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It's a cy wh a vibrant nightlife and splendid natural bety, but if you're gay on the Gold Coast, some discretn is advised, acrdg to some wh the LGBTI+ muny.Key pots:Whout a dited venue and major events, the Gold Coast's LGBTI+ muny is "sttered and not herent", acrdg to some membersMany LGBTI+ people have to "drs down" their queerns to be acceptedThere are worri that the prospect of Israel Fol playg gby league on the Gold Coast will further rerce the attusThe cy's first annual LGBTI ftival  2015 failed to secure a permanent place on the social lenr and there is still no gay bar on the Gold Coast.A lol gby league club has signed Israel Fol, who matas "no regrets" for sayg on social media that "hell awas" gay people.In rponse, Mayor Tom Tate has urged people to five Fol. Controversial cross- footballer Israel Fol hop to return to gby league via the Gold Coast's lol A-gra petn.(ABC: Michael Rennie)Queer artist Samuel Leighton-Dore, whose work is exhibed the cy's new $60 ln art gallery, said that unls the Gold Coast uld foster a safe "sense of muny" for LGBTI+ people, would miss out on a cultural wdfall."The social/polil Gold Coast energy is: don’t ask, don’t tell … that may be a b drastic," he said."People like to thk of as 'good gays' but once we start exprsg our sexualy, exprsg our ias a way that's non-tradnal, be a b jarrg."The need for a 'double life'Mr Leighton-Dore has lived on the Gold Coast for almost five years, after movg om Newtown Sydney.

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Gold Coast artist Samuel Leighton-Dore se "huge potential for the Gold Coast to be a cultural hub".(Supplied: Aaron Chapman)"There are more queer men on the Gold Coast then you would thk," he said."Why isn't our prence felt culturally?"While beg queer his day-to-day life has been "absolutely fe", Mr Leighton-Dore said he had experienced discrimatory attus when gog out wh his hband."There are gay nservativ, there are gay liberal voters, there are gay men who wear sus who would be wele any boardroom," he said."A lot of queer men feel the need to live a b of a double life and revert to onle spac." Samuel Leighton-Dore's artwork is among the first to be exhibed at Gold Coast's HOTA.(Supplied: Ellamay Fzgerald)He said the lack of a dited LGBTI+ safe venue, such as a gay bar, had rulted a "distct lack of muny"."Communy really unts for a lot bee throughout history we've had hubs and safe plac where we've ngregated and gotten to know each other and looked after each other," he said."That's the missg element on the Gold Coast."'Back retreat'There have been attempts to foster a larger LGBTI+ muny.Natalie O'Drisll, who has helped pull together activist efforts recently, has anised Rabow Connectn — an LGBTI+ live mic event g to Mo's Dert Clubhoe Burleigh Heads. Natalie O'Drisll has anised a live mic event for the LGBTI+ muny and s alli.(ABC Gold Coast: Domic Cansdale)"I've been here ne years and I haven't disvered much of a muny like I would perhaps another cy," she said."It's pretty sttered, and not terribly hive, and there isn't really a ma place for anybody to hang out."Meanwhile, Vce Siciliani helped tablish Gold Coast Rabow Communi last year, which hosts fay piics, sportg events and parti."The LGBTIQ muny has s own special needs and they’re not beg met," he said."You'll fd they'll drive all the way to Brisbane for that." The Gold Coast's surf liftyle domat the cy's culture but the art scene is growg.(ABC Gold Coast: Domic Cansdale)Mr Siciliani said the LGBTI+ muny had "gone back to retreat"."There's been this gap the market for a good, maybe three years, of no events, no venu, nothg for the muny," he said.'Discreet tradi'After g out as gay at age 24, Jordan Wilkson said he enuntered many men that he scribed as "discreet tradi", who still believed that they uldn't "show their face". Lovely Gold Coast SglGay Datg SeThere are plenty of s to choose om if you want to meet other gay sgl Gold Coast.

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