The city's 70 miles of coastline provide both breathtaking scenery and spectacular beaches - including gay-friendly, clothing-optional Black's Beach. With over 300 days of sunshine each year, the weather is nearly perfect no matter when you visit. The biggest draw in San Diego isn't the large gay community or the city's laid-back attitude, though.
The crowd skews slightly younger than other California gay strongholds such as San Francisco, Palm Springs and Laguna. The gay community in San Diego is ethnically diverse and includes many military and retired military people. The city now has a large and rapidly growing gay population that thrives in a live-and-let-live atmosphere. In recent years that has changed significantly. San Diego's reputation is that of a conservative military town.
But nightclubs and large events are on hold. See the CDC website for details and updates.īars, nightclubs, restaurants, entertainment and recreational venues that had been closed, began to reopen with restrictions. There are restrictions on the entry of certain travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19:
