Traveling Through Gay Art History

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Gay Pride is more and more important in the world today—and Oscar Wilde Tours lets you explore it more deeply than ever! As heirs to a tradition that is central to civilization, LGBT people can truly take pride in their forebears, who count among their number such greats as Sappho and Socrates, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky and Virginia Woolf, the genius dancer Nijinsky, the literary revolutionary Thomas Mann, and of course, the sublime Oscar Wilde himself.

Their contributions show that same-sex love has been at the heart of many of the world’s great cultural flowerings. From ancient Greece and Rome, to Meiji Japan and Ottoman Istanbul; from Renaissance Florence to fin de siècle London; from Paris of the Lost Generation to Weimar Berlin, Oscar Wilde Tours takes you to places where these moments are still palpable. We show you the art, we tell you the stories, and we connect you to the great heritage of which you are the heirs.

LGBTQ+ History of India Tour March 4 2025

This is the tour that will show you some of its most fabulous sights while introducing you to its LGBTQ+ side of India.

LGBTQ+ Japan: Samurai, Kabuki, Manga, and More!

Did you know that Japan also has one of the world’s most interesting LGBTQ+ histories? Until Westernization took over in the 19th century, Japan had very different sexual customs from the West—including *male* geishas, to start with—and some claim this is still reflected in today’s worlds of manga and Japanese TV.

From Achilles to Alexander the Great and Beyond Next Tour 2025

Greece is also the greatest country of gay history, the place where gay love had a central role in the cultural flowering that laid the foundations of Western culture.

Gay Italy: from Caesar to Michelangelo and beyond Next Tour

There is a side to Italy’s story that most people aren’t aware of: gay Italy. From the Caesars to Michelangelo to Visconti and Pasolini, Italy is a storehouse of gay history—and many of its artistic treasures celebrate same-sex love. Join us as we reveal the gay side of this amazing country.

Call Me By Your Name Tour of Northern Italy

This is a fabulous area of Italy, though less visited than Rome or Florence or Capri. It contains a long string of stunning, historic cities, a wealth of cultural history.

Gay Germany Tour: LGBTQ+ Germany, from Ludwig to Marlene Dietrich, and Beyond!

Berlin and Munich are Germany’s two great cultural capitals. Although they are very different, they are two of Europe’s greatest cities of art and history, with fabulous museums, palaces, and parks. And of course, they have an amazing and palpable history, with Nazis, Soviets, the Berlin wall, its fall, and so on. But they also have an incredible LGBTQ+ history!
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