RainBowiePlaces
Bars, cafés, clubs, restaurants, places to stay and health services, rated by the community on how welcome you'll feel, not on who paid. Save the ones you like and they're on your trip.
Travel loud. Travel safe.
RainBowie is the travel app for LGBTQ+ people. See how welcoming a neighbourhood is before you get there, find queer-friendly places and events, and keep local help contacts on your phone, even offline.
Coming to iPhone and Android. Free to download.
Saturday in Lisbon
Sample trip
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Café Prisma, Príncipe Real
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Arraial Lisboa Pride
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Bar Lua, Bairro Alto
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Night bus home via Cais do Sodré
Heads-up: Arraial Lisboa Pride is on Sat 19 Jun, your last day.
A safety map written by people like you
Every city is split into neighbourhoods. Travellers and locals report how a place felt, and each neighbourhood gets one of four bands. Reports fade with age, so the map reflects the city now, not five years ago.
Welcoming
People report holding hands, being out and feeling at ease. Queer venues are nearby.
Mixed
Mostly fine, with some reports of stares or comments, often at certain times of day.
Risky
Recent reports of harassment or worse. Read them before you go, and plan how to get home.
Not enough reports
Too few recent reports to say. If you've been, yours can fill the gap.
Everything for the trip, in one place
Events
Drag shows, parties, sober meetups and every Pride on the calendar. Browse the city you're in or the one you're flying to next, and mark what you're going to.
Trips
Add your stops and dates. RainBowie tells you what's on while you're there, warns you about local laws, and saves help contacts and LGBTQ+ helplines for offline use.
Community
Follow a city to read tips from people who've just been there. Ask a verified local, or post anonymously when you'd rather not use your name.
Built for the places where being out isn't safe
- Your location stays on your phoneReports and posts carry a neighbourhood, never your exact position.
- Your identity is yoursThe identity tags you add are only ever shown to you.
- Discreet modeNotifications say "You have a new update" and nothing more. Switch the app icon to Notes or Weather, and lock it with Face ID.
- No ads, no trackersThere are no advertising or analytics companies inside RainBowie, and we never sell data.
How RainBowie pays for itself
We'd rather tell you up front. Money comes from businesses and event organisers, never from your data, and it never buys a better rating.
Safety is always free
The safety map, reports, local laws, help contacts and alerts will never sit behind a paywall.
€5
to post an event. A moderator checks every one before it goes live.
Business listings
Venues can claim their listing and promote it. Promoted items always carry a Promoted label.
Run a queer-friendly venue or event?
Claim your place in the app to keep your hours and photos up to date, answer reviews and post your events. We verify every business before it gets a badge.