Splash into OutTraveler's favorite scuba sites outside the mainland U.S., where a gay-friendly scene beckons on both land and sea.
Sundance 2009
Party Park City-style
By GT McCallen, OutTraveler.com
Sundance, the fairy godfather of independent film festivals, hits the streets and screens of Utah's Park City, January 15-25, 2009, for its 25th year. While the festival itself is known as being a springboard for gay and lesbian filmmakers, there's been an extra bounce to the step of the creative community since 2004 when Queer Lounge (608 Main Street) launched.
Travel columnist Jimmy Im discovers cenotes and jungle-deep spas in Mexico, along the way blending a taste of luxury with a genuine spirit of adventure.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- with the help of green friends like Wicked witch Elphaba -- launched the 'Broadway Goes Green' initiative Tuesday that includes plans to use energy-saving bulbs and recycle stage sets. The aim of the campaign is to reduce Broadway's carbon footprint, a measure of greenhouse gases produced by human activity.
Our sister magazine, Out Traveler, just released the results of its fourth annual Readers' Choice Awards. The editors asked readers to offer up their favorite places to vacation, international airlines to fly, gay pride events to attend, and more and then ordered the top responses using a gold, silver, and bronze ranking system. Now that fall is here and winter is right around the corner we figured it's the perfect time to feature the top Gay Winter Events category and its winners -- as chosen by Out Traveler readers -- so you can get busy booking your snowy getaways.
Two months after Congress voted to repeal the ban on HIV-positive travelers to the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced it will issue regulations which purport to 'streamline' the waiver application process for HIV-positive short-term visitors. The move comes nearly two years after the agency was directed to streamline the process and fails to follow Congress’ mandate to end the ban.
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