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Costa Rica: A Gay Paradise?

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Is This the Next Big LGBTQ+ Travel Destination?

Costa Rica is hoping to rethink what "gaycations" look like.

It used to be that there were a couple handfuls of LGBTQ+ friendly destinations scattered around the world—Palm Springs, Provincetown, Miami, and Greece immediately spring to mind. As the world continues to evolve its views around the gay community (though at a sloth’s pace) and more and more destinations become more queer-friendly, it begs the question, where to next?

Costa Rica is a scenic, semi-tropical oasis tucked near the bottom of Central America known for its superior surfing and organic coffee. But the country is attempting to put itself on the map as a hub for gay travel.

Gay marriage finally became legal in Costa Rica in 2020, making it the first Central American country to do so. A surprising feat, seeing that a poll conducted in 2014 showed that only 28.2% of Costa Ricans were in favor of same-sex marriage. But activists pushed for the same protections allowed for refugees and the poor to be extended to the gay community and successfully got President Luis Guillermo Solís to sign the legalization of gay marriage into law. While a national triumph, there is still work to be done on both the local and global levels to uplift and champion the LGBTQ+ community of Costa Rica.

Enter Julio Cesar, locally and lovingly known as Mr. Gay Costa Rica, titan of gay commerce and community in the country. Julio is President and Founder of Gay Costa Rica, a travel company focused on attracting the LGBTQ+ community to the country. He is also the Founder of the Gay Chamber of Commerce, a local collective of Costa Rican businesses with queer owners or owners focused on supporting the gay community.
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Re: Costa Rica: A Gay Paradise?

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By my observations, CR has long been a welcoming country to LGBT folks. I lived in Manuel Antonio and no one looked twice at gay couples entwined on the beach or dancing together in clubs.
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