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  • adjective of a venue Open to, but not necessarily aimed at, homosexuals.

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Examples

  • Just beware that the term "gay-friendly" is now often used as a marketing come-on to LGBT folks and doesn't necessarily guarantee you a slight-free stay.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Steven Petrow 2012

  • When it comes to homosexuality, Thailand is ambivalent but tolerant: Bangkok is known as gay-friendly but politicians and high-profile public figures stick to an unstated "don't ask, don't tell" policy of keeping their homosexuality hidden.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Consistent with globalization's tendency to distance the "final product" from the moral implications of the manufacturing process, LGBT tourists are encouraged to forget about politics and just have fun in a so-called gay-friendly city...

    Sarah Schulman: A Documentary Guide to Pinkwashing Sarah Schulman 2011

  • Consistent with globalization's tendency to distance the "final product" from the moral implications of the manufacturing process, LGBT tourists are encouraged to forget about politics and just have fun in a so-called gay-friendly city...

    Sarah Schulman: A Documentary Guide to Pinkwashing Sarah Schulman 2011

  • Consistent with globalization's tendency to distance the "final product" from the moral implications of the manufacturing process, LGBT tourists are encouraged to forget about politics and just have fun in a so-called gay-friendly city...

    Sarah Schulman: A Documentary Guide to Pinkwashing Sarah Schulman 2011

  • Consistent with globalization's tendency to distance the "final product" from the moral implications of the manufacturing process, LGBT tourists are encouraged to forget about politics and just have fun in a so-called gay-friendly city...

    Sarah Schulman: A Documentary Guide to Pinkwashing Sarah Schulman 2011

  • Even in so-called gay-friendly San Francisco, he says, straight crowds at mainstream comedy clubs were unreceptive, even hostile, to acts that included lines such as “Homophobia is the fear that three fags will break into your house and redecorate.”

    A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997

  • Even in so-called gay-friendly San Francisco, he says, straight crowds at mainstream comedy clubs were unreceptive, even hostile, to acts that included lines such as “Homophobia is the fear that three fags will break into your house and redecorate.”

    A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997

  • Consistent with globalization's tendency to distance the "final product" from the moral implications of the manufacturing process, LGBT tourists are encouraged to forget about politics and just have fun in a so-called gay-friendly city...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sarah Schulman 2011

  • And Vancouver --one of the country's, and the world's, most gay-friendly cities -- has submitted a bid to serve as the lead site for the tournament.

    Edward Jackson: Give Homophobia the Red Card: Cleaning Up Women's Soccer by 2015 Edward Jackson 2011

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