Confession time: I have a lot of mixed feelings about running this site. I launched it in a different timeline, when I looked forward to increased LGBTQ+ rights and opportunities — not to mention economic stability — for many of my queer friends in the U.S. I wanted them to join my partner and I overseas, taking up space on those tropical islands and nomad cruises that all of the straights get to enjoy.
I still, in some ways, imagine that — but circumstances have changed.
I feel a sense of hesitancy around encouraging some queer Americans to travel abroad, when I know that many others can’t, or don’t feel safe doing so at this moment in time. I also feel conflicted about the impact that even low- to middle-income knowledge workers can have on local communities, gentrifying whole cities and pricing locals out of stable accommodation.
