![]() Misterb&b’s been part of our travel landscape ever since, joining rainbow-flagged sanctuaries we’ve always sought together on the road: lesbian bookstores and queer pubs, gayborhood diners and drag cantinas. ![]() One night they cooked us dinner, and as glasses emptied and filled again, told us how they came out: familiar queer narratives of disruption, loss, and getting over it. There’s a stack of towels in the bathroom and squeezy packets of lube in the nightstand.įour years ago in Merida, Perry (my husband) and I rented a room from bearded Canadian retirees, our first taste of misterb&b. These are small things, but being able to count on automatic acceptance is huge: Like, we get you, you get us, we’ve all been through this shit before. Queer homestays mean avoiding the psychic exertion of hotel-desk disclosures (yes, we’re together yep, one bed) or coming out as a couple to hosts who might be homophobes. Misterb&b hooks up men in over 130 countries with gay-owned apartments or spare bedrooms, even sleep-time on gay couches. Matthieu Jost, who’s French, had the idea in 2013 after struggling to find queer-friendly Airbnbs. ![]() If you don’t know misterb&b, it’s basically gay Airbnb.
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