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Buenos Aires is becoming a popular gay travel destination. It is the most open-minded cities in Latin America gay men and women have the right to marry. It has also a European feel, but considerably less expensive than European locations. The rentboy guys are sensuous flirtations and good looking, a mix of Italian, some Spaniards, German, French, and English. This isn't a let-it-all-hang-out party place like Rio. Rather, in Buenos Aires, lesbians taxiboy and gay men socialize on a fairly low-keyed level, often in the city's many trendy outdoor cafes and stylish restaurants - plus a decent number of gay bars. While you won't necessarily encounter a Castro- or Chelsea-like gay playground where same-sex couples stroll hand-in-hand, you will find that residents of Buenos Aires accept gays and lesbians as a natural component of the city life. In recent years there has been huge progress with several anti-discrimination and gay rights laws being passed. In 1996 measures forbidding discrimination on the basis of amongst other things sexual orientation were introduced, making Buenos Aires the first Spanish-speaking city in Latin America to do so. In 2002 same sex civil unions were approved in Buenos Aires. Argentina gay community is very lively and active, especially in Buenos Aires and other big cities along the country. Gay Argentina main Pride Parade is held in Buenos Aires the 1st Saturday of November of each year, to mark the formation of the first-ever gay group in Buenos Aires in 1969. Buenos Aires is probably the most liberal and gay friendly city in Latin America. Here you will find a large and sophisticated gay scene. You will be very impressed with Buenos Aires, which has gay scene compares with similar sized cities in Europe or North America. There are loads of gay bars, restaurants and clubs, several saunas and even a raunchy sex club. The only down side is that being a Latin country everything is of course really late and most bars don't get started until well after midnight." You will enjoy the combination of a vibrant gay scene and a distinct "European feel will make gay and lesbian visitors comfortable. Recent liberalization in the laws effecting gays and lesbians plus the devaluation of the Peso has prompted a boom in gay tourism particularly from the United States."