Atralia has long had a gay beach subculture but they haven't always been safe spac | Gary Nunn | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAY MELBOURNE
• ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC
• GAY BRISBANE
• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

GAY MELBOURNE

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ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC

“Surfers go to south Bondi, backpackers, fai and people om wtern Sydney go the middle, then gays go to north Bondi.

Before homosexualy was crimalised (1984 New South Wal all the way through to 1997 Tasmania), some beach areas beme “beats” – venu where gay men uld discreetly hook up bee society offered few spac for them to meet and be timate.

But there’s a dark history – the plac beme the scen of vlent homophobic hate attacks. In September 2018, the Liberal MP Shayne Mallard announced a parliamentary quiry to homophobic hate crim mted between 1970 and 2010. This clus 30 outstandg s of at least 88 murrs rulted gay men beg found ad at the bottom or on top of beach clifftops.

GAY BRISBANE

Police are now offerg a $1m reward for rmatn leadg to nvictn – after ially, accurately, nyg the area was a October 2018, Waverley uncil announced a memorial monument will be built at the cliffsi Marks Park, south of Bondi, followg the homophobic attacks and murrs of men at this Atralian beach culture, Murphy says, remas more nservative than beach like Sg Spa, “where there are cktails, DJs and parti right on the sand”.

You’ll get homophobia bee you somehow have to draw a le – as this nnot be seen as homoerotic. We mt prove we’re not gay and we mt reerate that. ” The profsnal surfer Barton Lynch explaed was mon to ll someone “faggot” or “poofter” when they didn’t tch a wave – homophobic language he has avoid sce his brother me out.

He swam petively Pe but remembers “jok about gays swimmg wh ” and beg punched his swim group. “I wanted to meet gay people a healthy environment and get f along the way, ” he says.

THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

I’ve suffered homophobia, ually men wh sni remarks or thkg ’s a pliment to say ‘that’s hot’. Acrdg to Gav Patterson and John Walker, Atralia has long had a gay beach subculture.

The uple, who n the blog, ce nudist beach such as Ltle Congwong at La Peroe (an unofficial nudist beach which police have prevly raid), Lady Jane and Obelisk beach Sydney, Port Douglas’s Turtle Cove rort and the “world famo” Kgs Beach at Byron uple say the associated non-nformy and liberatn of nudist beach often make them popular wh gay people: “As gay people, our eedoms were somewhat rtricted.

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