Hello,
Looking for LGBTQ friendly countries that have decent left leaning people, good food, fun scene, nature, entertainment, quality of life. My wife (35F) & I (33F) are looking for recommendations. We have a sizeable nest egg, enough to move to almost anywhere & nice passive income. We would prefer to get a golden visa or something similar to get PR in that country but would need to keep our USC. We don’t need to work and our passive income will be coming in from the US. We will also keep our US residencies and go back annually. We are of eastern asian decent speak a few languages each. Not looking to work at other countries and can pay for healthcare in new country. We could also purchase in this new place so finding housing would be easier. We do travel a lot and would prefer a country we don’t have to be there most of the year. We like western countries or first world countries but are open to others. Thank you in advance.
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“We do travel a lot and would prefer a country we don’t have to be there most of the year.”
Looking for a country we don’t have to live in.
EDIT: Happy Cake Day, Did you sign up today just to post this??
I second London for ease of travel back home. We moved abroad with the intention of going back home regularly… but it’s just too much time and energy to want to do it often (Greece to west coast). If you like warm weather I’d also consider some Caribbean islands. I lived on one (that absolutely does not fit your other criteria) and there was a small lgbtq culture in the locals, and I had some same sex hookups with other expats- so they aren’t as backwards as ppl make them out to seem.
Ahh the joy of having a good passive income. Move to Lisbon.
Yes, the political and social environment is great! Never the city has been so safe…
I’m straight but I have a lot of LGBT friends and have lived in a few different countries so I’m going to say: London or Madrid. Both very LGBT friendly and big cities, with lots to do, a lot of expats, good food, and with good connections for traveling to see friends and family. Nature is probably not the forte on these cities. Stockholm is better in this aspect but I don’t know what is like for a queer couple after the arrival of all the muslim immigrants.
I should note that Madrid tends to elect government more to the right of the political spectrum and the nationalists have been doing a lot of demonstrations recently.
There’s no utopia out there, I guess but start asking around in LGBT subreddits about these cities and of course visit before making a decision! Good luck!
Amsterdam.
I mean, Cologne or Berlin seem to fit the bill. Cologne is very LGBT-friendly.
OP please don’t listen to these people. Yes, what happened on news years eve was shocking but right wingers now paint it as if there are hordes of violent Muslims raping women all over the place. Sexual violence has gone down in Germany, not up and it’s not any less safe than living in the US. It’s of course nowhere really safe for women, but these people don’t actually care about women’s rights, they just use it for their racism
We found a Green supporter… nice.
paint it as if there are hordes of violent Muslims raping women all over the place.
Paint? It is not a paint… I want to write more about it but these days if I write something small things about muslims, some subreddits ban me, so I will stop to comment more.
I think OP is avoiding such a place as cologne seeing as they are women and the hordes of Muslim men seeking asylum raping women might be a put off. Honestly I don’t know where they can go in Europe there is a huge influx of these immigrants mostly from a specific region that are violent, anti Semitic, criminals. I lean left but all the shit going on in Europe is a result of ridiculous immigration policies. Big reason I came back to the US.
Vancouver, excepting for entertainment/ night life. But the nature makes up for it. That said really HAS to be no object.
Berlin. You’ll wanna escape in the winter
Really? I’m going there next week, will I die
Madrid sounds like it would work for you!
Without knowing the languages you speak I think it will be hard for people to give good recommendations. In general I’d say it will be hard to beat NYC (where you already live). What about London?
Barcelona. Beautiful setting (between sea and mountains), incredible architecture, vibrant arts scene, LGBTQ friendly
Tel Aviv
No one in their right mind is traveling to Tel Aviv in the next 5 years
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Tel Aviv isn’t bad right now
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Depending on where the LGBTIQ+ comes from, Tel Aviv might be way safer and inclusive for them.
That you don’t get point two tells me you’re a straight white man speaking for the LGBTIQ+ community.
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If your concern is visa I think Thailand should fit the bill.
Most developed countries are out of the options since most of them have tight immigration, and since you are not working you are not going to be building permanent residency.
I believe you are at a very odd spot, you are rich enough to retire early but not rich enough to buy residency. Let’s say in Singapore you can actually have a residency if you have a family office but that requires like 200 millions. I don’t think you are at that bracket, but if you are, go for it, Singapore is a great home base to travel within Asia and it is pretty darn safe and well-managed.
Madrid, Berlin, Medellin, Taipei, LA, NY, SF, Baja, Amsterdam, Zurich, HK, Bangkok, CDMX
I second Taipei. You could potentially qualify for a gold card and that would give you residency for 3 years at least.
I’ve heard Zurich is a nice place to live but never once heard it described as fun.
Not Zurich, really conservative country
Zurich is not a country tho ?
Yeah but it is still situated in Switzerland which is pretty conservative
HK is Hong Kong? I live here, and I think it is okay for equality in general but not that stable. In one sense it seems to be making progress, slowly - eg with the immigration and housing for same sex couples. On the other hand, there is still no marriage equality. And discrimination (eg firing someone because of being gay) is not yet illegal, IIRC.
BUT the main thing is that every single advance is won after a long brouhaha with the government - because they feel like they have to show how loyal they are to Beijing which is still very conservative on these matters.
I don’t think you have any idea what you are talking about from this list… have you been to these countries? HK is no go for lgbt as is all of china… Taipei is somewhat gay friendly but really boring gay scene in my opinion and again - problem w china… Medellin is fun and gay friendly but not the safest. La is an awful city compared to the options out there and I lived there for more than 20 years…
HK is totally fine for LGBTQ, although china threat is looming indeed
Anywhere EXCEPT Hong Kong. That place will instantly drown lesbians into depression unless you’re caucasian. Any asian or local looking lesbians face day to day discrimination including and not limited to all kinds of slurs, the infamous judgmental laser stare that they make sure you feel uncomfortable and very often but not exposed and reported enough physical assaults happened now and then.
Worse if you’re trans or masculine butch looking individuals, you WILL get refused entering into clubs and bouncers would not have a second thought enforcing physical intimidation if you try and reason. I’ve witnessed a trans girl being rejected into a club and was pushed onto ground whilst Her other mates got in. I’ve also seen a butch got poured a full pint of beer all over outta nowhere and no one did or said a thing.
Hong Kong, despite all the glams and claims as an international city hub, in fact still embrace a relatively backward society system with much patriarchy and misogynistic mindset individuals of all generations, older or young.
So, no. Not Hong Kong.
I spent my formation years, lived and worked oversea in western countries, SEA and east Asia. I’d say most progressive cities are, Melbourne, London, Bristol,Berlin, Bangkok, Singapore and Taiwan.
The Netherlands is pretty good in big cities, but honestly imo it’s pretty racist, especially now after people feel emboldened. But the racism is mostly targeting people of Arabic descent. Most German cities are also fine, Berlin and Cologne being number one. Scandinavia is apparently good, but also not sure about the racism there. Cities in Canada are also good, e.g. Toronto or Vancouver.