In December of 2002, the Buenos Aires Legislature passed the Civil Union Law. This law applies exclusively to the city and authorizes the legal recognition of unmarried homosexual and heterosexual couples.

Civil Rights Organizations of Argentina

There are several civil rights organizations that offer information and counsel. The most notable are as follows:

- Homosexual Community of Argentina (CHA)
The first and leading homosexual organization in Argentina. It actively lobbied the City Government of Buenos Aires to legally recognize the civil union of same-sex couples. The legal arm of CHA (juridico@cha.org.ar) offers free council to gays, lesbians and transvestites, and receives many requests for information from foreigners planning to visit Buenos Aires.
1080 Tomás Liberti, Neighborhood: La Boca.

- Argentine Society for Gay and Lesbian Integration (SIGLA)
Provides legal help and health information. Organizes workshops and recre ational activities for gays and lesbians.
949 Pasaje del Progreso, Neighborhood: Parque Chacabuco.

- La Fulana
One of the most consulted gay and lesbian organizations.
3410 Avenida Rivadavia, Neighborhood: Almagro.

Travel Agency to visit Buenos Aires Gay

- Buenos Aires gay travel agency (BAGayTravel)
They offer you a wide selection of tourist packages to visit Buenos Aires and all Argentina, from the point of view of a travel agent’s that is made up of people who are part of the gay community and that are willing to offer you a solution to all your tourist needs through their packages or putting together tailor-made trips.
3383 PB “A” Díaz Vélez, Neighborhood: Almagro.

The shopping center and casino in Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata Beach is an important bathing resort city of Argentina. It is the preferred beach city in Argentina for the gay community because it has a growing gay nightlife scene.

It is located to 414 kilometers of the city of Buenos Aires, in the Province of Buenos Aires.

Mar del Plata Beach is a modern city that brings a coast of more than 17 kilometers with beaches and one impressive infrastructure of services: hotels of all the categories, commercial pensions, restaurants, bars, discos, cinemas, theaters and galleries. Also it has the biggest casino of the world!

The development of Mar del Plata as a seasonal resort in the early 20th century led upper class tourists from Buenos Aires to build a European-inspired architecture, based mainly on the picturesque and later on the art deco styles. This gave Mar del Plata the nickname of the Argentine Biarritz.

Mar del Plata gay

Its numerous parks, squares and gardens, with colorful varied flowers offer the tourist a singular surrounding landscape.

Two exits are inevitable in Mar del Plata: to go to the port to eat fish and to buy sweaters in the factories.

Enjoy the sea sun sand in Mar del Plata! Spend a couple of days at this magnificient city. See you in Mar del Plata!

Los Glacieres National Park

On the southwestern Argentine side, there are more than 300 glaciers, some of them in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Glacier National Park, extends for 217 miles (350 km) along the Andes. Los Glaciares is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and includes ice fields covering about 40% of the surface, two lakes and 47 major glaciers. Thirteen glaciers reach toward the Atlantic, while the glaciers Perito Moreno, Mayo, Spegazzini, Upsala, Agassiz, Onelli, Ameghino feed the lakes in the park. Among them is Lago Argentino, the largest lake in Argentina, and already 15,000 years old.

History of the Perito Moreno Glacier

Looking west at Glacier (Perito) Moreno from Cerro Buenos Aires

Perito Moreno is named for Francisco Pascasio Moreno, whose nickname was Perito. More formally known as Dr. Francisco P. Moreno, Honoris Causa, (1852-1919), he was the first Argentine to travel the area and his Reminiscencias Del Perito Moreno were later compiled by his son. Moreno gave the Argentine nation the land that became Nahuel Napi National Park. Many places in southwestern Argentina are named for him. It was he who named Cerro Fitzroy after the captain of HMS Beagle.

Advice: when visiting the glacier, you can see gigantic pieces of ice break away with a thunderous crack and plunge into the water (a process called “calving”). It’s awesome, don’t miss it.

Ice break away at The Perito Moreno Glacier

Get a trip to Argentine Patagonia, starting in Ushuaia, and enjoy the fantastic view of the south seas as well as its unique Fagnano and Escondido Lakes, its lengas forest, and the End of the World Prison. If you want to, you can also ride the End of the World Train. Enjoy it!

Ushuaia, the southern city in the World is waiting for us to show us the wonderful ocean views, its lengas woods and its spectacular Fagnano and Escondido lakes. You will also be able to enjoy the trip on the legendary End of the World Train and visit the famous End of the World Prison, today turned into a museum.

For this package to Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego, Buenos Aires Gay Travel has selected the best hotels in each category so that you can choose the one you prefer.

Check out this option at Buenos Aires Gay Travel website, our specialized gay tourism agency in Argentina.

Buenos Aires' Obelisco

Summer is coming, vacation time! Buenos Aires’ winter (june, july) has a lot of gay options to offer the best choice to your gay vacation.

