Gay black baranquilla, colombia

Our gay travel guide to Colombia includes top destinations to visit, gay highlights, gay Pride events, safety tips, parties, and more. And good riddance to it! Colombia has evolved to not only become one of the best and safest tourist destinations in all of South America, it has also become one of the most gay friendly. We spent 6 months travelling in Colombia during our big trip in Latin America , using Medellin and Bogota as a base.

By Soren Rivero. Well, we do it for good reasons. Bogotá is by far one of the most welcoming and exciting places to visit when you travel to Colombia. The city has an extremely popular gay scene as well, mainly due to the Chapinero gayborhood which is similar to Greenwich Village in New York City.

Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Despite its sordid history with the drugs cartels, Colombia has undergone a major transformation over the last 20 years. And although Catholicism is still strong here, Colombian society is often considered more tolerant compared to its neighbors because of the diversity within the population.

Local gay boy Jesus from Barranquilla gives us the lowdown about gay Colombia and what day-to-day life is like for the LGBTQ community of Colombia. Despite its sordid history with the cartels, Colombia has undergone a huge transformation to not only become one of the most gay friendly countries in Latin America, but in the world. Catholicism is still strong here and society is largely conservative, but despite this, gay marriage was legalized in April , with the first gay wedding taking place in Cali back in May In addition, Congress passed a law banning discrimination based on orientation in , adoption was legalized in and the right to change legal gender has been in place since