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rio de janeiro

Carnival, New Year’s, and Gay Pride: Event Calendar for Rio de Janeiro in 2016

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What days are best for gay travelers interested in Rio de Janeiro?  All 365 of them are fabulous, but three holidays: New Year’s, Carnival, and Gay Pride.

Scroll down for specific dates in 2016, travel tips, and events in the city.  Outside of the holidays, use the VamosGay Guide to Rio de Janeiro.  It has the best, most up-to-date listings for gay-friendly hotels, bars, restaurants, and adults-only fun in Rio!

New Year’s Day / Reveillon 2016

Thursday, December 31 – Friday, January 1
From the fireworks on Copacabana Beach to the city’s biggest gay after-party … Click here for the VamosGay Guide to New Year’s in Rio

Carnival 2016 in Rio, Salvador, and Florianópolis

Friday, February 5 – Wednesday, February 10
Three of the biggest Carnival destinations in Brazil are also three of the gay-friendliest.  Guides to all three cities are coming soon!  Follow VamosGay on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for the latest news.

Gay Pride 2016

Sunday, November 13, 2016
Every color of the arco-iris shines as the LGBT Pride Parade fills Rio de Janeiro.

Summer Olympics 2016

August 5 – 21, 2016
A guide for the many gay tourists who will be visiting the Cidade Maravilhosa!  Click to visit the VamosGay Guide to Olympics 2016 in Rio.

são paulo

São Paulo Gay Bars & Clubs

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South America’s biggest city knows how to party!  São Paulo has three major “gayborhoods” which make bar hopping possible, but not always easy.

Click below get a complete list of São Paulo’s gay bars and nightclubs

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Plus, navigating Gay Sao Paulo just got easier with the our Google Map.  Use it find bars, clubs, hotels, and restaurants, then click on any location to get the most up-to-date review from VamosGay.com!

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Photos and More on Facebook!

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Follow VamosGay on social media and get the latest updates and photos from Latin America (like the one above from Buenos Aires nightclub Amerika.)  Click any icon below to view our feeds and join us!

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AirBnB: A Gay Way to Stay in Latin America

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In 2008, the website created to help people list, find, and rent lodging has grown exponentially.  The comfort level of travelers to  rent from AirBnB continues to grow as well.

Unfortunately, the website does not provide an option to filter by the sexual orientation of the hosts.  It would be a useful feature for gay travelers, but would likely be a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.

For now, gay men looking to stay with a gay host have learned to search listings for clues.  Some hosts proudly display their same-sex partners by their side in their profile pics and list their apartments as joint ventures.  For other listings, the signs are more subtle: a Carmen Miranda poster, a stack of Reinaldo Arenas books, or maybe refrigerator magnet of Madonna. If your gaydar fails, you can have an equally good time with an open-minded straight guy or gal.

For travelers who have never tried AirBnB, click below to view some of the many excellent listings in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago Chile, and many more cities across Latin America.

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