gay travel

LoAnn Halden (she/her) is the VP of Communications for the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association, IGLTA. Their mission is to provide information and resources for LGBTQ+ travelers and expand LGBTQ+ tourism globally.

IGLTA, the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association, was founded in 1983 and is the world's leading network of LGBTQ+-welcoming tourism businesses. They provide free travel resources and information while continuously working to promote equality and safety within LGBTQ+ tourism worldwide.

IGLTA’s members include LGBTQ+-friendly accommodations, transport, destinations, service providers, travel advisors, tour operators, events and travel media located in over 80 countries.

LoAnn shares how the LGBTQ+ community as a whole has made progress over the past few decades and explains how the transgender community still faces major challenges, particularly in the tourism industry.

Their IGLTA Foundation works with tourism businesses and transgender community leaders to develop a plan for making tourism more welcoming for transgender travelers.

And LoAnn describes their new IGLTA Accredited program, created to serve the gold standard of assurance that travel brands are committed to promoting equality and safety for LGBTQ+ travelers.

LoAnn shares how meeting these standards ensures properties and travel organizations meet comprehensive criteria and evaluation process before being recognized as IGLTA Accredited™.

A must listen! Only on Speaking of Travel.

Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

🫢 前情提要：Previously on「為所慾為」，Maki 在台南旅行時巧遇一位在地“男友”與“主人”，兩人聚散兩依依，在一張賽車型號的床上留下數不清的愛的軌跡。👉  詳情請收聽「不持久閒聊12」

時隔兩月，這名叫 Hima 的男子竟然申請到了兩周公費旅行，真的按響了 Maki 家的門鈴再續前緣。也許是因為粗礦的身體和他散發著博愛與藝術家的氣息，初次出國的 Hima 在墨爾本遇到了讓我們瞠目結舌，聞所未聞的奇妙經歷！

走在嬉皮街區被路人帶回家賞葉吸花；在 Grindr 上遇到強勢的拉丁男子讓作為 top 的他花容失色打開雙腿；同志桑拿邂逅某國話癆男孩，隔壁房間的嗯嗯啊啊也蓋不過他們的現場聊天；在裸體酒吧猛灌自己三杯壯膽，轉天又在同樣的場地被 ginger daddy 投餵 popper 助興跳舞... 可以說是旅行雖短，但五臟俱全。

Hima 的行程由「為所慾為」貼心定制，作為地陪的 Maki 和 Andy 也借由這樣的機會以不同的視角重新審視和探索了各自生活多年的墨爾本。即使是每天走過的路，經過的店也出現了之前從未注意到的細節和驚喜。

有人說旅行是從自己活膩的地方去往別人活膩的地方，所以說大家彼此互通有無才能保持新鮮感。Life is good！

那麼來墨爾本旅行就要認準「為所慾為」呦~ （誤）

---
👀  你可以通過以下方式關注和支持「為所慾為」：

• 給 Andy 和 Maki 買一杯咖啡
• 在 Instagram (@wsyw_podcast) 直接與 Andy 互動
• 加入豆瓣小組認識更多有為酷兒
• 加入我們的 Telegram 群組
• 在 Apple Podcast 和 Spotify 給我們五星好評

📮 如果你也有讓人讚不絕口的故事，歡迎發郵件與我們分享：wsyw.podcast@gmail.com

安全性行為也請定期篩檢：墨爾本性防所網站 / 悉尼 -a[TEST] 篩檢機構

---
🎹 「為所慾為」主題曲由來自墨爾本的設計師及音樂家 Jacob Zinman-Jeanes 編寫與製作。歡迎通過 Instagram (@romancingthetones) 來追蹤他的音樂創作。

Our theme music is created by Jacob Zinman-Jeanes, a Melbourne based interaction and graphic designer, illustrator and musician. Check out his music on Instagram (@romancingthetones).

Part 2 out of 2 wonderful Straight-Friendly episodes about the special field of LGBTQ+ tourism! Last episode was fascinating, and we are eager to share with you the next one!

This time we get into the nitty-gritty. After years of gender-normative treatment such as asking the guy for the couple’s order, how should one teach a cruise staff to treat LGBTQ+ customers? Michael and Ed tackle some tough questions about gay travel. Picture this: a legally married gay couple and their two adopted kids jet off to a dream vacation abroad. But uh-oh, the country they visit criminalizes homosexuality. What happens to their legal status? And if one of them ends up in the hospital can his partner visit him? It's a maze of legalities and love, and they're here to navigate it all.

So join Straight-Friendly for an enlightening and exciting exploration of LGBTQ+ tourism. From the challenges faced by travelers to the triumphs of personal reinvention, this episode is guaranteed to leave you inspired and ready to embark on your own travel adventures.

Gareth and Ming catch up for July. Gareth just returned from Australia, going back to their "favourite" city, Perth. Ming gives a recap of his weekend that was, Polopalooza. Gareth and Ming talk all things monkey pox and syphillus and wrap up with some quick fire LooseLips questions.

Remember to download the Looselips app and follow Ming and Gareth.

Follow Ming on Instagram @heymingaling

Follow Gareth on Twitter @gtvlondon

Misterb&b, like many great start-up concepts, was born out of necessity. Founder and entrepreneur Matthieu Jost sat down with me for an interview and revealed the upsetting homophobic incident that spurred the idea for his company. 

