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Gay Hungary Guide
   

Hungary was the host country of Mr Gay Europe 2007 contest and will host the Eurogames in 2011. Budapest's Gay Pride was the first such event in the ex-communist blocs, and draws a steady, but moderate number of LGBT people and their supporters.

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The LGBT festival lasts a week every summer with a film festival, pride march and parties across the city. The Festival was opened in the past by notable public figures including G�bor Demszky, mayor of Budapest and Kinga G�ncz, Minister of foreign affairs.

playa gay en BenidormIn 2000, the Constitutional Court recognized that the Constitutional ban on discrimination based on "other status" covers sexual orientation as well. There exists an anti-discrimination law in the Act on Public Health since 1997. The 2003 Act on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities forbids discrimination based on factors that include sexual orientation and sexual identity in the fields of employment, education, housing, health, and access to goods and services.

Same-sex marriages are currently not legal in Hungary; registered partnership legislation will take effect on July 1, 2009. Unregistered cohabitation was recognized in 1996.

The gay scene in Budapest is modest, smaller than one might expect in a city of almost two million. There are a handful of bars and discos that seem to satisfy the needs of LGBT folks; there’s one dedicated activist group called Hatter Society; and no location for a LGBT Center offering services in the city. There are two magazines: 'Masok' is the major one with seventy pages of entertainment listings, TV and film reviews, news reports, interviews, feature stories on people or issues, venue ads and personals. 'At Last' is a smaller magazine with ads and scene happenings.

   

 

Action Bar
1053 Budapest, Magyar utca 42
Phone: +36-1/ 266 91 48
(near to Metro 3, Kálvin tér, Night bus 50é, 14é)
Gay, Bar, Back room / Darkroom, Video, Rent Boys, Shows
Gay basement bar with Hungary's most frequented back room & video room. Crowded all week. Every night there are Go-Go dancers and a & stripper. Friday night live sex show. Show time is 0:45 am every night, but Fridays 2 shows at 0:30 am and at 2:00 am. Audience of all age ranges and types of interest. Not easy to find. At Magyar utca 42 there is a separate door to the cellar with a A on the door. Go downstairs (its located in the cellar). You'll get a consumption card after you've entered the place. Pay at the bar before you leave.

Daily from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.
Minimum consumption

Árkádia
1052 Budapest, Türr Istvan utca 5
Phone: +36/ 204 96 58 54 (Mobile)
(near to Metro 1, Vörösmarty Ter, Tram 2; When you walk from Vaci utca in the direction of the river it is beside the parking garage of Aranykez Street.)
Gay, Bar, Rentboys
This bar closed in October 2007, bur re-opened again. Small bar close to the Danube. Extra room for fun (if you need privacy with someone (No rent for the room, but higher consumption is expected). The room has 4 chairs and a table and would need some renovation). Thats the place to go if you are looking for rentboys.

Daily from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.
No entrance fee.
No Minimum consumption.

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Café Smile Bar & Disco
1072 Budapest, Nagydiófa utca 17
Phone: +36 304 031 372 (Mobile)
(Trolley bus 74; From Metro Astoria and Metro Blaha L. Square its the same distance; Dohány utca is parallel to Rakoczi ut where bus 7 runs and night bus 78é)

Gay Bar with Dancefloor

Its actually a bar with a small dance floor in the basement, not a coffee shop. Mondays til Thursdays Bar; Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays bar and disco. Music of the '80 (pop and house). Different parties & birthday parties on request.

Minden nap/Everyday: 21-05 h http://www.cafesmile.hu Daily 9 pm to 4 am.
No entrance fee.
Minimum consumption

CoXx Club (was Chaos)
1072 Budapest, Dohány utca 38 (Corner to Nagydiófa utca)
Phone: +36-1/ 344 48 84
(Metro Astoria and Metro Blaha L. Square; Night bus at Astoria: 914, 950, 979/979A, 966, 931, 908, 921, 973, 907, 956; Night bus at Blaha L. Square: 906, 923, 908, 907, 973, 921, 956, 931; Trolley 74)
Gay (men only), Internet café, Bar, Back room / Darkroom
Basement club on 300 sqm, 3 bars, large cruising area, dark-rooms, jail, sling room etc. Hardcore movies in several rooms. Weekly special parties (military cruising night, nude sex party, sucker night, gang bang party etc).
If you arrive at Dohány utca 38, you'll see their internet café (2 terminals) on the street level. At the entrance on street level you will get a consumption card (see minimum consumption pricing below). Then you take the stairs downstairs to the basement where the bar is located. You may ask at the entrance how many guests are present. Once you took the consumption card you must pay the minimum consumption even if you find the bar empty and even if you stay a couple of minutes only. Sometimes Coxx is very crowded, sometimes not. If you want to avoid disappointents just ask before you take the consumption card upstairs from the guy at the door.

Daily 9 pm until 4 am; Fridays and Saturdays 9pm until 5 am
Minimum consumption at the bar .

Club CoxxFunny Carrot (was Darling Bar)
1051 Budapest, Belvaros Szep utca 1/b
Phone: +36/ 209 429 419 (Lola, Mobile)
Gay, Bar
(Between Metro Astoria and Ferenciek Ter, Night bus 921, 973, 914, 950, 979)
Small gay bar that attracts locals. Opened in November 2008. Same location where Darling Bar was until 2006.
Daily from 7 pm til 6 am
No entrance fee. No minimum consumption.

Habrolo Bisztro
1051 Budapest, Belvaros Szep utca 1/b
Phone: +36/ 20 211 6701 (Mobile)
Gay, Bar
(Between Metro Astoria and Ferenciek Ter, Night bus 921, 973, 914, 950, 979)
Small gay bar that attracts locals. Opened in 2006. Former Angyal Bar staff is working here.
Daily from 7 pm til 5 am
No entrance fee. No minimum consumption.

Le Cafe M (was Mystery Bar)
1054 Budapest, Nagysándor József utca 3
Phone: +36-1/ 312 14 36
Gay and lesbian mixed, Bar, Internet café
(Near to Metro 3 Arany János utca, Night bus 914, 950)
Small Bar, snacks available, good for chatting with friends. Go there to check your email and surf the web during your stay in Budapest. Happy Hour every Friday. Bring your own notebook: Free wireless internet access for bar guests.
Mondays til Fridays from 4 pm til 4 am, Saturday and Sunday from 6 pm til 4 am
No entrance fee. No minimum consumption.

New Gloryhole (was Uniformis Klub/Adonis)
1137 Budapest, Radnóti Miklos utca 18
Phone: +36 20/217 98 36
(Metro Nyugati station; Tram 4/6; Night bus 914, 950, 931. From Nyugati walk Szent Istvan Krt, turn into Hegedus Gyula utca and walk to corner Radnoti Miklos)
Mixed Straight-Bisexual-Gay Crowd
In 2006 this place re-opened again with the former name Gloryhole. At the same location was also Adonis and Uniformis. Cabins, cinema, holes in cabin walls. A sex club for hetero men with girl strip shows. Some gay men like to go there who like to play with straight guys. Email us your comments to help others to learn more about this place!
Open: Mondays to Thursdays 12 noon until midnight; Fridays 12 noon until 4 am; Saturdays 4 pm until 4 am; Sundays closed
Entrance fee: Daytickets Mondays til Thursdays 1500 HUF; Fridays and Saturdays 2000 HUF; Entrance for women always free.

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