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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Gay travel destination and gay communities

By: Andrew - Article Submitted on: 2008-06-29

Buenos Aires city is the most welcoming gay destination in the world.

Buenos Aires does not have the age-old gay infrastructures, neighbourhoods and communities or the vast commercialisation of homosexuals as do more established gay capital cities such as London or New York.

Being gay in Buenos Aires city does not become an all consuming part of your life.

When in Buenos Aires, you are you first, and gay if someone can be bothered to ask.

The city itself has a metro-sexual nature which is not always evident, but extends city life.

Apart from the promotion of the architecture and language, much of the hype about tourism in Buenos Aires could not be further from the truth. Buenos Aires is a modern metropolis, with a thriving business and cosmopolitan atmosphere that openly welcomes gays.

Argentineans generally have a much more enlightened view of homosexuality and since the mid-part of the XIX century, homosexual acts have been decriminalised giving gays in Buenos Aires a “get on with it” declaration
“It is the portenos (people of Buenos Aires port -pronounced por-ten-yos) that make Buenos Aires a fantastic city for inspired gay travel - I find gay portenos more sophisticated, cultured and friendly than their peers I have met in many other cities throughout the world, and they are so hopelessly romantic. I never spend long in a bar feeling isolated, gay portenos make an effort, they are fun, witty, a touch too serious at times, and love to have a good time or set the world to rights with lively discussion.” Proclaims Andrew McCance.

Andrew is currently involved in a web project that focuses on tourism in Buenos Aires. You can read more on Gay Buenos Aires and Andrew’s exploration and comments on the web at http://www.buenosairesstay.com/bastay/generico.php?carpeta=ing&fuente=gay-buenos-aires.htm

Some quick facts about Gay Buenos Aires:
- Gay Buenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina.
- The people of Argentina are known collectively as Argentinean or Argentine.
- The people of Buenos Aires are known as portenos (people of the port).
- The language spoken is Spanish.
- Argentina is the second largest country in South America.
- Argentina has a temperate climate.
- The country occupies a total area of 2,780,400 km2/1068,209 sq miles.
- The currency is Peso. 1 (ARG$) = 100 Centavos.
- The population of Argentina is 37, 500, 000.
- Over 7 million live in the city of Buenos Aires and nearly 14 million in the province.
- The Religion is just over 90% Catholic.
- Homosexuality is not a criminal offense.
- The constitution bans some forms of anti-gay discrimination.
- The age of consent is 18 years.
- Same sex civil unions have been legal in Argentina since 2003.

About BAStay.com

Buenos Aires Stay's was established in 2004 and operates the best-known and most well-respected accommodation and travel consultancy in Buenos Aires - BAStay ®. Their multi-lingual advisors and concierge work from 10h00 to 18h00 daily and 11h00 to 16h00 on Saturday (-3 GMT) to provide their clients well-researched local knowledge and one-to-one travel advice to ensure you have a fantastic stay in Buenos Aires.
http://www.bastay.com

About Andrew Rae McCance:

Andrew McCance, has travelled around the world at least three times and after a carreers in both international security and healthcare, he is currently living and working in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America on a number of web-based travel and tourism projects including www.bastay.com, www.buenosairesstay.com and www.southamericastay.com
Andrew can be reached:
Skype: andrew.rae.mccance
Tel: (005411) 48066025
Email: raemac@bastay.com

Article Source: http://articles.travelandtourisminfo.com

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