#lgbtq-nightlife

#lgbtq-nightlife

The world's best cities for gay cruising have been revealed, and one UK city has unsurprisingly come out on top. The 2025 Global Gay Cruising Index, published by Erobella, scores cities out of a possible 40 points, with international metropolises being examined for how diverse and accessible their scenes are for spontaneous sexual encounters across four categories: gay saunas, cruising clubs, gay bars and public parks.

A few months after Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana in August 2005, Jenna Jordan went on a search for other queer women. She was looking for camaraderie with people like herself who had returned to New Orleans after the storm. Some neighborhoods with sizable gay populations such as the French Quarter were largely spared from flooding, but areas with queer people of color and lesbians, such as Mid-City, weren't as fortunate.