If you're gay on the Gold Coast, some discretn is advised. That's acrdg to some wh the LGBTI+ muny, who worry the cy pays lip service to their wellbeg and sense of acceptance.
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- A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
- THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
- ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC
- THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
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A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
There is new hope that the Gold Coast's "disnnected and sttered" LGBTQI+ scene will fd a greater sense of muny after the return of gay bar after more than two years whout one the cy. * gay beats gold coast queensland *
There is new hope that the Gold Coast's "sttered" LGBTQI+ scene will fd a greater sense of muny after the cy's first gay bar more than two years pots:There hasn't been a dited LGBTQI+ safe venue on the Gold Coast for more than two yearsA new bar has opened Broadbeach aimed at the muny and s alliGold Coast Rabow Communi has weled the venue and says more are on the wayDan Dunn lnched Chameleon Lounge Bar last week to addrs what he scribed as a "disnnected" muny. "We seem to be losg the gay culture on the Gold Coast bee there was nothg, " he said.
It is a morn cy of almost 640, 000 people that sells self as a leisure pal, but for the past two years there has not been a gay bar on the Gold some wh the lol LGBTQIA+ muny, there are ser ncerns that the cy is movg the wrong directn. Drag queens Dixie Wrecked, Natasha St Jam and Jte Kace are all about Flamboyance, but they wish there was a dited gay bar to go to. "The purpose of Flamboyance was basilly to sentially set up a gay night, fally, for the Gold Coast, " St Jam said.
THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
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"But is a homophobic nightlife mec? "It mak a lot of other gay people unacceptg of themselv, which leads to this toxic masculy cycle.
" Natasha St Jam says there are still homophobic elements to nightlife on the Gold Coast.
(ABC Gold Coast: Domic Cansdale)There ed to be several gay bars on the Gold Coast, but the last one was closed and put up for sale early Jam said the lack of an "actual tangible venue" had real nsequenc. "Whether you're gay, straight, bi, whatever — there seems to be a special atmosphere, " he said. "There's nothg like this wh [the] productn, theatrils, LED lights and chorography, " he bee 's only a one-night-a-week event and Mr Rigas said he didn't nsir Flamboyance to be a an alternative to a gay bar.
ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC
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"Beg volved show bs and also dancg and this sort dtry, there's a large gay muny, " he said. "Two years ago I don't thk I ever thought I would be standg on this stage, proudly homo, " he he hoped a gay bar would open on the Gold Coast soon, Nimri said there was "a big surge of the LGBT events" g. "When they worked out we were both gay men and probably about to m an offence, they jt gave a good thumpg and told to go and see a psychiatrist.
" Bill Rutk says young gay men often enuntered vlence. Bill Rutk says some police officers Queensland monly ed "entrapment" methods to arrt gay men.
'Lovg' uple's nvictn galvanised ph for changeFor most of his life, nsensual homosexual activy was illegal – punishable wh up to seven years 1988, a male uple on the Gold Coast was mted for trial for havg sex their own home.
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Newspaper reportg about a uple who were charged for homosexual acts their Gold Coast home. Two s after the trial, laws expungg homosexual nvictns were Potts says he reprented hundreds of men charged wh homosexual offenc. " Policians warned that repealg anti-gay laws would lead to a "gay flood".
(ABC News: Alexanr Lewis/State Library of Queensland)The then Labor opposn ed the se to advote for the repeal of anti-gay laws. Dpe nservativ warng of a "gay flood" if the party was elected, Wayne Goss beme premier the followg 1991 the Sunshe State beme Atralia's send-last jurisdictn to crimalise homosexual acts between nsentg adults. The airle now has a float the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.
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But even prentg as a man did not protect her om the Albert Park public toilet Sprg Hill, a well-known gay beat, Ms Turnbull says she was asslted by two police officers. (ABC News: Mart Dobras)She says while her fay were supportive "to the bt of their abili", they still believed homosexualy was sful. "A lot of people I know who've left relign are gay.
"That kd of giv people more nfince to be gay and to be visible, " Mr Yang says. "I thk that's one of the ma thgs that chang people's mds, is normalisg homosexualy. "I didn't really know any gay people when I first me down om north Queensland, " he says.
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"There was que a high level of homophobia at the llege that I stayed at. "It was not until Mr Yang moved om Brisbane to Sydney that he was "swept out" of the closet, as the gay liberatn movement began. "If there are a lot of gay people, then 's somehow easier bee there's strength numbers, " he says.
"If you know a gay person, that will eventually change your md. But if you don't know any gay people, you jt stick to the beliefs you have.