A Cross-Country Road Trip Helped Make the World Safer (and More Fun!) for Queer Travelers

Road trips are such funny things. They allow more room for whimsy and spontaneity. They can inspire frank conversation, sitting side by side with someone, looking out at endless stretches of highway. And they can be dull (all that endless highway) in a way that somehow opens your mind to other possibilities and maybe even other lives. That’s what happened for Charlie Sprinkman as he drove back and forth—and back again—across the United States. He was working a job that required constant travel, and as a queer person, he was always on the lookout for spaces that were both welcoming and queer owned. On their third trek across the States, he realized that if he was looking for these kinds of businesses, other LGBTQIA2S+ travelers would be too. So he founded Everywhere Is Queer, a map that helps those travelers find welcoming, queer-owned spaces around the world. In this week’s episode, Charlie shares their journey from a young, searching kid in Wisconsin to successful entrepreneur, and everything in between. And in the companion interview with Charlie on YouTube, he shares some of their favorite queer-owned places and businesses, where he wants to go from here, and how road-tripping helped them see that the country is really more alike than it seems. Resources Read the transcript of the episode. Listen to the episode on YouTube. Explore the map or download the app (iOS) (Android). Be sure to

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A Cross-Country Road Trip Helped Make the World Safer (and More Fun!) for Queer Travelers is an episode from Travel Tales by AFAR by Afar.

This episode is 18:49 long.

This episode was published on Aug 15, 2024.

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