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• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO SYDNEY
• DARLGHURST’S CY GYM – AKA SYDNEY’S “GAY GYM” – HAS RETURNED TO ITS FORMER GLORY WH A $1.5 MILLN MAKEOVER
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY
• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• GAYS NOT WELE: THE MSAGE OM SHOPS ONE OF SYDNEY'S PKT SUBURBS
• TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )
• MELBOURNE GAY MAP
• SYDNEY GAY MAP
• LIVERPOOL GAY BARS

THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

A gay gui to SydneyQueer eye on SydneyMeet the crew: Heaps GayWhether you're gay, straight or somewhere between, you'll have a heaps good time at one of Sydney's favoure queer and clive Beard TIf you want to see Sydney at her absolute bt, go for a drk at Redfern’s neighbourhood art bar, the Beard T. The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para is one of the most inic LGBTQIA+ events the world.

Darlghurst’s Cy Gym – affectnately known as the “gay gym” – first opened way back 1978, the same year as the gural Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras para. Run by traer and equal-rights champn Billy Moore, beme a haven for the queer muny durg the ’70s and ’80s when, most Atralian stat, was still illegal to be gay. From lol fundraisg events to affordable memberships (pric start at around $25 a week), gay cyclg clubs, nng clubs and the gym’s famo annual Mardi Gras float, he’s obvly keen to uphold Moore’s clive valu.

GAY SYDNEY GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO SYDNEY

A trip to a queer lole n provi everythg you need, wh trendy f for readg femist lerature, unrground bars for a big gay night out and avant-gar galleri for supportg queer art and exprsn. The areas surroundg Oxford St and Taylor Square Darlghurst are the epicentre of Atralia’s gay muny, wh Darlghurst the fol pot of the annual Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras each year.

DARLGHURST’S CY GYM – AKA SYDNEY’S “GAY GYM” – HAS RETURNED TO ITS FORMER GLORY WH A $1.5 MILLN MAKEOVER

Compared to Sydney’s ncentrated LGBTQIA+ neighbourhoods, Melbourne has a more diverse and well-tegrated gay populatn. Melbourne’s CBD, Fzroy and Collgwood all offer refed bars, upsle rtrants and cultural attractns (perfect for the effortlsly posh gays), while if you're more ‘hipster gay’ cled, Bnswick featur the ual hallmarks of gaybourhoods wh a profn of f, street art, and quirky shops.

While queer Atralians tend to hab the ner-cy suburbs of pal ci, further afield Daylford (often affectnately known as Gaylford) li a thrivg gay muny. After celebratg at the annual Brisbane Pri Ftival New Farm, ’s only a short skip to Fortu Valley to enjoy some great gay nightlife. The streets of Perth Cy, Maylands (Gaylands) and Bayswater (Gayswater) e alive durg the month-long PriFEST, wh lol-favoure events like Fairday, Bake-Off and the Para beg highlights.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Perth has a few nu beach that are popular amongst gay crowds, wh the most popular beg North Swanbourne Beach, Warnbro Beach and the seclud bays of Rottnt Island. It’s fair to assume Canberra would be filled wh heteronormative, sued up policians, but statistilly speakg, ACT has more gay and lbian upl than any other state or terrory.

DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY

Outsi of the, be sure to have a drk and a dance at Darw Cy’s legendary gay bar, Throb (be sure to tch their qualy drag shows), or else if you’re travellg down to the Red Centre of Atralia, you n live out your Priscilla Queen of the Dert dreams at the FABalice Ftival Alice Sprgs.

There are no signated gay bars Alice but when you head to the pub for a beer, ’ll be fairly apparent why, anecdotally, Alice Sprgs is known as the “Lbian Capal of Atralia”! In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

GAYS NOT WELE: THE MSAGE OM SHOPS ONE OF SYDNEY'S PKT SUBURBS

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said.

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Warren and Edn choose a two-seater bench Green Park, Sydney’s gay-iendly ner-cy Darlghurst – a safe public space to ially appraise one another the (Steve Le Marquand) is his late 50s.

TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )

He lls himself straight and thks of himself as happily married to the woman wh whom he liv a regnal has been beaten up the past, and remembers the moral csa to punish gay men at the peak of the AIDS crisis. Cred: Steven SiewertEdn (Joseph Althoe) intifi as queer rather than gay yet hems himself to the archetype of the “twk”: a photogenic, cute young man wh a skny build.

