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Indeed, contemporary Spain is among the most progressive societies on the planet, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the ï¬owering of gay life. âDavid Andrusia et al., Frommerâs Gay and Lesbian Europe n the touristâs snapshot quoted above, Spain â surrounded by superlatives â moves ahead on a global map of advances toward progressiveness. In this map, the âï¬owering of gay lifeâ is perceived as evidence of historical progress; through the eyes of a gay tourist, Spain proves to be, ï¬nally, contemporary. The ï¬gure of gay and lesbian tourists âcoming outâ to the world combines travel and politics in an explicit way. Gays and lesbians traveling around the world as gays and lesbians reveal a map of democracies where it is increasingly conceivable to claim gayness as a way to move across spaces and borders. Gay tourism functions, in this sense, as an articulation between discourses of political rights and transnational displacements in a landscape where national borders are currently being reformulated in both their symbolic and their practical effects. In this context, the gay tourist emerges as a cultural role, a persona that combines travel, social progress, and politics in new ways. âThe tourist is
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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