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• CHILLG OUT ‘SMOPOLAN UNTRY’: URBAN/RAL HYBRIDY AND THE NSTCTN OF DAYLFORD AS A ‘LBIAN AND GAY RAL IDYLL’
• WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!
• STREETS OF YOUR TOWN: THE JOURNO PROJECTSUBSCRIBESIGN {"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","URL":","MAENTYOFPAGE":","HEADLE":"THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH ","SCRIPTN":"DAYLFORD IS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE LEADG UNTRY FTIVALS FOR GAY PRI ATRALIA.","IMAGE":[{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":"}],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-03-07T00:16:40+00:00","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-03-07T00:16:40+00:00","ISACCSIBLEFORFREE":TE,"THOR":[{"@TYPE":"PERSON","NAME":"NANCE HAXTON","URL":","SCRIPTN":"NANCE HAXTON SPECIALIS D JOURNALISM OVER MORE THAN 20 YEARS\U2014TWICE WNG ATRALIAN JOURNALISM\U2019S MOST PRTIG HONOUR\U2014A WALKLEY AWARD.","INTIFIER":"ER:2356101","SAMEAS":["],"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}],"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"STREETS OF YOUR TOWN: THE JOURNO PROJECT","URL":","SCRIPTN":"WALKLEY AWARD WNG JOURNO TERVIEWG OZ'S BT JOURNOS","TERACTNSTATISTIC":{"@TYPE":"INTERACTNCOUNTER","NAME":"SUBSCRIBERS","TERACTNTYPE":","ERINTERACTNCOUNT":100},"INTIFIER":"PUB:11537","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"SAMEAS":["]}}SHARE THIS POSTTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHERMAR 7, 2022 • 13MTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH DAYLFORD IS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE LEADG UNTRY FTIVALS FOR GAY PRI ATRALIA.MAR 7, 2022SHARE THIS POSTTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHER 1×0:00-13:07OPEN PLAYERLISTEN ON);SUBSTACK APPDOWNLOAD MP3GET A PRIVATE RSS LK FOR LISTENGSUBSCRIBE TO STREETS OF YOUR TOWN TO GET A PRIVATE LK FOR LISTENG YOUR FAVORE PODST PLAYER. LEARN ABOUT RSS.SUBSCRIBEAUD PLAYBACK IS NOT SUPPORTED ON YOUR BROWSER. PLEASE UPGRA.APPEARS THIS EPISONANCE HAXTONFROM THE WANRG JOURNO AT STORI THAT MATTER STUDS THIS IS THE STREETS OF YOUR TOWN. THE PODST THAT TAK YOU ON AN D JOURNEY THROUGH THEATRE OF THE MD HIGHLIGHTG A DIFFERENT SLICE OF ATRALIAN LIFE EACH EPISO.SUBSCRIBEEPISO TAILSCOMMENTSWELE BACK TO STREETS OF YOUR TOWN FOR 2022!SCE OUR LAST NEWSLETTER, FEELS LIKE THE WORLD HAS THROWN EVERYTHG AT . THE ONGOG PANMIC, FLOODS AND WAR HAVE FILLED OUR NEWSFEEDS. SO FOR THE START OF SEASON FOUR OF THE PODST, WE’RE GOG TO HAVE SOME FUN. I FIGURED WE ALL NEED SOME LIGHT AND HOPE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, SO I’M TAKG YOU TO DAYLFORD REGNAL VICTORIA, WHERE THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL IS ABOUT TO LNCH OM MARCH 10 TO 14. