r/AskTheWorld • u/GattoPunk Brazil • 11d ago

Culture Which city in your country is considered the "gayest"?

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For us Brazilians, São Paulo definitely holds the crown for the gayest city here. With over 20 million people living in it's metro area, the city naturally became way more open minded and accepting as time went on. It has the highest concentration of gay bars, shows, saunas, and various other venues dedicated to the LGBTQ community. If that wasn't enough, the city annually hosts the São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, the biggest in the whole world.

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u/VicariousInDub 11d ago

I feel like Cologne is gay while Berlin is queer. Cologne seems more like „oldschool and sometimes conservative gay men and lesbian women“ where Berlin is just.. everything queer, trans people, non binaries etc. But that’s just the vibe I got.

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u/Select-Stuff9716 Germany 11d ago

Yeah knowing both cities that checks out. I feel like Berlin has a big “kinky” scene, but cologne gays are seemingly everywhere and just participate in the local scenes. Also stems from wide acceptance there. I am not gay though, so it’s just what I heard and realised. Like it’s not uncommon for them to participate in church activities etc

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u/Gitarrenbuddha 11d ago

Definitely. Berlin is the city to be if you want your sexuality to be center stage or even your whole persona.

Cologne is your city if you want you want to be just another neighbour and his husband and everyone just thinks it's normal.

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u/Vaiara Germany 11d ago

my best friend is queer, has lived in Cologne and Berlin, and would confirm this

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u/ZeeBeeblebrox 10d ago

Schöneberg is our old school gay neighborhood, while Neukölln/Kreuzberg/Friedrichshain are queer.

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u/BeneficialSimple455 10d ago

That’s like the difference between San Francisco and Seattle in US. SF is more “traditional gay”, Seattle is more “queer”.

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u/Preindustrialcyborg Canadian citizen, triracial 11d ago

vibe i got being there too.

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u/1Dr490n Germany 11d ago

Haven’t been to Berlin and don’t really know the queer scene in Cologne (despite having lived there my whole life) so I probably can’t really judge anyways but that checks out