Get ready for a safe and fabulous LGBTQ+ travel experience
The famed Castro District in San Francisco, California
hakanyalicn/ShutterstockJust in time for the spring and summer travel season, misterb&b has created the Queer Safety Index to aid LGBTQ+ travelers in selecting a fun and safe escape.
The online travel portal, which connects travelers looking for queer-friendly accommodations (ranging from rooms to hotels from queer providers and allies), tips for dining, or even new companions or friends in faraway destinations, has created the index using a variety of source studying the climate for the community in states and cities nationwide.
“The LGBTQ+ Safety Index is an ordered ranking based on a weighted scoring model incorporating multiple data sources, starting with misterb&b most booked destinations,” misterb&b explains in a recent blog post.
In addition to examining travel trends and preferences from its vast customer, vendor, and online databases, misterb&b also used the Movement Advancement Project’s (MAP) Overall Policy Tally to assess state-level protections and risks, the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Municipal Equality Index (MEI) to evaluate a city’s LGBTQ+ policies, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union to examine legislative risks, PFLAG for its community support, and the latest data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for safety and hate crime reporting.
You can follow the links to learn more about misterb&b and its Queer Safety Index.
Keep scrolling to see misterb&b’s top 15 safest U.S. cities for LGBTQ+ travel.
