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Forget your high-school Spanish! Our growing gang of sexy phrasebooks serve up all the good stuff they never taught you en la escuela. Try 'em out! They're guaranteed to charm the pants off your foreign friends, or your money cheerfully refunded!

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Gay Spanish
for Love + Hookups


Impress ’em and bed ’em from Barcelona to Buenos Aires. Plus online cruising aaaaaaaaatranslator!

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The Gay Translator

Love and hookups in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, and English for your foreign friends! Need we say more?

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Gay Italian
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Ciao, bello! All the love, dating, & lingo you need for getting your man, online and in person.

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Gay German
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Schwul is cool! Impress and hook up online and off with all the right words and phrases.

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Gay French
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The language of love’s sexiest slang, from meeting online to closing the deal.

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Tell all your het friends about our upcoming Hot! phrasebooks for boy-girl hookups and dating in Spanish, French, Italian, German, and more! Why should we homos have all the fun?


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With our Hot! language guides for
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Let's face it: sex is spicier in Spanish. Fab in French. Inspiring in Italian. And just plain jammin' in German.

Lucky for you, our bed-shaking, pocket-size Hot! phrasebooks show you how to talk the talk, from pick-ups to break-ups -- and way beyond (sneak a peek inside the books by clicking on the red link under each title to your left).

Whether you're traveling tomorrow or just learning the lingo, now's the time to get your hands on the books Newsweek called "A universal language of love!"



Kudos to Germany’s New Gay Marketing Push!

GNTO montage

The only country in the world to, in another nightmarish lifetime, systematically murder homosexuals on a mass scale has in the last several generations become one of the gay friendliest. These days in Germany, even a relatively stuffy, conservative area like Bavaria can be home to a city like Munich, which as I noted here last year has a gay city council member and a boatload of cool queer stuff to do – even a gay hotel with bath house attached, fer cryin’ out loud. And let’s not even talk about Berlin, with its faggot mayor and anything-goes nightlife… (Well, OK, I’ll be doing that in ’09). ...

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12.19.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:21 pm
by Dave


Dave Does Montréal, Indeed

dave-does-montreal.jpg

Salut, dudes!As I pointed out in my May 4th post, Montreal is horny for gay business – but I didn’t realize quite how horny until I heard about the 45-second video ad recently launched online by Tourisme Montréal. A scruffy, longhaired, and totally cute dude – presumably the “Dave” of the title, and yes, I am at least as cute as he is — is standing on a distinguished street in front of a horsedrawn tourist buggy.  

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11.30.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:58 pm
by Dave


Congratulations, U.S.A. Screw You, Florida & California

Whew, what a relief – the United States (and the world) has been saved from a more or less continuation of the catastrophe of the last eight years; gained a historic milestone with its first black President-elect; made Congress less anti-gay; and chosen the less anti-gay presidential ticket, one that for the most part will not actively obstruct equal rights for all (though let’s not forget, Barack may have given us a shout-out in Grant Park, but both he and Biden oppose equal marriage rights). ...

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11.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:40 am
by Dave


The Mainstream Goes Gay:
Travel Wholesalers Start Offering “Comprehensive” GLBT Programs

Life Journeys logo

Damron Vacations logo

Even as lots of folks are cutting back on travel during these tougher economic times, there’s one group that has done so notably less: fags ’n’ dykes — for whatever reason, whether it’s because they’ve got more of the travel bug or just fewer family responsibilities. And increasingly, “mainstream” travel sellers are not only taking notice but jumping into the gay tourism market with downright gusto, finally graduating from token offerings to some real substance.

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11.3.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:33 pm
by Dave


Who Knew? Bogotá, Colombia is Cool, Safe — and Surprisingly Gay

La Candelaria street

Earlier this year I reported from the rollicking Carnaval in Barranquilla, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The country’s capital is another kettle of fish altogether – and as it turns out, a blast (er, hoot) to visit any time of year, not just at Carnaval time. ...

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10.18.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 1:18 pm
by Dave


Homos Dumped From Helicopters in Canada!

heli-skiing

Golly, I know the Tories in power up there now tend to be right-wingers, eh — but really

OK, actually this is about extreme sports, not extreme politics, and also shows the degree to which the gay travel industry is diversifying. Remember when it was enough for gay tour operators  to offer just a boys’ week in Rio or Provence, or a queer cruise of the Caribbean? Then in more recent years, the adventure travel market started going gay, and gay ski weeks became popular.

So OK, you poofter powderhounds, get ready for the next level...

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10.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:35 pm
by Dave


Edge Boston Magazine Loves “Gay French For Love & Hookups”

Hey, everybody! Before this month draws to a close I just wanted to mention the latest nice little mention of our books in the gay media. This time it was in A. Sebastian Fortino’s excellent multi-part look in Edge Boston at the surprisingly gay French city of Avignon (more drag queens per capita than Paris, apparently!), in Provence. In his nightlife segment, which ran Sept. 15, after several detailed reviews of local queer clubs with names like L’Esclave (“The Slave”), he nicely adds ...

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09.27.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 6:58 pm
by Dave


Hawaii: The Pacific’s Multi-Culti, Queer-Friendly Paradise

Big and Little Makena Beach in Maui

Aloha from my long, somewhat grueling flight home from Honolulu. But it’s been well worth even enduring Continental’s tender mercies, because I had an awesome time and learned a lot I hadn’t really fully realized about the United States’ most exotic state, way out in the middle of the Pacific. Living on the East Coast all my life, I’d never had a burning desire to make the long slog to Hawaii, because for island paradises, well, the Caribbean’s practically next door — and besides, I so wasn’t into the hokey lei-and-luau thing.

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09.14.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:47 pm
by Dave


Panama Hot: The Country With the Canal Has Its Queer Channels, Too

Panama City skyline from the Casco Viejo

Little Panama has managed to evolve into a pretty decent gay travel destination along with one of the hemisphere's "it" places in general. Besides the canal, there's eco/adventure tourism, beaches, history -- and a small but reasonably satisfying gay nightlife scene in the high-rise capital.

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08.25.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:46 am
by Dave


Holla Back! The Gay Translator Goes Cruising Online

The Gay Translator cover, second editionWe’ve had such great response to our seven-language Gay Translator phrasebook since introducing it this past spring that we decided to make the darn thing even better! So for all you frisky fellows who like to line up dates in your destinations ahead of time, our new revised edition adds the world’s first cyber-dictionary that covers most of what you need to know when trying to navegate dating sites sites such as Gay.com, Gaydar, GayRomeo, and Manhunt in countries like Brazil, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Morocco, and lots of others.

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08.13.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 5:34 pm
by Dave


Sitges, Spain: Tops For Euro-Gay Summer Play

Sitges church from beachIn June I posted enthusiastically about Barcelona, but I can’t let the peak summer vacation season slip by without mentioning its sandy, sexy little neighbor just 45 minutes down the coast of Catalonia. The resort of Sitges (pronouced “SEAT-jess”) is a picturesque former fishing village ...

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08.1.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:14 pm
by Dave


Switzerland’s Akut Acutely Admires The Gay Translator

Akut magazine coverGo tell it on the mountains! Word continues to spread in Europe about our frisky little phrasebooks, and our latest media fan is Zurich-based monthly Akut. Vielen dank, dudes! Check out what they had to say in last month’s issue about our seven-language phrasebook, published in German as Der Schwuler Übersetzer ...

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07.22.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:00 am
by Dave


Ah, Why Do I Still Love Italy?

Italian soldiers on paradeBy now you’ve probably heard the news from la bell’Italia yesterday (here as reported by the Associated Press):

“The Italian government was ordered to pay $160,000 to a gay man who received a driver’s license for the disabled after he volunteered information on his sexual orientation to military authorities, the man and a gay-rights group said Monday.”

(Sigh.) Che stronzata

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07.15.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 8:31 am
by Dave


Scandinavian Airlines Is Europe’s First to Go Gay

SAS plane flyingThe first European airline has joined the small but growing fraternity of fag-and-dyke-friendly carriers, and it’s not much of a surprise that it’s Scandinavian (aka SAS), a joint venture of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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07.12.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:34 pm
by Dave


Peking, Duck! The Gays Are Coming
(Oops, They’re Already Here)

gay China graphic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, the big day – 08/08/08 – is right around the corner, and if earthquakes, algae blooms, dissident roundups and brutal crackdowns in Tibet don’t faze you, maybe you’ve got a mind to see the Middle Kingdom for the Olympics. You might want to consider waiting, though – not only have hotel rates been massively jacked up, but the Commies in charge are locking down Peking (the actual English name for Beijing, by the way, still used by the British government and others) and both tightening visa requirements and in some cases making them pricier. So welcoming…

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07.3.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:58 am
by Dave


Norway Finally Makes Gays Equal Citizens. Time to Visit the Vikings!

Norway fjord with shipWhat with all the hullaballoo about California this past week, less noticed was the fact that on June 17 an entire country also finally pulled itself into the 21st century when its parliament made this the world’s sixth country to grant equal rights in terms of marriage and adoption – and while they were at it they tossed in the green light for dykes to get the ol’ turkey-baster treatment in medical facilities. Now, don’t get me wrong, Norway’s been pretty progressive for a long time – the head of Oslo’s city council is gay, and the country pioneered by passing gay rights legislation way back in 1981 and allowing civil unions in 1992 – but really, lately all that has seemed so 20th century. With this latest act of parliament, though, they’ve now got the full Monty, and just in time for Skeive Dager (Oslo Pride), June 20-29.

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06.22.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:35 am
by Dave


Gay Goodies Galore in Lyon, France’s Pig-Out Capital

Well, garçons and filles and combinations thereof, I just got back from a visit to one of France’s more underrated destinations, pretty impressed in every way. The country’s second-biggest city, a two-hour ride from Paris (not to mention a new direct flight from New York City on Delta), is a handsome bit of business straddling two rivers at the lower end of the Rhône Valley and loomed over by basilica-crowned Fourvière hill. Feel free to think of it as a smaller but also kinder, gentler (certainly friendlier) version of Paris, and one with a sweet selection of sights, culture, shopping, and – above all! – spots to chow down, more than 1,500 of ’em.

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06.11.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:20 pm
by Dave


Barcelona, Meu Amor

Barcelona Sagrada Familia¡Hola, amics! This time I’m comin’ atcha – finally! – from a place I consider my second home: Spain’s most interesting, popular, and arguably most dynamic urb. ...

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06.1.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 4:29 pm
by Dave


A Book Review: “Looking for Love in Faraway Places”

cover of Looking for Love in Faraway PlacesThis time I’m trying a little change of pace, because I picked up an interesting book not long ago. You know, I got into travel writing — and eventually this line of GayBabel phrasebooks — because travel has always, for me, be so damn seductive (and not just figuratively). You know how some people say travel makes you horny? Well, I’d also add that like a hot new lover, going someplace new and fascinating can make me feel like a brand new person and even (cliché alert:) give me a new lease on life.

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05.14.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 8:16 am
by Dave


Go Have a Ball in Montreal

Montreal Gay VillageNow that things are starting to warm up again weatherwise in the more northerly reaches of North America, it’s time to remind y’all that Canada is not only one of the more gay-friendly countries on the planet (despite being ruled at the moment by a mostly gay-unfriendly political party, the Tories, aka the Conservatives) but boasts some of its coolest and queerest cities.

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05.4.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:12 am
by Dave


GayBabel Phrasebooks Make Waves in Europe

Tetu magazine cover

Even as The Gay Translator, Gay Spanish for Love + Hookups, and the other GayBabel phrasebooks continue to rack up sales in North America, we’re also catching on in Europe, where in addition to the books we sell on this side of the pond we’ve also come out with local editions in French (Le Dico Gay), German (Der Schwule Übersetzer), and Spanish (El Traductor Gay), with the Italian Il Traduttore Gay on the way. ...

