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About Lindsey
Short bio #1
Lindsey Danis empowers LGBTQ travelers to understand and advocate for their needs and plan incredible adventures while feeling seen, heard, and supported.
Short bio #2
Lindsey Danis is a writer and LGBTQ travel expert who has written for AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, AAA and Longreads.
Lindsey is the author of (Out) On the Road, which teaches LGBTQ+ travelers how to plan affirming, joyful trips.
Lindsey lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her partner and two dogs. When not writing, Lindsey can be found hiking, kayaking, or cooking.
Long bio
Lindsey Danis is a writer and LGBTQ travel expert who has written for AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, AAA and Longreads.
Lindsey is the author of (Out) On the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel, which teaches LGBTQ+ travelers how to plan affirming, joyful trips through a blend of personal stories and practical advice.
Lindsey is the founder of the LGBTQ travel blog Queer Adventurers .
Lindsey’s essays have been recognized in Best American Travel Writing and anthologized in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement and Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid.
Lindsey holds an MFA from Emerson College and a BA from Vassar College. Originally from Boston, Lindsey now lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with their partner and two dogs.
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- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LindseyDanisAuthor
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queeradventurers
Website
Author website: https://www.lindseydanis.com
LGBTQ+ travel: https://www.queeradventurers.com
(Out) On the Road : Book Description, Cover Images, Buy Links
- Genre: Nonfiction
- Subgenres/keywords: Travel, LGBTQ+, adventure, chosen family, queer joy
- Publication date: May 5, 2026
- Buy links: Bookshop, Barnes and Noble, Amazon
Cover Images
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Book Description
Queer people are twice as likely as the general population to hold a passport, according to Community Marketing & Insights. And while my partner and I joke about our ability to flee the country if the laws that protect us are overturned, the truth is, queer people adore travel. In fact, we spend around $100 billion a year on trips, according to Skift.
Despite our lavish spending, queer travelers are underserved. We’re either overlooked or encouraged to stick to a handful of “safe” destinations. This conventional wisdom doesn’t build our confidence or validate our identities. Nor does it teach us how to advocate for ourselves as travelers, or plan off-the-beaten-path adventures to new places. (Out) On the Road does these things through a blend of personal storytelling, research and interviews. Written in a by-us, for-us tone that centers female and nonbinary points of view, (Out) On the Road is a deep dive into the queer travel experience.
Pitches
“(Out) On the Road” teaches LGBTQ+ travelers how to plan affirming, joyful trips.
“(Out) On the Road” teaches LGBTQ+ travelers how to navigate the joys and challenges of travel in a shifting global landscape. Blending personal insights with practical strategies, this book helps readers step beyond their comfort zones, plan transformative adventures, and travel with increased confidence, joy, and personal power. It’s not just a travel book, it’s a call to explore the world and your place in it, on your own terms.
Praise for (Out) On the Road:
“(Out) On the Road feels like permission. Permission to take up space, to want more from travel, to refuse narratives that ask queer people to make ourselves smaller. Part guide and part declaration of belonging, Lindsey Danis offers a deeply human alternative to safety only thinking that is instead grounded in joy, dignity, and lived experience.” – Arden Joy, founder of Girls Who Travel
“Lindsey Danis understands that queer travel is not just about where we go, but how we claim space once we arrive. Part handbook, part reflection, and part call to action, (Out) On the Road offers context, courage, and clarity to LGBTQ+ travelers who want more than a rainbow sticker in a hotel window.” – Bil Browning, LGBTQ+ journalist
“A smarter way to travel while queer, moving beyond ‘gay-friendly’ lists and their false sense of safety.” – “Asher Fergusson, LGBTQ+ travel safety researcher at AsherFergusson.com
“I rushed to read Lindsey Danis’s thoughtful and meticulously researched book.” – Rachel León, The Rumpus
Sample Interview Questions
LGBTQ travel safety, self-advocacy and creating space for yourself
- So much of the conversation about queer travel centers on danger and survival. How do we shift that narrative away from fear and safety and toward joy and power, without dismissing real risks?
- What’s the most important thing a queer traveler can do before they arrive somewhere to set themselves up to feel confident rather than reactive?
- A lot of queer people have been conditioned to make themselves smaller in public spaces. How does travel become a place to unlearn that?
- What are 2-3 simple things allies can do to create a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ travelers?
- How do you handle a moment when something goes wrong—when a hotel clerk misgenders your partner, or a fellow traveler says something dismissive—without letting that one moment spoil the mood?
Queer travel joy and transformative travel
- The LGBTQ+ community spends around $100 billion on travel annually. What does that number tell us about how much queer people want to move through the world?
- A lot of queer people have been conditioned to make themselves smaller in public spaces. How does travel become a place to unlearn that?
- In your book you write that queer joy is an inside job. What does this mean, and can you share some strategies around creating or discovering queer joy?
- You write about many different trips in (Out) On the Road. Which has been the most transformative for you personally and why?
Personal questions – how I travel, how I wrote the book
- Why did you write this book? What was missing from the LGBTQ+ travel conversation that you wanted to address?
- Along with personal stories, you share a mix of research, data and interviews. How did you approach research and interviews? Did you learn anything that surprised you?
- How has writing this book changed the way you travel?