A planet that comes out? Gay visibility as a geographical issue

Abstract

This article proposes a basic methodology to establish categories of gay masculine visibility in the countries and principal cities of the world based on the nature and composition of their gay references. The analysis is based on the distribution of the principal places of homosexual reference and their character (sexual satisfaction, sociability and availability of commercial, tourist and institutional services). The main aim is to interpret the vast regional contrasts that emerge when analyzing the visibility degree of the World gay community and the distribution and nature of the meeting places and other interesting spatial references for this group.