Gay Spain Guide.



Gay Spain Guide - 2009

Gay Guide to Spain

Intro to Spain's gay scene

July 2009 - Welcome to GayIberia.com

The only gay guide to Spain that's updated DAILY
You may not always notice it, but more info is being added and improvements are being made to this guide every single day! We won't win any awards for design, there's no flash and no bells & whistles, but what you will find is lots of accurate, right-up-to-date info, and that is after all what you're here for, isn't it? We can guarantee you that this is the most accurate gay guide to Spain that exists, either online or offline.

We list every gay place. We don't just list places we favour or that advertise with us. If it's gay and it's in Spain, we've got it listed! It's very hard to keep up with everything in every town, so your help is always welcome. If you see anything that needs correcting or know of something we don't have listed, please drop us a line.

To be gay in Spain is not an issue. There is no sexual discrimination. Gay folk have the same rights as straight folk. All of the major cities have thriving gay scenes and Sitges is one of the most unique towns on Earth, where gay and straight mix everywhere. You'll see guys kissing in straight bars & walking down the street hand in hand. It is in fact a text book example of how we can all live together in harmony. Barcelona is also one of the most gay friendly cities in the world, as well as being one of the most stunning in terms of architecture and is now considered to be the new gay capitol of Europe, taking the title from Amsterdam. Madrid, Spain's capitol city has a raunchy gay scene with many sex bars. Nudity is legal everywhere and sex between consenting adults is legal almost everywhere.

Welcome to the country with the most liberal nudity and sex laws on Earth - Wonderful, liberal Gay Spain!

NEWS HEADLINES

SPAIN'S TOP ATTRACTIONS

SPAIN'S TOP EVENTS IN 2009

The Main 5 Gay Destinations in Spain

Gay Sitges. The Gay Jewel of the Mediterranean. A beautiful seaside town. Classy gay bar/restaurant/beach scene.

Gay Barcelona. One of the world's most beautiful cities. Old & new architecture that is out of this world and guys that are heaven sent.

Gay Madrid. A thriving, raunchy gay scene in Spain's capitol city.

Gay Gran Canaria. Perfect weather all year round and a big, camp gay scene.

Gay Torremolinos. Fish 'n' Chips in the sun.

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Gay Alicante. Amidst the lemon groves. A real hidden gay gem. The scene is heaving!

Gay Almeria. Very typical Spanish town in Andalusia.

Gay Benidorm. Club 18-30 land = Lots of young 'straight' men escaping to the gay bars!

Gay Bilbao. Capitol town of the Basque Country and home to the spectacular Guggenheim museum.

Gay Cadiz. Spain's port to the world.

Gay Elche. Town of 300,000 palm trees and 1,000 shoe manufacturers.

Gay Fuengirola.

Gay Gijon.

Gay Granada. University town in the Sierra Navada mountain range, with a strong Moorish influence.

Gay Ibiza. For party animals. Has the world's largest disco.

Gay Malaga. A surprisingly small scene for a city of it's size.

Gay Marbella. Spain's playground for the rich & famous, corrupted & straight!

Gay Murcia. An area of Spain, which has retained much of it's Spanish charm.

Gay Oviedo.

Gay Palma de Mallorca.

Gay San Sebastian. On the north coast. One of the most beautiful areas of Spain.

Gay Saragossa.

Gay Seville. The real Spain.

Gay Torrevieja.

Gay Valencia. A mix of ancient and very futeristic architecture.

Gay Vigo.

For the girls. (The butch ones!) :-)

Other destinations in Iberia

Gay Gibraltar.

Gay Lisbon. Historical capitol city of Portugal.

Rest of the world

Gay city guides.

Spain News

The Gay Jewel of the Mediterranean -.Sitges.

Vitoria
July 3rd.
Massive hailstorm hits Vitoria in northern Spain.
A massive hail storm damaged hundreds of vehicles in the western part of the Basque capital, Vitoria, on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by a sudden 20 degree drop in temperature. There was flooding in the streets as traffic came to a standstill, and the city’s Mayor, Patxi Lazcoz, said hundreds of families were affected. Público reports 16 litres of hail per square metre. The Mayor announced the following day that he will apply to the Tax Ministry for the city to be declared a catastrophic area. Elsewhere in Spain, the high temperatures are set to continue for the rest of the week, with much of the eastern part of the country on yellow alert. The orange alert continues in Jaén, where temperatures have reached 40 degrees this week.

SITGES
GAY PRIDE
JULY 9th. 10th. 11th.
2010

Sitges
July 2nd.
1st ever Gay Pride in Sitges.
The dates for the first ever Gay Pride to be held in Sitges, Barcelona have been released. The even will be held on the 9th, 10th & 11th of July 2010.

See GaySitges.com for details.

Alicante
July 1st.
Michael Jackson's brother to honour the Jackson Five in Alicante.
Michael Jackson’s brother, Toriano, or Tito, is to give a concert in honour to The Jackson Five in the Teatro Principal in Alicante on July 17 as part of the Músicas del Mundo festival organised by the City Hall. Municipal sources confirmed the date to the EFE news agency and say that Tito will be backed by the ‘Motown 4 Real’ band, based on the Jack Ashford Band, as part of their European tour.

Malaga
June 30th.
Jack Pierson at the CAC in Málaga.
United States artist, Jack Pierson, who is from Massachusetts, but who lives and works in New York, has his first solo exhibition of his sculptures at the Contemporary Arts Centre, CAC, in Málaga. The artist who is best known for his photography associated with the post Stonewall gay movement in the United States, says that his work represents the grand subjects of life, love, sadness, longing, memory and mortality. His works in plastic, wood, glass, metal and neon are often abstract and can be seen at the CAC until September 27. Free entry.

Barcelona
June 29th.
Pride Barcelona.
An estimated 50,000 turned out for Barcelona's first Gay Pride Parade yesterday. We were there with a float advertising GaySitges.com with the super stud Sergio for the boys and Super sexy Maria for the girls. Everything went perfectly, though the one comment we've heard from several people is that it went a bit too fast, only lasting 2 hours.

Spain
June 28th.
Government U turn on beach Chiringuito restaurants.
The Ministry for the Environment has completed an about turn and announced that Chiringuito beach bar restaurants are to be allowed to remain on the sand in Spain.
Only those where a move is easily possible off the sand will do so, and then only if the owner is in agreement. It’s a new concession on the part of central Government who had announced plans to impose the 18 year old Ley de Costas, Coastal Law, which indicated that all the beach was public land and the restaurants should therefore move off it.

Spain
June 27th.
Carrefour eliminates the plastic bag.
The French owned Hypermarket chain is the first company to do so in Spain. Hypermarket chain Carrefour has decided to eliminate all plastic bags from their stores, and becomes the first large company to do so in Spain. The removal of the bags will be made gradually, and during the change over shoppers will be given a reusable raffia bag. It’s been estimated that a single shopper who uses a reusable bag, saves more than 18,000 throwaway bags over their life. In Spain the average use of plastic bags per resident is 238 a year. These bags take 400 years to decompose and only 10% of them are ever recycled.

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Gay Iberia = The land mass comprised of Gay Spain, Gay Andorra, Gay Portugal & Gay Gibraltar.

Bordered to the north by the Pyrenean mountains and to the south by the ~~Straits~~ Gays of Gibraltar.

Your ideas, suggestions, comments and especially help with any missing info is always very welcome.
If you know of any gay bars in any towns we don't have listed, please tell us. We'll add the town.

Cover photos: 1. Horny Bull. 2. Gay Pride Day in Madrid: As is often the case in Spain, he's holding the rainbow flag upside down.

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