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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...

4 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...

8 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...

9 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...

12 months 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