We came to Tbilisi to celebrate my birthday and quickly fell in love. To find out more about living in Tbilisi while gay, read our interview with local boy Giorgi. There is an evolving queer scene with a super active LGBTQ community, growing massively in confidence by the minute! Tbilisi's also super cheap, making it a popular base with many ex-pats, digital nomads, and property developers looking for the next big “up and coming” investment base in East Europe. This is a city with a crumbling, yet super picturesque old town – Instagram opportunities abound on every other street corner. Yet in Tbilisi, it's also a way the club bouncers and promoters monitor who comes inside in order to prevent any violent homophobic clashes from happening.įace control aside, we completely fell in love with Tbilisi, as do most travelers who visit, both gay and straight. That Soviet hangover, so prevalent amongst gay bars and clubs across East Europe and Russia: your entry based solely on a bouncer's snap decision as to whether you're cool or hip enough to enter inside. Our gay guide to Tbilisi is based on our first-hand experience and embellished with other nuggets of information passed on to us by gay locals we met along the way.
