Last summer, the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) held its global conference in Atlanta, drawing tourism and hospitality professionals from around the world to discover this underappreciated hub of American queer culture.Įstimated to have more LGBTQ+ residents per capita than New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, Atlanta has maintained a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index since 2013.
But in today’s American South, its capital, Atlanta, with a gay scene as juicy as Timothée Chalamet’s infamous stonefruit pas de deux, is clearly peach and eggplant city. It was long before the emoji era that Georgia was first nicknamed The Peach State. Atlanta has become one of the hottest travel destinations in the world, and we’ve got the inside scoop to show you the city’s best!