MELBOURNE GAY MAP

While the earlier versn of Green Park revolved around hookg up the park, was set a Darlghurst admired what the play had to say about the behavural chasms between different generatns of gay men, and the unexpected plexi of the two characters, as well as s ntemporary ronance: “It really engag the ‘missn acplished’ set of expectatns the straight world has of the LGBTQIA world, particularly the gay world, ” he says. … But so much ridual trma exists the gay world, and a lot of is exprsed laterally the way gay men hurt each other, are not munal-md and still engaged sometim a real battle for self-prervatn that means they n be terrified of vulnerabily and beg open. ”'But so much ridual trma exists the gay world, and a lot of is exprsed laterally the way gay men hurt each other.

Audience members watchg Green Park might notice the large pk triangle stallatn, a memorial to queer men and women murred durg the Holot, who had to wear pk triangl stched to their clothg to note their spised sexual the bottom of the hill is St Vcent’s Hospal, where many AIDS patients were treated and across the fenced si of the park is the palliative re hospice where some are also shadows of the gay scene’s nghtier si. Edn is obssed wh his self-worth based on enumeratn: the numbers of followers on Instagram and “flame” ins om potential sex partners on the actual Green Park “looks like a nice place where gays active wear n walk their signer dogs”, says Greene.

Sydney has a thrivg LGBTQ scene and plays host to one of the world’s bt pri events: Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. There are a range of LGBTQ areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg LGBTQ bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants.

SYDNEY GAY MAP

Today, even though you n fd LGBTQ hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQI+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street. A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach.

A 2017 qut termed his ath was a homici, wh fdgs that he “died as a rult of a gay hate attack” viewed by some police as a “feat”. In the latt velopment, Stt Phillip Whe plead guilty to throwg the punch that ultimately ed Johnson to fall to his month, jtice Robert Beech-Jon dismissed “what appears to be an absurd suggtn [by police] that Dr Johnson killed himself” when sentencg Whe to ne years past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNSW police had argued Johnson’s ath was outsi the current quiry’s terms of reference on the basis the matter was not unsolved, the man rponsible for his ath intified as gay and a sentencg judge did not fd the ath to be motivated by gay the quiry’s missner, jtice John Sackar, on Tuday led s terms of reference were much wir and answers to qutns such as how and why Johnson died were still not urt did not make a fdg beyond reasonable doubt that Whe was motivated by gay hate, but did not le out the possibily, he is due to hand down his fal report next month. The Big Gay Asie Brekky - supported by Cy of Sydney and prented as part of Sydney WorldPri Amplified Program - will celebrate a range of talented micians, vendors and artists om the LGBTQIA+ muny, creatg a wealth of clive, excg and diverse activi for all to enjoy.

However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.

LIVERPOOL GAY BARS

” This post wasn’t ma by a rtrant Sdi Arabia or the 1950s, but recently at a vegan rtrant, Hale & Hearty, one of Sydney’s most rabow suburbs – follows another Waterloo eatery owner, last month, postg a meme pictg a gay stick person holdg a rabow flag beg kicked off a cliff wh the words: “Why should gay people have rights when we don’t even have the right to not have to put up wh seeg them public? ” Followers were enuraged to “share if you are agast gay people” and to uniend him “if you support the clowns” is, unfortunately, a fallacy that post-marriage equaly Atralia is safe for LGBTQI people – even the gay bubble of Sydney's pkt APWhen challenged about his homophobia, the owner of kebab shop Yilmaz Grill & Bakehoe, Iftekhar Hasan, rpond: "none of my ctomers are gay" and claimed he “won't lose a cent” if gay people don't vis his shop.

Rather than boytt his shop, I wanted gay people to vis , showg him that we’re pole, diverse – and fivg. Unfortable wh this form of ncel culture on my doorstep, I watched wh bewilrment at Hale & Hearty’s Facebook posts, one mute sayg gay people weren’t wele, the next sayg they Mark Da Costa told me started bee a vegan "outed" and attacked him as a Tmp supporter. LoadgThe rtrant posted that “the gay muny, who were quick to judge even though we supported them durg the plebisce, aren’t wele”.

Another post says “how quickly the gay muny fot we put our reputatn on the le 2017 [ the postal vote] knowg was a risk nsirg our ctomer base was shared equally between the lol Hillsong muny and gay people” he sists that ban was “only aimed at the vile sectn of the gay muny abg .