Examples are: Jornadas alegres (1626; "Gay Trips") and Noches de placer (1631; "Nights of Pleasure").
More successful was Donovan's time as a celebrity tour guide, conducting all-gay trips in partnership with an outfit called Star Tours to Italy, China, Peru and other destinations.
There are several areas that cater to gay houseboating trips.
In promotional material, Atlantis, the largest American tour operator that caters to gays, described the trip as "unlike any Atlantis has ever offered".
President Barack Obama had been warned by African politicians and religious leaders to avoid the issue of gay rights during his trip to the continent, arguing that any pro-LGBT rights stance would be met with disapproval.
A zany and sometimes misleadingly goofy party of a book, The Dud Avocado is the story of American Sally Jay Goyce's trip to gay Paris (that's Par-eee) in the 1950s.
The producers hope that this select audience will be enchanted by the film's story of a gay Scottish hairdresser's trip to Las Vegas, and it will then sing the film's praises to customers trapped in the salon chair.Massed hairdressers are just one of the unorthodox tactics that the distributors of smaller films are resorting to in order to capture attention in an increasingly competitive market.
For one thing, he points out, trips for gay parents attract many people who are not gay parents.
The bloggers, hardly the politest bunch, were calling the gathering of former and present officials on Monday at the University of Oklahoma the "Ben-Gay forum" — a nostalgia trip for oldies trying to creak their way back into electoral relevance.
There were five of us in the group, three women and two men (one gay, one straight – the trips are open to all), and it was soon clear we were all there primarily to discover this beautiful city, secondly to enjoy the company of new people, and not necessarily for romance.
