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La Avispa Gay and Lesbian Dance Club
Calle 1 Avenida 8 and 10
San Jose
Tel: (506) 223-5343
The Wasp ( black and yellow building) is a popular Gay and Lesbian Dance Club with Pool tables and and bis screen TV. The big nights are Sundays and Tuesdays.
Bogarts City Gay Show Bar and Restaurant
Corner Calle Central y Avenida 7
San Jose
Deja Vú
Calle 2, Avenida 14 and 16
San Jose
Tel: (506) 223-3758
This is the best known place for lots of dancing and spectaular shows especially by men. The clientele is elegantly dressed. Don't walk, take a taxi to this place.
El Bochinche
Calle 11, Avenida 8 and 10
San Jose
Tel: (506) 221-0500
An upscale Drinking Bar pretty popular among the professional Tico Yuppies for a night of fancy cloths and flirting.
Triángulo Rosa
Calle XX and XX Avenida XX
San Jose
E-mail: atrirosa@racsa.co.cr
Tel: (506) 258-0214
Human Rights Organization for sexual minorities. This organization will have infomations on many other gay and lesbian places.
There are plenty of Gay and Lesbian Nightclubs, Bars and Dance places. Some are real meat markets, other are quiet places to have a drink and for flirting. The main street action is two blocks south of the Central Park. Some of this areas are not the safest in San José. Generally spoken, the tolerance of the Costa Rican society towards Gays and Lesbian is one of 'Don't ask, don't tell' and is about where it was in 1960 in non-urban areas in the USA. We recommend Gay and Lesbian tourists that want to enjoy their vacations in Costa Rica, not to show their sexual orientation in public. Ticos will be tolerant as long as they don't see a big difference in behaviour.
The following text I found in The Costa Rica Guide by Lonely Planet. We warmly recommend this book to any Costa Rica traveler:
In 1999, the Costa Rican tourist board, encouraged by the Catholic church, attempted to link sex tourism with gay tourism. This is a clearly unfounded claim, as gay and straight tourists alike usually come here with partners or friends looking for a tropical vacation and aren't interested in underage prostitutes. After protests from both straight and gay travellers and travel agencies, the official position was that sex tourism was discouraged, activity with underage prostitutes was illegal, and gay tourism remained in its usual limbo - it's legal but folks don't want to talk about it.
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