The Tango Experience: We invite you to enjoy a unique Tango gay experience at Abasto Plaza Hotel. Check this gay vacation option here

Unforgettable week at Axel Hotel Buenos Aires: Enjoy a week at the Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, with private and personalized services. Check this gay vacation option here

Super Budget Buenos Aires: Enjoy 3 nights at wonderful Buenos Aires, for a spectacular price. Check this gay vacation option here

Check out this Argentina gay vacations options also:

Mar del Plata Gay Escape - 3 days / 2 nights: Take a break and enjoy wonderful days in Mar del Plata, staying at a gay friendly hotel. Check this gay vacation option here

Wonderful San Carlos de Bariloche: San Carlos de Bariloche is arguably the most famous ski resort area in the Patagonia, located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, 1000 miles southwest of Buenos Aires. Check this gay vacation option here. Don’t forget the Bariloche 2009 gay ski week.

Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego (3 nights): The most southern view in the World, Ushuaia, iced mountains, silent lakes, visit to the Tierra del Fuego National Park… holidays in an exceptionally good destination. Check this gay vacation option here.

Iguazú Falls, warm destination (3 nights): You will visit the magnificent and warm Misionera jungle and the Iguazú Falls, with its unforgettable waterfalls that will make this tour a trip to remember. Check this gay vacation option here.

Tango is a music genre from Argentina. It’s associated with a dance form and a whole culture.

Early tango was known as tango criollo. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (in performing shows), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina.

Tango originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires around eighteen century. The music derived from the fusion of various forms of music from Europe . The word Tango seems to have first been used in connection with the dance in the 1890s. Initially it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, primarily Italians, Spanish and French.

Tango is quite a sensual dance, bodies are permanently in touch. Recently, a gay Tango is being developed at Buenos Aires. Gay milongas (places where dance Tango) are spread all over Buenos Aires.

If you dare to try this dance, BAGayTravel, a gay travel agency at Buenos Aires, offers a nice package around this experience. It includes 6 nights accommodation, tango show, city and museums tour & gay nightlife tour. Don’t miss the Buenos Aires Gay Tango Experience!

Start 2010 in Buenos Aires, the most gay and cheerful city of South America.

An unforgettable week! We’ll visit Buenos Aires city, staying in a gay hotel where you will feel at home. We’ll go on tour, eat delightful Argentinean meals, go shopping, and many many more!

• Lodging for 7 (seven) nights at Axel Hotel, breakfast and tax included.
• Welcome kit
• Transfers airport/hotel/airport, in a private car with guide.
• Outings, in a private service for the participants (14 people maximum), with bilingual (Spanish-English) guide.
• Helicopter tour (24 minutes)
• Meals, sarter, main course and dessert, with drinks included (a bottle of wine every two people and soft drinks or water)
• Dinner Tango Show at La Esquina de Carlos Gardel, with transfers
• New Year Dinner at the Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, with beverages, show and much more.
• Ticket to Unikus Spa with a body massage included.

Check the whole offer at BAGayTravel, specialized gay travel agency.

Cerro Catedral, Bariloche

Hi folks!

This time I want to introduce you one of the best destinations in Argentina and maybe America: Bariloche.

San Carlos de Bariloche, (Bariloche in short), is a city in Río Negro, southwest Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Cordillera de los Andes, surrounded by wonderful lakes and impressive mountains. Bariloche is a well-known tourist destination, and gay people around the world choose this city all year around because its ski centers and nature reserves.

Bariloche is served by San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport. Several of Argentina’s most important airlines maintain regular flights to Bariloche, as well as some international lines from neighboring countries, especially during the ski season (July to October). Bariloche is close to Chilean border and is connected to Chile by a pass crossing the Andes Mountains.

Llao Llao hotel, Bariloche

Bariloche Gay Ski Week is an exceptional oportunity to visit these magic city while enjoying a gay experience. Our friends from BAGayTravel travel agency has a nice package, ready to offer you the best experience in Bariloche. This year the Gay Ski Week take place on September 5th to 12th. This is a hot destination, make your reservation now! Check out this Buenos Aires and Bariloche Gay Ski Week travel package.

Cya!

Hi folks! Welcome to this brand new gay blog.

In a bunch of gay-clubbing years I had the luck to meet a lot of gay tourists visiting Buenos Aires and Argentina. They were all surprised with the nightlife in Buenos Aires, mainly gay nightlife. After all, this is Southamerica’s gay capital city!

Maybe my experience can be useful for you, those who plan to travel to Buenos Aires or Argentina, and need references about where to go out to, where to lunch, what to buy and what don’t. To visit Buenos Aires is an excellent option, a superb gay option. Not only about nightlife but about culture and interests.

I wait for your comments, suggestions and inquiries about Buenos Aires, Argentina, and gay related topics!