Boston ba wai kawai babban birnin jihar na farko wanda ya halatta auren gayuwa ba, har ma a cikin sa'a uku na wurare masu yawa gay-friendly da kuma wuraren hutu, daga ƙauyen dutse na Vermont da New Hampshire zuwa yankunan da ke kusa da bakin teku. da kuma Rhode Island - kuma kada ka manta da wasu wurare masu kyau a wasu wurare a Massachusetts, daga Cape zuwa Berkshires. Ga wadansu manyan wuraren da za su iya samun kyakkyawar sada zumunta daga Boston.
photo by Andrew Collins A cikin ƙauyuka, yammacin yammacin Massachusetts, za ku sami Berkshires, wani yanki mai ban sha'awa ga shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo na rani na zamani (daga Tanglewood Music Center zuwa Wakilin Wasan kwaikwayo na Williamstown) da kuma gidajen tarihi na tarihi, ciki har da MassMoCa da Norman Rockwell Museum . A cikin fall, wannan yana daya daga cikin filayen filayen na Arewa maso gabas domin sha'awar fall foliage. Yankuna kamar Lenox, Great Barrington, Stockbridge, da kuma Williamstown suna tare da manyan ƙauyuka da gidajen cin abinci na tsofaffin ƙananan gidaje, da kuma sauran garuruwan daji kamar Arewa Adams da Lee sun kuma zama masu rawar jiki. Yankin Berkshires yana kusa da nisa daga Boston da NYC, yana maida shi kyakkyawan wuri ga abokai daga ko dai. Distance: 125 miles (2 zuwa 2.5 hrs)
Hasumiya mai fitila a kan gefen Aquinnah Cliffs, tsohon Gay Head Cliffs, ya kasance a cikin mafi yawan wuraren hutawa da wuraren kula da masaukin Marta ta Martha. photo by Andrew Collins
Masu tafiya na GLBT da ke tafiya zuwa Cape Cod suna ci gaba da tafiya zuwa ƙarshen hanya, Provincetown. Amma sauran Cape yana da kyau sosai kuma yana da tausayi sosai, kamar yadda wadannan tsibirin sunaye biyu da aka samu daga jirgin ko jirgin sama daga Cape, Nantucket da Martha's Vineyard. Wannan karshen ya karu da karfin kwanciyar hankali a kwanan nan kamar yadda shugabannin Amurka Clinton da Obama suka yi a nan. Tsibirin na 100-square-mile yana ba da gauraye kananan ƙauyuka kamar Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, da Edgartown, da kuma yankunan karkara da kuma nesa, inda za ku iya samun kyakkyawan tafiya, biking, rairayin bakin teku, da kuma lobster shacks. Ba ta da tsada da tsada a cikin rani, Martha's Vineyard yana da kyau a cikin bazara da kuma fada. Distance: 80 miles (3 hrs tare da jirgin ruwa hawa)
Kafin juyin juya halin Amurkan, birnin Newport ya zama babban birni mafi girma a cikin sabuwar duniya. Sa'an nan kuma a ƙarshen karni na 19, lokacin da yayi girma a cikin shekaru 100, Newport ya zama wurin bazara wanda wasu daga cikin masana masana'antu masu arziki a Amurka suka yi murna, daga Vanderbilts zuwa Astors. Wannan birni mai ƙaura mai ban sha'awa a kan Aquidneck Island har yanzu yana da kyan gani ga masu arziki da shahararrun, amma kyautar Newport na kyakkyawan ɗakunan otel da gidajen cin abinci suna kira zuwa ga mafi girma. Kuma kodayake yana da wuri mai mahimmanci, yana da kyau tare da masu tafiya na GLBT. Da yawa daga cikin babban birnin, manyan gidajen zama a yanzu bude don yawon shakatawa a cikin wannan tony sailing enclave. Distance: 75 miles (1.5 hrs)
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Northampton da Pioneer Valley
photo by Andrew Collins
Cibiyar ilimi, da zane-zane, da kuma cigaba da siyasa a tsakiyar Massachusetts na tsakiya, da bambancewa da kuma daɗaɗɗayar Northampton ta haɗu da kwarin Pioneer Valley, wanda ya zarge daga Connecticut zuwa iyakar jihar tare da Vermont da New Hampshire kuma suna ɗaukar jerin ƙauna garuruwan (Greenfield, Deerfield, Amherst) da kuma wani birni mai banƙyama tare da wasu kyawawan kayan gargajiya da kuma irin abubuwan da suka faru na launi na gay, Springfield. Northampton ya dade yana jin dadin zama suna a matsayin wuri mafi kyau ga 'yan matan su zauna da kuma ziyarci - yana da kyau sosai tare da mazaunin gay, ma . Kolejin Smith shine ƙananan al'adu na gari, kuma kusa da gari yana cike da gidajen kantuna, wuraren sayar da littattafai, da sanduna da kuma kida . Distance: 100 miles (1.5 zuwa 2 hrs)
Ƙananan ƙauye na kauyen Ogunquit da Maine mafi girma (pop 65,000), Portland , su ne wurare daban-daban guda biyu, amma dukansu suna da tausayi sosai da sauƙi daga Boston (da juna). A haɗuwa, suna yin birane masu kyau-gana-beach-hideaway vacation. Little Ogunquit ya kasance mai sauƙi, mai sauƙi zuwa lardin Provincetown, tare da 'yan B & B masu yawa na gay, gidajen abinci, da sanduna, da kuma kyakkyawar bakin teku. Kusan kilomita 35 daga arewacin, Portland yana da babban abincin abincin ga wani birni da kanta, da kuma kyakkyawan gundumar Old Port dake da manyan shahararrun shaguna da shaguna, da kuma tsohuwar tarihi mai suna West End. Har ila yau filin Portland shi ne shafin yanar-gizon Kudancin Maine Gay Pride a kowace Yuni. Har ila yau yana da mahimmanci na farawa don bincika tashar jiragen ruwa na Maine, zuwa wajen Rockland da Bar Harbor. Distance: 110 miles (1.5 zuwa 2 hrs)
