(We live in Los Angeles, a mere 2.5-hour flight away.) It remains our favorite vacation spot, in part because each time we’ve visited, our experience has always been different and exciting. My partner and I have visited Puerto Vallarta nearly a dozen times over the past few years. ![]() Moreover, it’s a sign that the city’s travel industry, dependent upon out tourists, is thriving. On the streets of Zona Romantica - P.V.’s LGBTQ+ district - the sight of two people of the same gender holding hands is unremarkable. LGBTQ+ tourists from around the world flock to this city for its beauty, seaside activities, parties, and above all, acceptance. While the realities of the pandemic have somewhat dampened this rosy outlook, Puerto Vallarta remains an oasis of this exultation. Life was resuming, and so too could queer joy. The clouds - in the form of COVID variants - had yet to roll in, and in that moment, an unbridled happiness swept the city. ![]() was hosting one of the world’s first major Pride celebrations. The sun shone brilliantly above a sea sparkling like freshly uncorked Dom Pérignon. ![]() Bright rainbow banners unfurled overhead. On Puerto Vallarta’s Lázaro Cárdenas - a cobblestoned street lined with the Mexican city’s gay bars - men embraced as if World War II were just won.
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