Gay Guide to Goiânia
Brazil legalized same-sex marriage in 2013 and criminalized homophobia and transphobia in 2019. Goiânia, a planned city of wide avenues in Brazil's central interior, has a lively LGBTQ+ scene with a distinctly regional soundtrack of sertanejo country music.
Bars like Roxy Bar, with drag and a mixed crowd, and a set of LGBTQ+ dance clubs anchor the nightlife, spinning everything from electronic to funk and sertanejo depending on the night.
The city's Pride parade routes through the broad Área Central, whose planned avenues make for dramatic processions, alongside a full Pride week of parties, films, and panels.
Themed nights and LGBTQ+ Carnaval blocos keep the calendar busy year-round, a friendlier-scaled alternative to the spectacles of Rio or Salvador.