Visit Shinjuku Nichome on your trip to Tokyo for a fun night out! Learn more about the important history of this popular neighborhood, plus get recommendations for places women travelers…
How to Travel as a Same-Sex Interracial Couple
After getting married in 2017, my wife and I started to travel. And in our travels, we’ve come across a few challenges unique to us as an interracial, same-sex couple. Will we be safe? Do we need to be more conscious of our PDA? Can we present ourselves as married? While we haven’t let those challenges stop us from exploring, I’ve gathered a few tips that hopefully will help you along your own journeys!
What It’s like to Travel as a Genderqueer Person
Sometimes gender can’t be read upon first impression. And as you’re probably imagining, this can make a lot of daily situations awkward or unpleasant. As a genderqueer person, I find…
Berlin: The Ultimate Queer Travel Destination (Complete with 90s Bay Area Vibes)
It was 1992 when I first moved to San Francisco, but the late 80s were alive and (not so) well in the Castro and Mission Districts, where the Gay Stuff™…
Don’t Forget Your Name, or Your Gender: the Trans, Nonbinary, and Queer Travel Guide
We all know that travel is great. And we also all know that the actual processes of traveling can be frustrating and exhausting, taking quite a lot of mental and…
The Queer Woman’s Guide to Visiting Russia
Once upon a time, there were two tall, blonde Dutch girls with a big dream: to travel the world together. Not only did these girls share a friendship, but they…
The Amazing Thing We’ve Learned From 17 Years of Travel as a Lesbian Couple
“I hope you don’t mind me asking, but are you sisters? You look so alike,” said the clearly inebriated woman sitting next to us on the plane. We were on…
After Orlando: On Fear of Moving Through the World Brown or Queer
This post was co-authored by Ariana Hakim and Ariel Goldberg. I am 19, freshly back stateside after a semester abroad. I am visiting New York City — the home I’ll…
Navigating the World and Your Cycle: Using a Menstrual Cup As a Fat and/or Queer Person
Wanderful bloggers have been writing about menstrual health and menstrual cups for as long as Wanderful has existed. Because they’re portable, environmentally friendly, and reusable, they’re generally seen as perfect for travel. But if you’re…
West African Villages Don’t Have Closets: Coming Out (or not) in Rural Togo
To come out in the savanna. Image courtesy of Chelsea Clarke. Why would a lesbian want to live in West Africa, anyway? Months before my departure for a two-year-long volunteering…