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2023 QUEER SPAC STUDY
In addn, Quiet Canary mak clear that they rerve the right to refe service to racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and disrpectful clients. "Wh the first week of movg here I searched 'gay bars Halifax' and was credibly disheartened to fd out the only distctly gay bar Halifax, Menz & Mollyz, had had to close s doors durg the panmic. Are there any gay spac the cy?
Feels like there's no way to meet any gay guys whout g grdr. “The majory, if not all of our staff intifi as queer, also the majory are genr non-nformg, or trans”, says Ossa, “so we prrize hirg people who are genr non-nformg, queer, gay, or transgenr.
Ian MacLeod and Nicholas Close thk Halifax’s gay muny needs s own bar, somewhere to hang out, feel safe and have fun. The two say somethg important is missg sce the cy’s last gay bar, Menz and Mollyz, closed April 2020 jt after the COVID-19 panmic h the provce, so they are hopg to fill the gap through a fundraisg mpaign.
FRIENDS LNCH MPAIGN TO BRG NEW GAY BAR TO HALIFAX
In Augt, MacLeod, 39, of Halifax and Close, 27, of Lower Sackville, lnched a GoFundMe mpaign to help them wh their dream of openg a new gay bar. Havg a gay bar didn’t seem like such an important prry durg a global crisis.
As termed as they are, openg a gay bar do e wh challeng. Close, on the other hand, prs on by focg on what a gay bar uld mean to people. MacLeod said the eedom a gay bar provis go beyond a ment or two.
“I’ve been wh my partner for 11 years, and whout a gay bar, I still feel weird holdg his hand public. MacLeod and Close say the new gay bar will have clive polici for everyone.