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gay texan

(3,253 posts) Mon May 30, 2022, 05:39 PM May 2022

So, this summer, i want to take my first ever "Gaycation"

So here's the challenge:

I live in the West Texas area, let's say Lubbock. I'll be on a motorcycle. I want to be out of this state. I have 9 days of vacay saved up and i can cover roughly 500-600 miles a day on two wheels. I want to mingle and hang out with other LGBT people, or in other words let my guard down for a while. So, where should one go?

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So, this summer, i want to take my first ever "Gaycation" (Original Post) gay texan May 2022 OP

New Orleans? CurtEastPoint May 2022 #1

ok, cool gay texan May 2022 #2

plus I"m sure you will encounter brethren/sistren on the coast in MS? CurtEastPoint May 2022 #3

I know virtually nothing about Mississippi gay texan May 2022 #4

Thank you for the suggestions BTW! n/t gay texan May 2022 #5

Check out where the Pride Festivals are during your time of vacay, then go to one of them RicROC May 2022 #6

dore alley and folsom st folsom street fair .check websites . sf ca have events . AllaN01Bear May 2022 #11

I've heard Gatlinburg is nice in summer. Cracklin Charlie May 2022 #7

OR! If it's not too far, Palm Springs, CA is a great place and very gay. CurtEastPoint May 2022 #8

I think you would enjoy Provincetown, if not this time, then sometime soon. Tomconroy May 2022 #9

use google djtexas May 2022 #10

There's a neighborhood in Chicago that you might want to check out. ShazzieB May 2022 #12

San Diego is awesome sdfernando May 2022 #13

CurtEastPoint

(20,098 posts)

1. New Orleans?

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 05:40 PM

May 2022

gay texan

(3,253 posts)

2. ok, cool

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon May 30, 2022, 05:41 PM

May 2022

doable!

CurtEastPoint

(20,098 posts)

3. plus I"m sure you will encounter brethren/sistren on the coast in MS?

Reply to gay texan (Reply #2)

Mon May 30, 2022, 05:46 PM

May 2022

gay texan

(3,253 posts)

4. I know virtually nothing about Mississippi

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #3)

Mon May 30, 2022, 05:52 PM

May 2022

I went to Jackson on a business trip many, many, many, years ago. It was "meh"

gay texan

(3,253 posts)

5. Thank you for the suggestions BTW! n/t

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #3)

Mon May 30, 2022, 05:53 PM

May 2022

RicROC

(1,249 posts)

6. Check out where the Pride Festivals are during your time of vacay, then go to one of them

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 06:07 PM

May 2022

But my pick to let your guard down, go to Provincetown, MA.

Wilton Manors, FL
Key West, FL
Castro St., San Francisco, CA
Atlanta, GA
a long trip to Montreal, Quebec, but that city blocks off an entire street for the whole summer in the gay district.
Palm Springs, CA

AllaN01Bear

(29,805 posts)

11. dore alley and folsom st folsom street fair .check websites . sf ca have events .

Reply to RicROC (Reply #6)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:47 PM

May 2022

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

7. I've heard Gatlinburg is nice in summer.

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 06:38 PM

May 2022

Is that too far away?

CurtEastPoint

(20,098 posts)

8. OR! If it's not too far, Palm Springs, CA is a great place and very gay.

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 06:49 PM

May 2022

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)

9. I think you would enjoy Provincetown, if not this time, then sometime soon.

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:23 PM

May 2022

djtexas

(38 posts)

10. use google

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:43 PM

May 2022

google gay biker groups

Are you just looking to be around people like you or a specific place?

ShazzieB

(22,883 posts)

12. There's a neighborhood in Chicago that you might want to check out.

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:50 PM

May 2022

Northalsted (formerly Boystown, but its nickname was recently changed in the spirit of greater inclusiveness) is supposedly the oldest officially recognized gay neighborhood in the U.S. It's loaded with LGBTQ owned businesses, gay bars, and fun places to shop. If you decide to come this far north, I think you'd enjoy it.

sdfernando

(6,108 posts)

13. San Diego is awesome

Reply to gay texan (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:53 PM

May 2022

Hillcrest (where I live) is the gay neighborhood. Our Pride is not until July though. Still lots to do. Plenty of clubs and bars…we even have a nude beach if you’re into really hangin out. LOL.

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