DARWIN AT ITS BEST

Contents:

• GAY DARW GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW
• DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE
• GAY DARW
• DARW GAY NIGHTCLUBS | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW NIGHTLIFE
• BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS DARW
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DARW
• GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS DARW ATRALIA (2023 UPDATED)
• WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART

GAY DARW GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW

Atralian gay history amic and activist Dr Do Hodge arrived Darw 1983, jt before the closure of two now-legendary mp venu, Dix and Hodge has sce moved to Alai, but returns to Darw to host walkg tours that foc on the Northern Terrory's lser known amic's last walkg tour for Darw Pri Ftival 2015 began at Lameroo Beach — known by the Larrakia people as Damoe-Ra — on Darw's Esplana. Colonisatn begs DarwAfter the first succsful European attempt to reach the Top End 1845, what is now known as Darw beme predomately lonised by men, which helped created a "homosocial environment" 1923 public baths were built at Lameroo Beach, which soon went onto bee a meetg place for gay men — albe well-vered circumstanc.

It was discreet, " Dr Hodge is unclear how much sexual activy occurred at the baths but Dr Hodge has found legal rerds between 1942 and 1962 ditg homosexual activy was takg place " every European centre across the Terrory", cludg sports ovals and World War II, Darw's populatn doubled mostly due to an flux of servicemen, and the baths flourished.

DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE

"I wasn't an absolute whore, only a part-time one, " relled an Atralian Air Force serviceman, who equented the baths, oral history accsed by Dr 's gay bar scene emergAs social attus to homosexualy began to soften the late 1950s, Dr Do Hodge found evince of the first Aborigal man publicly g out as gay. "He me out when he was que young, about 18, which was a very brave thg to do, " said a gay Aborigal man at the time oral history accsed by Dr the 1960s, Gurra relled an Aborigal woman also g out.

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(Supplied: Dr Do Hodge)She was a teacher ted down south who drove around wh her partner a vibrant green Dr Hodge said the queer nightlife scene which started to emerge Darw at this time maly tered to homosexual 1969, celebrated entreprenr John Spellman donned women's clothg and opened the Pianola Palace, the first gay-iendly Darw club beme known for a topls drag queen barmaid and a miature nu statue of David before beg cimated by Cyclone Tracy Spellman kept the Pianola Palace nng wh the help of tarpl tents and, as the town revered, other gay-iendly bars such as Dix, Fanni, Close Enunters, Squir and the Mississippi Queen emerged the Hodge believed lbians equented the venu but were generally "more discreet", and the prence of lbians was "assumed rather than apparent" Terrory's equal rights eraDr Hodge said the Terrory's lbian muny was bolstered by the Pe Gap women's peace mp, tablished 1983 near Alice Sprgs to ph for women's equal tablishment of women's legal service and refug the 1980s ntued this femist momentum, but there was evince of homophobia a tradnally mascule "wboy" town.

(Supplied: Dr Do Hodge)Siarly, the gay muny — which started to lnch clubs such as the Darw Gay Society and the Boomer Motor Club the same era — also battled ternal and external divisn.

DARW GAY NIGHTCLUBS | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW NIGHTLIFE

"There are a lot of racist gay wh around, " relled an Aborigal man 1980s oral history accsed by Dr muny was also challenged by the AIDS crisis and associated "fear and moral panic" the late 80s, Dr Hodge the Terrory, the queer muny rpond to the global crisis wh a lol AIDS uncil — a ty office tablished 1985 and n on a shotrg Darw's CBD.

"[The fact] that today we enjoy such a society is substantially due to the urageo and ntug efforts of many of the Northern Terrory's lbian, gay and trans cizens, " Dr Hodge said. Historilly, many people have held strong moral views about homosexualy and such views often stem om relig beliefs or an ia that heterosexualy is “natural” and everythg else is unnatural or perverse.

Analysis of tw pair rrelatns many studi shows that geic factors acunt for around 30% to 50% of variatn sexual orientatn, although we have yet to fd a specific “gay gene”. I have shown that psychologilly feme men and psychologilly mascule women (those who see themselv as siar to the oppose genr) are more likely to be homosexual. Usg geic mollg on thoands of intil and non-intil tws, I’ve shown the above is due to geic factors wh multiple effects: the predispose to homosexualy and sex-atypily and, heterosexuals, to havg more sexual partners.

BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS

Consistent wh this, I’ve also shown that heterosexuals who have a homosexual -tw (and who therefore may rry “gay gen”) tend to have a higher than average number of sexual partners – that is, they are more succsful at acquirg mat. So appears that any evolutnarily trimental effect of “gay gen” (predisposg to homosexualy) is balanced out by the evolutnarily beneficial effects (creased matg succs) heterosexual rriers of those gen.

Knowg sexual orientatn is fluenced by gen and n be explaed evolutnary terms may even, for those who hold such views, make homosexualy seem ls a perverse or immoral choice and more jt a se of beg “born gay”. Throb Nightclub and the gay-iendly venu are loted the area on and around Mchell, Smh and Knucky Streets downtown Darw Cy, the cy's bit mercial strip.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS DARW

Emen8 "Atralia's biggt and bolst onle sexual health and wellbeg iative for gay men, bisexual men and men who have sex wh men! The Cavenagh -aka "The Cav" (12 Cavenagh St), gay-popular rtrant, fe, bar and bottlhop; breakfast, lunch and dner, snacks, w.

The Gay Men's Pri group gathers here for Thursday Drks at 5pm and for bnch at 10:30am on first Sundays of the month.

Deck Bar (22 Mchell St), rtrant and bar, cktails, 80+ beers, bnch, large outdoor pat space/ beer garn, Asian-style tapas, lunch/dner; mixed gay-iendly crowd, open day and night every day. I also see Alan as pan, I thk he’s very clearly not straight, however this didn’t e nearly as much evince as there is the show ?& then there’s Llie who is gay whout qutn. As early as Season 1, & as late as Gumball Chronicl, Llie has been shown to be gay all throughout the quot/actns?

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DARW

''Florida, Montana among worst for LGBTQ muny The x ranked stat acrdg to five areas: work environment, legal protectns, youth and fay support, health accs and safety, and polil and relig at the top tend to get more clive over the past year, while their lower-ranked peers beme ls tolerant or didn't move om where they were 'T SAY GAY LAWS SPARK FEAR:If they 'say gay, ' will my child be safe? Meanwhile, Florida – which has enacted what opponents ll a "Don't Say Gay'' bill that would rtrict discsn of LGBTQ people the classroom – dropped 3. Gay and Gay-iendly Hotels DarwBook the bt gay hotels wh misterb&b, the lear gay travel chosen by 1M travelers.

GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS DARW ATRALIA (2023 UPDATED)

Competive pric - Gay-owned bs - Support for LGBTQ+ NGOsmost bookedcheaptmisterb&b munySee how the search rults are rankedThe Cavenagh★ 4. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

Tun on the sound…ThrobDarw's premier gay- and lbian-iendly nightclub and cktail bar, Throb attracts partygoers of all genrs and persuasns for s hot DJs and ol…Deck BarAt the nonpartyg, parliamentary end of Mchell St, the Deck Bar still manag to get lively wh happy hours, pub trivia and regular live mic…Beachont HotelClose to the borr wh Nightcliff, this rollickg pub oppose the forhore attracts a lol crowd and often has bands.

WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART

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.