Buenos Aires: South America's New Gay Mecca

Reuters ^ | Mar 7,2004 | Louise Egan

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Gay tango classes and same-sex unions may not be mentioned in every guidebook, but such attractions are turning Buenos Aires into a new South American mecca for gay travelers.

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[Predictable Article On The "Wonders" of Gay Culture Follows]

[John Lenin]

No, Long Beach. It is not safe to walk on that beach at night as I found out a few years ago. It was like the Twilight Zone. They get away with it because the police do nothing about it , I'm sure someone has complained about it already.

[Clemenza]

This native New Yorker will tell you that you shouldn't walk in Central Park at night. Not because of muggers (the NYPD actually does a good job at keeping them out), but because it turns into the world's largest all-male orgy and yes, they will attempt to get you to join in.

I spent MY nights hanging out in bars trying to pick up the fairer sex instead...

[John Lenin]

It's a protected activity in this area. Great place to raise a family, not !

[Dan from Michigan]

Have they ever heard of getting a room?

[gidget7]

Unbelievable, in this world, in this country. If hetero couples were acting like that they would be arrested for indecent behavior.

[John Lenin]

Yes, there is more to the gay marriage issue than meets the eye. The judges are doing this country a big dissrervice by thwarting the will of the people and if pushed far enough people are going to start pushing back. Do we allow children to change their sex by operation ?

[kalee]

Nope they'll face them head with on purses open. Money talks and Buenos Aries is a pretty poor place.
If you visit don't go off the beaten track.

[kalee]

My toddler son and I interrupted a lunchtime rendezvous at a park in Atlanta. We had taken lunch to the park on a pretty spring day before having a nap and certainly got an eyeful. It didn't make me sick just scared me especially when the hastily tried to get between me, my son and our car to ask about our lunch and how often we came there. We changed parks for our next outing. I don't care what two consenting adults do in their own homes, but I do care what they do in public.

[kalee]

I think you mean Argentina. Buenos Aires is in Argentina. :)

[conservlib]

Thank you for correcting me. My bad.