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Lindsey Danis | Queer Adventurers

My newsletter tracks news stories and travel trends that intersect with LGBTQ travel. Each issue highlights 2-3 news stories through a queer lens, unpacking what the trends tell us about our comfort and safety while traveling. From whether we can be ourselves in a destination, or feel like we have to hide, to navigating fast-changing laws that impact our safety to experiencing the joys and freedoms travel promises, queer travel experiences differ from the mainstream – and travel media often does not provide us the tools to make sense of our experiences, much less the world as we experience it.

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What the Supreme Court's Passport Decision Means - And Doesn't Mean - for Trans Travelers

Passport edition: Breaking Down the Supreme Court Decision TLDR: I don't love it, but I'm not surprised by it. I am grateful the court declined to hear Kim Davis's attempt at making marriage straight again. For the nitty gritty on that, from Law Dork: "While [Clarence Thomas] and Alito might desire to do so, there was no reason to believe that the court as a body is open to considering — let alone taking — that extreme sort of a step now. Even as I personally got extremely frustrated at times...

5 months ago • 4 min read
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Nerd out about data with me! edition Where I've Been I'm back from Minnesota and North Dakota! I survived 10+ hours in a kayak (we came in second!), ate lots of really yummy food, saw the headwaters of the Mississippi and a pair of sandhill cranes, and just maybe found the queerest spot in North Dakota. Seriously, it was a food hall slash brewery slash hotel and everyone working there was queer. Hot Takes on Queer News I'm constantly yelling about how big of an untapped market queer travel...

10 months ago • 5 min read
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Some DMOs are making a big mistake right now Some bootlicking DMOs are trying to have it both ways, but LGBTQ+ travelers are a savvy, loyal and high-spending bunch, so this won't bode well for them in the long run! Where I've Been I'm leaving tonight for a Minnesota-North Dakota trip. These mark my 48th and 49th states, leaving only Hawaii, where I'm headed later this summer! Stay tuned for my thoughts on North Dakota and a race update. If you're new here, I'm kayaking alongside a friend who...

10 months ago • 4 min read
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Travel advisories edition – Which Countries Are Advising Against U.S. Travel Right Now — And Why It Matters Not gonna lie, I'm kinda loving this travel trend. Where I've Been I took a fiber farm tour to visit Icelandic sheep and another local sheep farm that does dairy, including sheep milk ricotta I can't wait to try. It's mid lambing season, which as The Guardian reports is both a travel trend for city folks and a moneymaker for farmers who get to charge Londoners for staying on the farm...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Passport edition: US scraps X gender passports I've been yammering on for months about the new administration's loathing of the LGBTQIA community, and here we are, a top priority in the First 100 days. Let's take one slice of his bigoted agenda today, and look at how the X gender passports that rolled out in 2021 are now on hiatus – and what this means for those who have them. Where I've Been As promised, I ventured to the New York Travel and Adventure show, where LGBTQ travelers were given a...

about 1 year ago • 4 min read