Birds do it… bees do it… even gay folks in Palm Springs do it! So if you and the love of your life are ready to do it, i.e., commit yourselves to lifetime of wedded bliss, Palm Springs is the perfect setting for your perfect day. As one of the first destinations to focus its efforts on attracting the gay traveler, Palm Springs has always opened its loving arms to the GLBT community.
An Australian mining town extends an invitation to less attractive women; Malaysia tries to shut Avril LaVigne down for being ‘too sexy’; Manholes go missing in Texas; A Swedish woman tries to sell her apartment with her stepdad still in it; and Italian towns go crazy with a new list of bans against everything from lying in the park to giving a lover a kiss goodbye in a car!
The New York Observer has called his one-man show Ryan Raftery & Friends: A SOLO ACT 'hilarious!' and Christopher Ciccone described the budding star as 'Dietrich... with balls.' Live from New York, Ryan Raftery recently chatted with GayWired.com about a few of his favorite places around the globe. And true to the spirit of his one-man show, he is as outrageous as ever.
Set about 500 miles east of the Philippines in the tropics of Micronesia, Palau, with its expansive coral reefs and pristine waters is among the top, off the beaten path, diving locales in the world. It was one of Jacques Cousteau’s favorite places and is often referred to as the place where 'The Rainbow Ends.' [more]
A dwarf causes big problems at a Swedish airport; a Georgia town invests in strip joint instead of paying its bills; an unfortunate gambler in Atlantic City learns about the returns of personal hygiene the hard way; and, with the Olympics approaching, China tells airlines to get their passengers in check… or else (and I think we all know what that means). [more]
Hong Kongers are forever eating, shopping, moving through the city's myriad of malls. Tubes and tunnels, escalators and shopping, heat and moisture, Hong Kong is strongly vaginal. It’s fertile terrain for lesbians and bisexuals. An American girl in China checks out the lesbian social club Les Peches' queer party night for the ladies! [more]
Seattle wants you to buy its crap; A bunch of fat guys purporting to be Santa Claus converge on Copenhagen; Rome gets tough on snacking; Northern Italy is over mushu and gyros; Lesbians get to keep Lesbos and farmer takes a swipe at Lady Liberty in a field in Northern England. [more]
Her new single may be titled 'Frozen' but I would dare anyone to use that term to describe red-hot, up and coming pop sensation Tami Chynn. From her home in Kingston, Jamaica, the girlishly introspective Chynn talked about her new album Primadonna, her Caribbean birthplace, food, sleep and her feelings about Jamaica's homophobic image. [more]
Oaxaca (wa-HAW-ka), the capital of one of Mexico’s southernmost states of the same name, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site boasting world renownedcuisine, an impressive array of galleries, museums and colonial churches, a plethora of pre-Hispanic ruins, colorful marketplaces, fascinating craft villages, as well as more off-the-beaten-track sights. [more]
Playboy bunny Bridget Marquardt gets paid to go show off her goodies on the world's beach for The Travel Channel; A Minnesota town gets a really, really funny new name; A baby-making music festival featuring Tim McGraw ignites a pregnancy boom in Colorado and a gourmet culinary adventure at 115 feet. [more]
Critics have called him everything from ‘pretty fucking fantastic’ to ‘obnoxious... and wonderful.' Dance diva Billie Ray Martin has already dubbed him a ‘future superstar’. So it goes without saying that debut artist Naommon is one to watch with eyes wide open. Here the Paris to Harlem transplant tells GayWired.com about his sound, his influences, and taking a bite out of the Big Apple. [more]
A once unfriendly place for gay and lesbian travelers, Dublin has in recent years undergone a rainbow of changes. From its monuments to Oscar Wilde and swirl of new gay nightpots to its expansive parks and gay owned B&B's, there's something gay in the air in Dublin and I'm not talking shamrocks either. [more]
It’s hot in Palm Springs in the summer, no doubt. It’s hot in a lot of cities during the summer; hot and humid in many places. If you stay home, your air conditioning bill is outrageous, traffic is unbearable, and crankiness abounds. Planning a vacation to a cooler destination is attractive but often (oh so) expensive. How about this year rather than trying to beat the heat—embrace it! [more]
