Gay and Lesbian scene

Portugal and therefore in the Madeira Archipelago has become generally tolerant of homosexuality, which was decriminalized in 1982, eight years after the Carnation Revolution. While in Lisbon, Oporto and Algarve the gay scene is increasing, in other smaller cities and regions such as Leiria, Braga and Madeira the (local) gay and lesbian activity is still very repressed and discrete, although the gay community is actually much larger than it seems. In Funchal there are no specific clubs and bars for gays and lesbians, which is uncommon for a European city with over 300,000 100,000 inhabitants.

However gay and lesbian travelers are welcome as any other visitor. Only do not expect to find everything here (yet).