In a nutshell, a few years back, Jost and his partner applied as guests at a short-term rental in Barcelona during a trip to Spain. However, they were quickly turned down after the owner realized they were gay. 

They found new lodging in the Catalan capital, but the experience was still painful and disappointing. It got him thinking about what he could do to ensure LGBTQ travelers could find welcoming accommodations all around the world despite their sexual orientation.

The ordeal led him to carve out a long-overdue category in the travel industry with his brand emerging as one of the top travel resources for the LGBTQ community.

Have a listen to my discussion with Matthieu/  Read the interview at Instinct Magazine and book your next great Gaycation through Misterbandb!  

We're back again after an unintentional, illness-induced break! Our guest this week is Kiet Thai, who has 20 years of experience in the motion design industry working with clients like Bravo, Disney Channel, ESPN, Discovery Channel, WE tv, Food Network, AMC, Oxygen, Fearnet, GSN, NBC, and OWN.  He's won a Cable Faxie as well as a PromaxBDA award for his work. As a photographer, Kiet has toured with Marc Anthony, shoots commercial work for various entertainment clients, and is a contributor to iStock and Getty Images. He's lived in  Costa Rica and Madrid, teaching English and learning Spanish, and has a YouTube channel for his travel vlogs. He returned back to the US in 2020 and currently works in both motion graphics and photography.

We talk with Kiet about meditation,  growing up and coming out in a small town in North Carolina, working in LA and New York, touring with Marc Anthony, traveling and teaching English as a second language, and making videos.

Show links:
Kiet Thai's portfolio: http://www.studiokiet.com
Follow Kiet in Instagram: http://www.studiokiet.com
Kiet's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/studiokiet

Show music by Jason Rivera and vocals by Renessa Ciampa
Follow us on Instagram @thequeercreativepodcast and on Twitter @creativequeer

Homophobia in the Caribbean is still a very real thing despite the many  advances we have experienced in the United States in recent years.   Yet as recent as two weeks ago, at the Sonesta Beach Ocean Point resort in St. Maarten, Mike and his partner Eric experienced discrimination and homophobia, the result of interacting with other gay guests staying on the property while poolside.  Accused of sneaking in others using non-existent video footage as proof, Mike and Eric had to defend themselves in the lobby of the Sonesta Resort to the dismay of others, while facing an additional $800+ in charges.  Sadly, this isn't the first time Mike and Eric have experienced homophobic discrimination in the Caribbean, and during this episode, gay travelers are encouraged to research their Caribbean destinations prior to booking.   Mike discusses this ongoing concern with 20 cruises under his belt as avid oceanic traveler.  With important information for anyone that identifies as members of the LGBTQ+ community, this episode is a must listen if you're planning a vacation to this beautiful, but potentially dangerous part of the globe.

Open Relationship and ready to mingle! Ren opens up about his origin story as a young boy born in the Philipines and raised in Ontario and the Philippines? Ren's life story is a complicated mess. Regardless, he ends up in my studio where we discuss hitting on blind passengers, stretched vaginas, and instructing new FAs a year in. I had a blast with Ren and I'm sure you will too.

Enjoy!

Maro Cosmetics

76 Galley IG

Ren IG

Join me as I relish in an unexpected encounter in Mexico. While my last episode was about creating bubbles of safe isolation, the Universe granted me a set of experiences here on my visit to my ancestral land of Merida, that has filled me with connection and legacy. Listen in as I share my story of meeting distant relatives and how this has filled me with a sense of resolution I did not know I could feel. It is a magic adventure into the light at my roots. Come with me, there is day of the dead bread and you’ll find out what a “Marquesita” is.

CollageDream.com 

@Artengineer 

@stuconpodcast 

This week we tackle some key issues. Bobby jokingly asks Jim if he wants to have a pussy and learns that being trans or presenting a certain way does not put you in any box or label. We then go right into the Cincinnati Reds announcer, Thom Brennan, speaking on a hot mic about how Kansas City is the " one of the fag capitals of the world". Jim opens up about why the word triggers him but also how to spin it back and not allowing the word to hurt him. This week also is about Gay travel and what we feel about it. Bobby gets really anxious and Jim fights to feel "normal" by suggesting that going on all gay vacations is a good thing. We also do the much anticipated much loved (on patreon) rapid fire.

***Note: This week has a lot of hot topics and a lot of words that some people will find offensive. We use some words like pussy and dick to be funny but we also use the word Fag and Faggot to laugh and learn instead of let it continue to hurt us. We are all love and please feel free to reach out to us if you feel something we said was out of line***


Some Topics:

Bobby's Edible Problem
Having private parts that are different than what we present
Britney Spears
Jamie Spears
Baseball
Fox Sports Ohio
Kansas City
Slurs
Poor apologies
High School
Being the Gay kid and always waiting to be called a fag
Straight girlfriends protecting us
Gay Travel
Boys Town
Chicago
Boston
Costa Rica
Fear
Holding Hands
PDA
Rapid Fire


For more exclusive material, video's, extra content, see our patreon. www.patreon.com/shesnotdoingsowell

Follow us on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/shesnotdoingsowell/

Go to our website and buy our merch

http://www.shesnotdoingsowell.com

Please share with your friends and make sure you rate and subscribe! 

As always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week

Instagram
Twitter
Bobby's Only Fans

Help us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe


#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell