And come us queers have, in droves for the nightlife, the food, the posh hotels, and warm Southern climate. New Orleans wants everyone to know whether your a leather daddy, twink drag queen, butch lesbian or trans you can come, enjoy, and be accepted as you are. When it comes to queer festivals, the gay community here also knows how to party with Southern Decadence, Gay Easter, and Halloween, all being wildly popular. You’re also free to take your cocktail with you as you wander the streets, as long as it’s in a plastic container – so bar-hopping is not only popular but actively encouraged. Queers and straights share the infamous Bourbon Street, although the LGBT crowd gravitates toward the northern end, with a host of bars and clubs serving up something for everyone. A city that doesn’t sleep thanks to fabled French Quarter, which never closes, New Orleans also boasts a laid-back attitude to sex and voluptuary parties every night regardless of whether it’s Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Halloween or a regular Tuesday. Here music, art, history, food, and people of different ethnicities, nationalities, and sexual orientations all commix and coalesce into creating something unique. Regardless of who you and or who you love, this is one place where you can just be -and is like no other destination on Earth. For over 300 years, Gay New Orleans has been a nexus for everything decadent and alive.
