Moving Abroad as an LGBTQ+ American
Without the Guesswork
RELOCATION RESEARCH FOR LGBTQ+ RETIREES
Sixteen chapters per country, written for LGBTQ+ Americans planning a life abroad. Residency and visa routes, healthcare, HIV care, legal rights, safety, taxes, and real monthly costs. Every finding is sourced and dated. Where something can't be verified, we say so.
Whether you're planning retirement abroad or still deciding whether to go at all, Out & Found is built for the whole decision.
Where Should You Move Abroad?
Start With Your Question.
START WHERE IT MATTERS MOST TO YOU
Maybe the cost of staying feels heavier every month. Maybe living openly matters more than it used to. Maybe the healthcare you rely on can't lapse, not even for a month. Pick the question closest to yours, and we'll send you a free starting shortlist.
Each shortlist looks at six countries through one stated lens. It isn't a "best countries" ranking, and it doesn't mean other countries don't belong on your list. It's where your research begins.
THE AFFORDABILITY QUESTION
01
Where Can I Afford to Live Abroad?
Six countries worth investigating if keeping monthly costs manageable is your first priority, including the trade-offs that show up only after you land.
THE OPENNESS QUESTION
02
Where Can I Live
Openly?
Six countries where legal protections and everyday life for LGBTQ+ residents deserve a closer look, and where the gap between the law and lived reality is smaller than usual.
THE HEALTHCARE QUESTION
03
Where Can I Get the Healthcare I Need?
Six countries where healthcare access, eligibility, and continuity of care, including HIV treatment, warrant serious consideration. What you'd actually pay in year one, stated plainly.
WHEN YOU’VE NARROWED DOWN THE QUESTION
LGBTQ+ Country Guides
Every country, sixteen chapters each. For when you’re seriously considering a country
and need the sequence — visas, cities, healthcare enrollment.
RETIREE EDITION
Retirement guides
Residency routes, Social Security, healthcare, and housing — country by country.
BROWSE RETIREE GUIDES
A few places to start
Featured Country Guides
Featured isn't a ranking. Every country gets the same sixteen chapters, held to the same research standard.
The questions that matter
The ones you can't get answered by a travel blog, a forum thread, or a generic ranking that doesn't account for your circumstances.
Real Costs & Hidden Expenses
What are the actual monthly costs, not just what’s shown on paper?
What costs do people not warn you about until you're already there?
How will moving abroad affect my Social Security, pension, or benefits?
Healthcare & HIV Treatment
How do I make sure that my HIV treatment never gets interrupted?
Will my HIV status affect my visa, my residency, or my right to stay?
If I need care quickly, can I actually get it in a language I understand?
Safety, Rights & Residency
What are my rights here — and is it actually
safe, or just legal on paper?Will my marriage or relationship be recognized
where it counts?Can I stay long-term, or am I one policy change
from having to leave?
These are the questions moving abroad actually raises — and the ones this research was built to answer.
Built around the questions that matter.
WHY THIS EXISTS
The questions that matter most to LGBTQ+ people moving abroad are often the hardest to get answered. Out & Found starts with those questions and answers them with sources, dates, and a clear note wherever something can't be verified.
The free shortlists help you find the questions you didn't know to ask. The country guides answer them in depth, one country at a time. What the answers mean for your life is yours to decide.
How every guide is built
16 chapters in five parts
The same structure for every country, from your first questions to a go/no-go decision framework and a 90-day action plan.
Part I
Getting Oriented
CH01–CH02
Part II
The Fundamentals
CH03–CH05
Part III
Money & Daily Life
CH06–CH11
Part IV
Community & Safety
CH12–CH13
Part V
Planning & Verdict
CH14–CH16
