It probably doesn’t hurt that Guadalajara has a reputation for the best looking men in all of Mexico!). While the secret of gay Guadalajara has not yet made it out (it’s often called ‘the most Mexican of Mexican cities’), the local Tapatios/Jaliscienses have clearly embraced it with over 30 gay bars and clubs in Guadalajara’s historic center alone! Cleaner, friendlier, safer and more beautiful than Mexico City, with a warm Los Angeles-esque climate and many famously great tourist attractions such as the nearby Tequila and beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta – it’s no wonder that Guadalajara is the undisputed center of gay life in Mexico. This is why the LGBT scene in Guadalajara caught me by surprise, and why I fell in love with Mexico’s second biggest city almost instantly!Īlso known as the ‘San Francisco of Mexico’ queer life thrives here far more than anywhere else in Mexico – though you should also check out the gay scene of Puebla and Gay Monterrey! Gay Guadalajara be seen everywhere from the slightly gritty but utterly beautiful historic center of Guadalajara to the up-scale and hipster suburb of Zona Rosa. For anyone who has traveled within Latin America, you will know…well, while there is always a gay scene to be found, it is not frequently loud, proud and with rainbow flags flying from the windows.