A wani ɗan gajeren hanya a arewa maso yammacin Boston, Portsmouth wani karamin birane ne da ke kusa da New Hampshire na kusa da bakin teku na Atlantic - iyakokin Maine kuma yana kusa da al'ummomin da aka ambata daga Ogunquit da Portland . Birnin ya san sanannun gine-ginen gine-ginen, wanda aka ajiye su da yawa a cikin unguwa na tarihi wanda ya hada da Bankin Museum na Strawbery. Birnin 20,000 na da dadi mai kyau a cikin gari wanda ke kallo da Kogin Piscataqua kuma yana kusa da wani tsibirin tsibirin da ke dauke da ƙananan garin New Castle da na tarihi na Wentworth-by-the-Sea. Gidan gay a nan yana da kullun, ba tare da labaran da suke magana ba, amma wannan birni mai ban sha'awa da maraba da B & B mai kyau. Distance: 55 miles (1 hr)
Cikin sauri daga I-95 daga Boston, birnin na biyu mafi girma a New England yana daya daga cikin duwatsu masu daraja wanda wasu lokuta masu hijira suka yi watsi da su, amma magoya bayan abinci, fasaha, kiɗa, da gine-ginen suna son. Providence babbar cibiyar ilimi ce (gida ga Jami'ar Brown, Rhode Island School of Design, da Jami'ar Johnson & Wales a tsakanin wasu), kuma wannan a cikin ɓangarori na asali ga yawan mutane masu yawa, da kuma bayyane, gay. Kuskuren ƙasa da ƙasa da Boston, Providence kuma yana da ƙananan ladabi na edgy gay nightlife . Fall da kuma bazara sune mafi kyawun lokutan da za su ziyarci wannan birni mai ban mamaki, gida zuwa daya daga cikin yankunan "Little Italy" mafi kyau a kasar. Birnin ya ci gaba da rukunin Rhode Island Pridefest a watan Yuni. Distance: 50 miles (50 min)
Kodayake ita ce a cikin ƙauyukan Cape Cod , sanannen shahararrun masauki na lardin lardin Provincetown yana da sauki sauƙi daga Boston, ko dai ta hanyar mota a kowace shekara ko ta hanyar jirgin ruwa mai sauri daga bazara ta hanyar fada. Wannan ƙauyen masauki na tarihi ('yan kallo sun tsaya a nan a shekarar 1620) sun haɓaka Bohemian a matsayin mai mulkin mallaka na zane-zane da wasan kwaikwayon zuwa ƙarshen karni na 19 kuma ya kasance mafi yawan makiyaya a tsakanin' yan wasan da 'yan wasa tun daga lokacin. Yankunan rairayin bakin teku na kusa da Seashore na Cape Cod suna daga cikin mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin arewa maso gabas, kuma titin Kasuwanci yana da tasiri tare da tashar jiragen ruwa, wuraren cin abinci , gidajen cin abinci mai kyau , da gidajen gidaje masu gay . Koda a cikin hunturu, P-Town yana da kyau. Garin ne kuma manufa daya don tsara wani bikin auren gay . Distance: 110 miles (2 zuwa 2.5 hrs)
Dukan jihar Vermont tana ba da kaya marar iyaka, amma daga Boston mafi kyawun hanyarka shine mayar da hankali ga mafi ƙasƙanci na ƙananan jihohin, wanda ke ɗauke da waɗannan wurare a wuraren kudancin Killington (hoton da ke ƙasa), Stratton, da Mt. Snow, kazalika da samar da ƙarancin ƙirar ƙauyuka da ƙauyuka. Mafi kyau basssuka - tare da yawa na m inns da kuma gidajen cin abinci romantic - hada da Manchester da Woodstock. Ƙananan kauyuka kamar Arlington da Grafton suna da kyau sosai. Wannan shi ne yankunan karkara, yanayin kula da muhalli shi ne na farko a kasar don aiwatar da dokokin ƙungiyoyi na gay (cikakken auren auren auren da ya biyo baya), kuma masu tafiya na GLBT za su hadu da karimci a cikin yankin. Mafi kyau Burlington , birnin mafi girma a jihar, yana da 'yan sa'o'i kadan a arewa. Distance: 150 miles (2.5 zuwa 3.5 hrs)
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White Mountains, New Hampshire
photo by Andrew Collins
Tsaunukan White Mountains na New Hampshire suna dauke da mafi girma a saman arewa maso gabas kuma suna da filin wasa mai ban sha'awa don yin hijira da yin biking a lokacin rani, leaf-peeping a fall, da kuma gudun hijira da kuma dusar ƙanƙara a cikin hunturu. Gidan ƙauyen Bai'talami na gida ne na Highlands Inn, daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ake kira "Lesbian" a kasar. Kodayake yankin yana da tsattsauran ra'ayi da kuma ɗan ra'ayin mazan jiya (a cikin hanyar sassaucin ra'ayi), masu tafiya na GLBT zasu sami yalwa da mahallin zumunta a cikin asibiti na Jackson da Franconia, da kuma wuraren da suke da masauki irin su Bretton Woods, Loon Mountain, da kuma Waterville Valley . Tabbatar ziyarci Mt. Cog Railway na tarihi na Washington, kuma ya kaddamar da hanya ta Kancamagus Highway (hoton da ke ƙasa). Distance: 120 miles (2 hrs)