The 32 Best Gay Bars in America
When we gathered over Zoom to plan stories about LGBTQ+ lives, Esquire’s Market Editor Alfonso Fernandez Navas said something so profound and significant that we will quote it in full: “Can we, like, have fun?”…
7 Queer Friendly Beaches For You And Your Family
The beach is a great place to relax with a book (not so much if you have young kids—sorry) and keep cool during the summer heat. Since COVID-19 is still very much a threat, staying outside is…
14 of the Coolest Queer-Friendly Hotels in the US
When it’s time to map out your next trip, obviously you want to find a hotel where you’ll feel not only safe, but celebrated. Across the country, numerous hotel chains and independent brands…
Gay Bars Around The World Facing Collapse Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
From pulsating gay super clubs to basement drag cabarets and dimly-lit lesbian bars, the new coronavirus has shuttered LGBT+ nightlife venues worldwide, with some already forced to close permanently while others are scrambling…
My Queer Experience at a Resort Designed for Straight Couples
It was on a family trip to San Francisco, in my early tweens, that I saw what I recognized to be a real, true to life lesbian for the first time. Two, actually. I…
Top Places for LGBTQ Folks to Live—and It’s Not Just New York and San Francisco
As jubilant pride celebrations take place across the nation, major cities are rolling out the welcome mat with rainbow flags flying proudly from streetlights. This is the big one: the 50th anniversary of…
Pride Is Typically Celebrated In June. So Why Is Austin’s ‘Official’ Parade In August?
Cities across the world are celebrating Pride this month with parades and events to honor the queer and trans activists who put their lives on the line for gay liberation during the Stonewall…
Where to celebrate Pride Month 2019 in Austin
You are perfect just the way you are. Let’s make some noise about it, yeah? Americans celebrate LGBT Pride Month every June, commemorating the 1969 uprising at New York City’s Stonewall Inn, which…
The 50 Most Popular Gay Bars in the United States
The ingredients for the perfect gay bar are not as obvious as the ingredients for a perfect cocktail. The best bars mix ambience, a frisson of energy, and the right vibes. But there’s…
This Austin Party Made Space for Local Queer Voices
The LGBTQ community of Austin is “family-like,” says performer and makeup artist Belladonna, who’s become a local fixture in a small scene of queers making space for themselves outside the cis gay heteronormativity of Texas’ capital….