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE FTIVAL HAS N FULL TILT SCE COVID STCK, AND THIS YEAR CELEBRAT THE 25-YEAR SILVER JUBILEE OF TRANSFORMG THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VICTORIA TO QUEER COUNTRY.COME S ON THE OUTSI TABLE WH ME AT LARR, ONE OF THE TOWN’S MOST WELL-KNOWN FFEE HNTS. I MENTNED TO THE WAER AS HE BROUGHT OUT MY LISH BREKKIE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A STORY FOR MY PODST ON THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL, AND WONRED IF HE KNEW WHO I ULD TALK TO? HE SED AND SAID HE DIDN’T REALLY KNOW, BUT GIVE HIM A MUTE. HE WANRED BACK SI AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF , AS I TUCKED TO MY HIPSTER LIGHT BREAKFAST. BUT FIVE MUT LATER, WONRFUL WAER RETURNED, TO TELL ME, “HE’LL BE HERE FIVE MUT”. I THK THIS GIV YOU AN DITN OF HOW TIGHT KN THIS BETIFUL LTLE TOWN IS, AND HOW THE BH TELEGRAPH IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL EVEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE. HE TRODUCED ME TO MATHEW CHARLWORTH, THE CHARMG MANAGER OF THE DAYLFORD HOT SPOT BETEL BOY. AND THIS EPISO OF STREETS OF YOUR TOWN WAS BORN.“THE BETIFUL THG ABOUT G TO DAYLFORD IS THAT YOU GET THAT GOOD QUALY UNTRY SERVICE. THEY LOVE FOOD AND THEY LOVE GOOD QUALY FFEE,” MATHEW SAID.DAYLFORD IS ON THE MAP AS THE GAY PAL OF REGNAL VICTORIA. THIS ISN’T JT A RECENT PHENOMENON, DAYLFORD HAS BEE WELL KNOWN FOR BEG A IENDLY SPACE FOR LGBTQI MUNI OM AROUND THE UNTRY, FOR S.“ABSOLUTELY DAYLFORD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST LEADG UNTRY TOWNS FOR GAY PRI ALL OF ATRALIA,” MATHEW SAYS.“WE WERE PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DERT BEFORE WAS EVEN ON THE SCREEN. YOU ULD E HERE AND PUT YOUR OCK ON AND YOU ULD CLIMB MT FRANKL. “YOU ULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANTED AND EVERYONE HERE WAS THERE. WE KNOW SO MANY OF THE SHOP OWNERS THE AREA—THEY JT WANT TO FEEL CLUD.“I KNOW MYSELF BEG YOUNG AND BEG PART OF THE LGBT MUNY ’S BEEN HOME, ’S BEEN WARM AND WELG—’S PRI FOR ME. AND THAT’S WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE PROUD TO BE WHO WE ARE AND ’S AN ACCEPTG MUNY. NO-ONE’S LEFT OUT. EVERYONE IS HERE, EVERYONE IS TOGETHER.”DURG CHILLOUT THE TOWN ALIVE WH CARNIVALE, A STREET PARA, A POOL PARTY, THE POOF DOOF AFTER PARTY AND A GOOD OLD FASHNED BH DANCE.“THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELE WHEN THEY E THROUGH THE DOOR,” HE SAID.“THE SYDNEY MARDI GRAS IS NOTHG ON THE UNTRY. WE HAVE MORE ROOM TO DO THGS. WE N DO BIGGER AND BETTER BUT WE ALSO ARE MORE WELG. YOU E TO THIS TOWN AND YOU STANTLY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE PART OF THE FAY.“THE BIGGT THG ABOUT CHILLOUT FOR IS ACCEPTG WHO WE ARE, BUT ALSO EVERYONE AROUND AS WELL. AND WE’VE GOT THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND ZONE FOR EVERYBODY.”MATHEW FOUND EASY TO SCRIBE WHAT HE LOV ABOUT LIVG DAYLFORD.“IT’S THE WARM WELG UNTRY VIBE. EVERYONE’S ACCEPTED. EVERYONE’S LOVED,” HE SAID.“AND EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER. AND WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER WHICH IS FANTASTIC.”BEHD THE SCEN
• DAYLFORD - THE GAY CAPOL OF VICTORIA
• CHILLG OUT ‘SMOPOLAN UNTRY’: URBAN/RAL HYBRIDY AND THE NSTCTN OF DAYLFORD AS A ‘LBIAN AND GAY RAL IDYLL’
• A GAY DAY AMERI’S GAY PAL
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

