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The Gay Unknown - Gay Travel and Culture Travel. Culture. From a gay mans perspective. Discover what there is in the Gay Unknown.

I spill the tea about my past and current adventures (and sometimes misadventures), latest gay stays, and current LGBT travel news from around the globe.

Check out our newest blog post on The Gay Unknown!“Yellowknife: Our Canadian Arctic Adventure in Which I Found Bread”! J...
09/08/2020

Check out our newest blog post on The Gay Unknown!

“Yellowknife: Our Canadian Arctic Adventure in Which I Found Bread”!

Joe goes on a big gay adventure into the great Canadian Arctic and explores Yellowknife. ❄️🌨🏔

Link in the bio!
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Would you ever vacation to a cold and snowy destination? Where would you go?

New Blog Post on The Gay Unknown! A big gay adventure into the great Canadian Arctic by Joseph Rees!Would you ever vacat...
09/08/2020

New Blog Post on The Gay Unknown! A big gay adventure into the great Canadian Arctic by Joseph Rees!

Would you ever vacation in a cold and snowy destination? Where would you go?



When my good friend Richard, known as Ditch, suggested we go to Yellowknife in the Northern Territories of Canada, I began to shiver.

NEW BLOG POST! Summer Reads: 3 LGBTQ+ books you need to read to understand our past, present, and future. By Santiago Ag...
08/14/2020

NEW BLOG POST! Summer Reads: 3 LGBTQ+ books you need to read to understand our past, present, and future. By Santiago Aguirre.

“As q***r people growing up (and even q***r adults as well), we often ask ourselves a lot
of questions: Why am I like this? Are there other people out there who are like me? Am I normal? Here are 3 books that will help you understand your journey.“

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As q***r people growing up (and even q***r adults as well), we often ask ourselves a lot of questions: Why am I like this? Are there other people out there who are like me? Am I normal? Here are 3 books that will help you understand your journey. (Post by Blog Writer Santiago Aguirre. Edited by Bran...

New Blog Post! Summer Reads: 3 LGBTQ+ books you need to read to understand our past, present, and future by the one and ...
08/14/2020

New Blog Post! Summer Reads: 3 LGBTQ+ books you need to read to understand our past, present, and future by the one and only What is your favourite LGBTQ+ book to read?

One of my favourite things about travelling is how it makes the spectacularity of our planet ever more real and apparent...
08/11/2020

One of my favourite things about travelling is how it makes the spectacularity of our planet ever more real and apparent. There is a vast array of different cultures and landscapes to immerse yourself in, and some of those make you learn more about yourself then ever before. What was the one travel experience you felt that changed you?

We are VERY excited to announce the newest member of The Gay Unknown family, the one and only, Santiago!Santiago comes f...
08/06/2020

We are VERY excited to announce the newest member of The Gay Unknown family, the one and only, Santiago!

Santiago comes from the wonderful Latin American country of Colombia where he has been involved in many LGBTQ+ organizations in his home country. He currently works his dream job on promoting travel to Colombia, specifically from Canada.

Santiago is very knowledgeable and passionate regarding Q***r issues especially those globally and through his experiences in his travels and in Latin America.

Make sure to keep an eye out for his blog entries coming soon!

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Mahi-Mahi anyone? One of the coolest parts of Medellín are all the insane markets you can check out. What is your favour...
08/04/2020

Mahi-Mahi anyone? One of the coolest parts of Medellín are all the insane markets you can check out. What is your favourite shopping market that you have explored?

NEW POST! Check out Joseph Rees’s latest post on his short shorts adventure to Istanbul. “Istanbul had always been on my...
08/01/2020

NEW POST!

Check out Joseph Rees’s latest post on his short shorts adventure to Istanbul.

“Istanbul had always been on my immediate list of places to travel. Known to many as where East meets West, it is an unusually harmonious melting pot of different cultures and religions. A city rich in history, architecture, Turkish delight, and apparently…. Somewhat LGBT+ friendly?”

A city rich in history, architecture, Turkish delight, and apparently…. Somewhat LGBT+ friendly?

My dream for The Gay Unknown has always been for it to be a collective. A group of LGBTQ+ writers and bloggers that trav...
07/31/2020

My dream for The Gay Unknown has always been for it to be a collective. A group of LGBTQ+ writers and bloggers that travel the world and share their adventures and experiences and talk about issues that are important to the community.

With that being said, I want to welcome Joe to the family! 🎉🎉🎉

This funny, creative, and ambitious Brit loves to travel the world (usually in his short shorts) and is also launching a great charity called HomoJo that aims to help fight internalized homophobia and division within the LGBTQ+ community. Feel free to read more about him in the “About Us” section on the website!

Also, check out his first blog post with us about his adventures in Istanbul. LINK BELOW:

https://www.thegayunknown.com/post/my-short-shorts-adventure-to-istanbul-you-look-like-a-girl-but-you-sound-like-a-boy

Santorini vibes. This gorgeous island can be a tourist trap, but the towns of Oia and Fira have some of the most spectac...
07/30/2020

Santorini vibes. This gorgeous island can be a tourist trap, but the towns of Oia and Fira have some of the most spectacular views ever. What city have you been to that you think is the most picturesque?

Just having a laugh with Lawrence my happy little camel buddy. Would you ever travel via camel through the desert? 🐫 ...
07/28/2020

Just having a laugh with Lawrence my happy little camel buddy. Would you ever travel via camel through the desert? 🐫

07/27/2020

I had the amazing experience of exploring through South Jordan in the Valley of the Moon (Wadi Rum Desert). If you could adventure through any desert, which one would you want to see? ☀️😎

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ABOUT ME AND MY JOURNEY

Hello fellow travellers!

My name is Brandon and welcome to The Gay Unknown. Let me give you a little background story on who I am...

When I was younger, the walls of my room were covered with maps of places I dreamed of visiting. I spent hours of my time reading and watching documentaries about ancient civilizations, world cultures, and the various histories of the world and of its people. I’d awe at the diversity of humanity and the intricacies of what those different places and cultures had to offer. This fed into a very innate aspect of my being; an incessant and instinctive need to travel.

My professional life has been quite eclectic and varied. While most of my life has been dedicated to entertainment and working in film; I have also crewed for hot air balloons, managed gay nightclubs and been a buyer and importer of liquor and wines from around the world. When I wasn’t busy working, my recreational life was spent elsewhere getting lost in the unknown. ATVing in the jungles of Mexico, sailing in the Mediterranean, swimming in underground cenotes, and exploring ancient Mayan, Roman, and Grecian ruins. There have been moments where I have had to sleep on an open beach with nothing but a blanket because I didn’t have a room for a night, to staying at an old French ambassadors villa on a Greek island.