Gay Guadalajara is seen everywhere but is most vibrant in the slightly gritty but utterly beautiful historic center of Guadalajara to the up-scale and hipster gay area of Guadalajara, Zona Rosa. This is why the LGBT scene in Guadalajara caught me by surprise, and why I fell in love with Mexico’s second-biggest city almost instantly! Also known as the ‘San Francisco of Mexico’ queer life thrives here far more than anywhere else in Mexico – though you should also check out the gay scene of Puebla and Gay Monterrey! For anyone who has traveled within Latin America, you will know…well, while there is always a gay scene to be found, it is not frequently loud, proud, and with rainbow flags flying from the windows.