CHILLG OUT ‘SMOPOLAN UNTRY’: URBAN/RAL HYBRIDY AND THE NSTCTN OF DAYLFORD AS A ‘LBIAN AND GAY RAL IDYLL’

Daylford, the gay pal of Victoria.

Daylford is nsired the gay pal of regnal Victoria hostg the Chillout Ftival, Atralia’s number one Queer Country Pri Ftival each year March. This paper specifilly reflects on the ‘lbian and gay ral idyll’, advancg extensive rearch that trac social nstctns of the ral idyll wh differentBuildg idyllsBell’s (2006) ncept of idyllisatn provis a theoretil entry pot for examg why the urban/ral dichotomy is rilient Wtern unrstandgs of certa plac as special.

Fieldwork was nducted over two weeks around the 2006 ChillOut Ftival, held over a long-weekend March, wh repeat viss to gather further archival Interpretg idyllsThe followg sectns provi an terpretatn of mastream and lbian and gay media travel mentari, and visors’ survey rpons, to better unrstand how Daylford is idyllised. We argue that the disurs emergg om the tertextual sourc circulate inography which fashns Daylford as at-once urban, ral and hybrid the lbian and gay imagary.

WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!

We beg by illtratg how metropolan sensibili ntue to sta the urban/ral divi both mastreamDaylford: hybridisg raly and urbany ‘smopolan untry’We highlight two ways which urban/ral hybridisatn works Daylford: discursively, as ‘the gay pal of ral Atralia’; and materially, through both spatial proximy and retail geographi.

This humble ltle town is home to the Chillout Ftival, AKA, Atralia’s number one Queer Country Pri Ftival (fun fact—Daylford is also the gay pal of regnal Victoria.

As Daylford gears up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the inic ChillOut Ftival this weekend, one lol is askg the qutn on everyone’s was the first gay the village?