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04.26.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:28 pm
by Dave


Tempting Times in Gaynos – er, Buenos Aires

downtown Buenos Aires with obelisk

One of the world’s hottest homo hotspots right now, the capital of Argentina famously invented the original dirty dancing – the sexy, sultry tango – and in the beginning it was in fact commonly danced by men only in the city’s whorehouses. Well, dude-on-dude tangoing has made a comeback – in a slightly different context, see below – and its graceful moves and smoldering looks do a pretty good job of summing up the appeal of Buenos Aires.

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04.16.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 2:44 pm
by Dave


Attitude Hotels – The New “Gay Leading Hotels of the World” – Teams Up with GayBabel

Masia Casanova pool

Ever stayed in a “gay hotel” where the experience for one reason or another turned out to be less than fab? I’ll name no names, but it’s happened to me more than a couple of times. Let’s face it: for a long time, there was less competition, so gay innkeepers didn’t have to be good — it was enough to be gay, and so over the years, fags and dykes have put up with some pretty mediocre (sometimes downright dodgy) service and surroundings just for the privilege of “staying gay.”

That’s been changing, of course, but there’s still a lot of chaff among the wheat out there. Enter Pedro Castro, a tourism-industry pro – from Portugal, now based in Zurich – who has just launched the world’s first gay lodging brand. Starting with 30 small properties in 15 countries, Pedro’s Attitude Hotels’ seal of approval aims to guarantee travelin’ queers an experience that goes beyond merely gay to offer solid quality and value.

Come to think of it, scrap that “Leading Hotels of the World” comparison: Attitude does it better. Rather than handling only fancy-schmancy, stratospherically priced properties, it actually includes three categories, from pricey and upscale to good-quality budget digs, and you can examine and reserve all of them directly from the web site. Check out the list below, and for more details, log on to Attitude Hotels (the picture above, by the way, is of the Masia Casanova, near Spain’s gay-popular resort town of Sitges, just south of Barcelona).

And what’s all that got to do with us? Well, in the interest of helping guests put the beds in their lovely rooms to good use, Attitude and GayBabel have teamed up to publish a special Attitude Hotels edition of our seven-language Gay Translator, which obviously tickled Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (below) at Berlin’s recent ITB travel show, when Pedro presented the openly gay pol with his very own copy. Is that like cool, or what?

Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit gets a kick out of The Gay Translator at Attitude Hotels booth at ITB

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04.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 5:25 pm
by Dave


Introducing Our Crown Jewel:
The New 7-Language “Gay Translator”!

Gay Translator coverYo, big day for us here! You may already be familiar with our growing family of foreign-language phrasebooks for hooking up and getting laid, Gay Spanish (and Italian, and French,and German) for Love & Hookups.

But what if you could combine all of those sexy tongues, plus a couple more,  into one convenient book that can be used in more than 76 countries, colonies, and territories in every continent? That’s over a billion people, guys! Half of those are men, 10% are gay, who knows what percent are bi… you do the math! ...

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03.27.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:45 am
by Dave


In “Celtic Tiger” Ireland, It’s the Queerin’ of the Green

Blarney Castle Ireland

Happy St. Paddy’s Day, begayrah! In observance, here’s a few thoughts and notes re the country that in the 21st century has really put the “gay lick” into Gaelic, with several of its metro areas evolving into fun – even fairly hip – homo havens.

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03.17.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:55 pm
by Dave


Hooray, Spain Votes Pro-Gay! Say “Gracias” By Visiting — Fabulous Time Guaranteed

Spain tourism logo 2Whew, what a relief! Spaniards defeated the anti-gay right wing in elections and confirmed they agree with the governing Socialists on same-sex marriage and gay adoption. This pro-queer climate, plus the amazing historic sights, dining, beaches, and nightlife of this country, makes Spain a must-see for GL travelers looking for one of the best vacations of their lives. ...

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03.10.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:01 am
by Dave