unturned.Istanbul (Gay Night Tour; 011-90-536-541-9492) Tour guide Mustafa K. takes visitors on a walk through the gay Taksim district, cramming in as many clubs, bars, and hamans (Turkish baths) as he can before the night is oven Washington, D.C. (Rainbow History Project; 202-907-9007) Take your pick among walking and driving tours of very gay Dupont Circle Dupont Circle is a traffic circle in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, P Street and 19th Street. , up-and coming gay Capitol Hill, or the soon-to-be possibly ex-gay Southeast neighborhoods (see adjacent story on this page). Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. (Gay Guide; 011-54-911-5328-0037) Seek out "a little bit of star quality" in the exclusive Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. Parque area, where the mansions of Argentine TV stars are located, then cruise down Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. Avenue, the gayest street in Argentina. Cruisin' the Castro (Trevor Hailey's Tours; 415-550-8110) From the gold rush of the 1850s to the gay rush of the 1970s, lesbian guide Trevor Hailey paints San Francisco history in Day-Glo brushstrokes. She's on hiatus from November to May. London and Gay Soho (Kairos Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment". The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. in Soho: 011-44-20-7437-6063) Walk a mile in the shoes of Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, and Derek Jarman. New Orleans (Roberts Batson's Gay HeritageTour; 504-945-6789) A French Quarter ramble through "the horrors, the hilarity, the homophobes, and the heroes" of New Orleans' gay history. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (New York Gallery Tours; 212-946-1548) Join other queer culture creatures for a gallery hop through the lofty lofts and grand galleries that comprise the Chelsea art universe. For Web links to the above tours, visit www.outtraveler.com. |
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