STREETS OF YOUR TOWN: THE JOURNO PROJECTSUBSCRIBESIGN {"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","URL":","MAENTYOFPAGE":","HEADLE":"THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH ","SCRIPTN":"DAYLFORD IS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE LEADG UNTRY FTIVALS FOR GAY PRI ATRALIA.","IMAGE":[{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":"}],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-03-07T00:16:40+00:00","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-03-07T00:16:40+00:00","ISACCSIBLEFORFREE":TE,"THOR":[{"@TYPE":"PERSON","NAME":"NANCE HAXTON","URL":","SCRIPTN":"NANCE HAXTON SPECIALIS D JOURNALISM OVER MORE THAN 20 YEARS\U2014TWICE WNG ATRALIAN JOURNALISM\U2019S MOST PRTIG HONOUR\U2014A WALKLEY AWARD.","INTIFIER":"ER:2356101","SAMEAS":["],"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}],"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"STREETS OF YOUR TOWN: THE JOURNO PROJECT","URL":","SCRIPTN":"WALKLEY AWARD WNG JOURNO TERVIEWG OZ'S BT JOURNOS","TERACTNSTATISTIC":{"@TYPE":"INTERACTNCOUNTER","NAME":"SUBSCRIBERS","TERACTNTYPE":","ERINTERACTNCOUNT":100},"INTIFIER":"PUB:11537","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"SAMEAS":["]}}SHARE THIS POSTTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHERMAR 7, 2022 • 13MTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH DAYLFORD IS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE LEADG UNTRY FTIVALS FOR GAY PRI ATRALIA.MAR 7, 2022SHARE THIS POSTTHE CHILLOUT FTIVAL WH MATHEW CHARLWORTH COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHER 1×0:00-13:07OPEN PLAYERLISTEN ON);SUBSTACK APPDOWNLOAD MP3GET A PRIVATE RSS LK FOR LISTENGSUBSCRIBE TO STREETS OF YOUR TOWN TO GET A PRIVATE LK FOR LISTENG YOUR FAVORE PODST PLAYER. LEARN ABOUT RSS.SUBSCRIBEAUD PLAYBACK IS NOT SUPPORTED ON YOUR BROWSER. PLEASE UPGRA.APPEARS THIS EPISONANCE HAXTONFROM THE WANRG JOURNO AT STORI THAT MATTER STUDS THIS IS THE STREETS OF YOUR TOWN. THE PODST THAT TAK YOU ON AN D JOURNEY THROUGH THEATRE OF THE MD HIGHLIGHTG A DIFFERENT SLICE OF ATRALIAN LIFE EACH EPISO.SUBSCRIBEEPISO TAILSCOMMENTSWELE BACK TO STREETS OF YOUR TOWN FOR 2022!SCE OUR LAST NEWSLETTER, FEELS LIKE THE WORLD HAS THROWN EVERYTHG AT . THE ONGOG PANMIC, FLOODS AND WAR HAVE FILLED OUR NEWSFEEDS. SO FOR THE START OF SEASON FOUR OF THE PODST, WE’RE GOG TO HAVE SOME FUN. I FIGURED WE ALL NEED SOME LIGHT AND HOPE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, SO I’M TAKG YOU TO DAYLFORD REGNAL VICTORIA, WHERE THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL IS ABOUT TO LNCH OM MARCH 10 TO 14. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE FTIVAL HAS N FULL TILT SCE COVID STCK, AND THIS YEAR CELEBRAT THE 25-YEAR SILVER JUBILEE OF TRANSFORMG THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VICTORIA TO QUEER COUNTRY.COME S ON THE OUTSI TABLE WH ME AT LARR, ONE OF THE TOWN’S MOST WELL-KNOWN FFEE HNTS. I MENTNED TO THE WAER AS HE BROUGHT OUT MY LISH BREKKIE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A STORY FOR MY PODST ON THE CHILLOUT FTIVAL, AND WONRED IF HE KNEW WHO I ULD TALK TO? HE SED AND SAID HE DIDN’T REALLY KNOW, BUT GIVE HIM A MUTE. HE WANRED BACK SI AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF , AS I TUCKED TO MY HIPSTER LIGHT BREAKFAST. BUT FIVE MUT LATER, WONRFUL WAER RETURNED, TO TELL ME, “HE’LL BE HERE FIVE MUT”. I THK THIS GIV YOU AN DITN OF HOW TIGHT KN THIS BETIFUL LTLE TOWN IS, AND HOW THE BH TELEGRAPH IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL EVEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE. HE TRODUCED ME TO MATHEW CHARLWORTH, THE CHARMG MANAGER OF THE DAYLFORD HOT SPOT BETEL BOY. AND THIS EPISO OF STREETS OF YOUR TOWN WAS BORN.“THE BETIFUL THG ABOUT G TO DAYLFORD IS THAT YOU GET THAT GOOD QUALY UNTRY SERVICE. THEY LOVE FOOD AND THEY LOVE GOOD QUALY FFEE,” MATHEW SAID.DAYLFORD IS ON THE MAP AS THE GAY PAL OF REGNAL VICTORIA. THIS ISN’T JT A RECENT PHENOMENON, DAYLFORD HAS BEE WELL KNOWN FOR BEG A IENDLY SPACE FOR LGBTQI MUNI OM AROUND THE UNTRY, FOR S.“ABSOLUTELY DAYLFORD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST LEADG UNTRY TOWNS FOR GAY PRI ALL OF ATRALIA,” MATHEW SAYS.“WE WERE PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DERT BEFORE WAS EVEN ON THE SCREEN. YOU ULD E HERE AND PUT YOUR OCK ON AND YOU ULD CLIMB MT FRANKL. “YOU ULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANTED AND EVERYONE HERE WAS THERE. WE KNOW SO MANY OF THE SHOP OWNERS THE AREA—THEY JT WANT TO FEEL CLUD.“I KNOW MYSELF BEG YOUNG AND BEG PART OF THE LGBT MUNY ’S BEEN HOME, ’S BEEN WARM AND WELG—’S PRI FOR ME. AND THAT’S WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE PROUD TO BE WHO WE ARE AND ’S AN ACCEPTG MUNY. NO-ONE’S LEFT OUT. EVERYONE IS HERE, EVERYONE IS TOGETHER.”DURG CHILLOUT THE TOWN ALIVE WH CARNIVALE, A STREET PARA, A POOL PARTY, THE POOF DOOF AFTER PARTY AND A GOOD OLD FASHNED BH DANCE.“THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELE WHEN THEY E THROUGH THE DOOR,” HE SAID.“THE SYDNEY MARDI GRAS IS NOTHG ON THE UNTRY. WE HAVE MORE ROOM TO DO THGS. WE N DO BIGGER AND BETTER BUT WE ALSO ARE MORE WELG. YOU E TO THIS TOWN AND YOU STANTLY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE PART OF THE FAY.“THE BIGGT THG ABOUT CHILLOUT FOR IS ACCEPTG WHO WE ARE, BUT ALSO EVERYONE AROUND AS WELL. AND WE’VE GOT THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND ZONE FOR EVERYBODY.”MATHEW FOUND EASY TO SCRIBE WHAT HE LOV ABOUT LIVG DAYLFORD.“IT’S THE WARM WELG UNTRY VIBE. EVERYONE’S ACCEPTED. EVERYONE’S LOVED,” HE SAID.“AND EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER. AND WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER WHICH IS FANTASTIC.”BEHD THE SCEN

