Known by some as, ‘La Zona,’ today, Zona Rosa is a big party area nestled into a corporate office zone of the city. Speaking for myself, Zona Rosa does not look or feel like any of the gay areas that I have become accustomed to in the United States. Here you will read about how…
Gay Mexico City is so much More Than Zona Rosa Most websites that want to help gay travelers book hotels in Mexico City simply present the results of a google search of Mexico City Gay Hotels in Zona Rosa. Zona Rosa is the Mexico City Gayborhood and I talk about it on this website. However…
Roma Norte is one of Mexico City’s Hippest and most famous neighborhoods. When are the best days to wander around Roma Norte? Any day is a great day to wander around Roma Norte, however the best days to wander around Roma Norte are the weekends. Here’s why. Roma has many pop up bazars on the…
One of the most Iconic images associated with Mexico City is the Cathedral Metropolitana. It is located in El Zocalo, the Main Square of Mexico City. It is a must see on many tourist’s to do list and I’d say it deserves it’s spot there. However, Downtown Mexico City is a very complicated neighborhood. It…
This tour has been updated, for 2023 to include some new cruising spots on Eje Central. In my article What is Gay Travel, I talk about gay traveler’s desire to find a local experience or non-touristy things to do. Mexico City is the perfect place to find these things. This free walking tour Mexico City…
Pornography . . . is profoundly and paradoxically social. But even more than that, it’s acutely historical. It’s an archive of data about our history as a culture and our own individual histories – our formations as selves . . . . Pornography is a space in the social imagination as well as a media…
As I was sitting down in a bookstore/cafe in Mexico City’s Zona Rosa, Emma Barri walked up to me and we introduced ourselves. Emma is the photographer behind the Instagram project Pecados y Milagros. I contacted him because he had many photos which I believed would help me portray the Gay Bathhouse and Steamroom culture…
Mexico City Gay Bathhouse Scene Overview Mexico City gay bathhouses have a rich history. I have lived in Mexico City, as an expat, for 6 years and the bathhouse scene is one of my favorite parts of the city. Gay, and hetero curious men of all ages and across the entire cultural spectrum attend bathhouses….
A personal story about a expat living in Mexico City who recieves a massage in a Mexican Steam Room that alters his idea of sexuality.
In every man there is the possibility of his being – or, to be more exact, of his becoming once again – another man. The Labyrinth of Solitude, by Octavio Paz – Mexican Poet and Nobel Prize Laureate While many say that cruising is dead in the United States, Gay Mexican Cruising is alive and…