Ms Stewart said her fascatn wh the story of ChillOut and gay and lbian culture had been spurred on by livg the regn durg the rise of the ftival 1997.

Plac such as the Alpha Galleria would hoe “private functns” on Friday evengs where men uld get together, while the former Bh Nut, now the Perfect Drop, would host gay-iendly evengs on Thursday, which would allow LGBTI people to ngregate while also teractg wh other members of the Stewart said while the trend of LGBTI people movg to the regn dated back long before the creatn of ChillOut, the mobilisatn of the bs muny the mid-1990s helped to drive Daylford to bee what is today. While the bs llective was not exclive the people intifyg as LGBTI, did give rise to a number of gay and lbian clive events, Ms Stewart said.

“Around 20 years ago, a chamber of merce ma up of gay bs people the regn started to tie their bs together. This is very unfortunate bee, spe gay rights activy beg practiced the past few years, there are still many gay dividuals alg wh discrimatn. Neverthels, there are a lot of ci all over the world that are passg massively liberal legislature fendg the gay rights.

DAYLFORD - THE GAY CAPOL OF VICTORIA

Below are some of the ci the world that n be labeled as the gay pal of the. What Is The Gay Capal Of The World? Amsterdam, Netherlands The Netherlands has bee the first untry the world to thorize gay marriage 2001.

They also have legalized gay adoptn and they also allowed gays to serve ary first. Many neighborg untri like Swen, Norway, and Belgium have followed the same route and legalized gay marriage as well, which mak the whole regn a very gay-iendly place. has always been known for s kdns towards homosexualy, and now, the rt of the untry has fally followed su.

There has been legislatn passed thorizg same-sex marriage and gay-parent adoptn. Barcelona is now the ont le for broad-md ci that offer a safe and iendly environment for gay upl. The Land of Se n also be labeled as the Gay Capal of the World, as wel any visors wh open arms.

CHILLG OUT ‘SMOPOLAN UNTRY’: URBAN/RAL HYBRIDY AND THE NSTCTN OF DAYLFORD AS A ‘LBIAN AND GAY RAL IDYLL’

As for the cy’s welg spir, the wterners have generally fluenced gay culture the untry.

The untry, not only the pal has bee more open to gay culture. The days, you n even fd mercial plac that have jt been opened to support the creasgly high amount of gay dividuals the untry. Buenos Air, ArgentaYou may thk that Argenta is too relig to be a gay-iendly place; has changed now, though.

A GAY DAY AMERI’S GAY PAL

They’ve moved forward legalizg gay marriage. Now wh the new laws to protect them, ’s even more tertg place to go if you are lookg for a gay-iendly travel, EnglandLondon boasts some of the largt and most open gay muni the entire world.

There have been some equaly laws have been passed and now the gay dividuals are now allowed to get married and adopt kids. Of urse, on top of this, London has always been advance of the gay cultural scene and known to be one of the saft plac for gays to travel.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

The cy also has a lot of statns and tablishments terg gay muny. In fact, named Tel Aviv as the gay pal of the Middle East. It has an exotic Mederranean laid-back attu after Tel Aviv beat New York as the bt gay cy the world their rear poll a uple of years ago.

From Tel Aviv Pri Week to s well-known Shenk Street, gay bars and ee gay cy tours, this cy is surely ial for every type of traveler. Melbourne has a bevy of clubs, bars, rtrants, shoppg and events for gays and lbians om world-renowned Melbourne Queer Film Ftival through to the popular Sunday afternoon drks at the Railway Hotel.