Big Gay Day '22 - Queensland

Contents:

• BIG GAY OUT 2023
• BIG GAY DAY '22
• BIG GAY DAY 2023
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• GAY BRISBANE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• GAY BRISBANE GUI | BRISBANE’S BT LGBTIQ+ BARS, CLUBS, RTRANTS & MORE!
• BIG GAY OUT 2022 HAS BEEN ABPTLY CANCELLED OVER COVID-19 CONCERNS
• BIG GAY DAY 2022
• BIG GAY DAY
• GAY ANNUAL EVENTS BRISBANE
• BIG GAY OUT TOUR 2018- SYDNEY
• BIG GAY DAY BRISBANE 2021 LE-UP
• BIG GAY DAY 2021

BIG GAY OUT 2023

Update: Due to damage om the recent Auckland floodg, Big Gay Out won't be able to go ahead at Coyle Park this month and has been postponed to Sunday, March 12. Annual one-day party Big Gay Out is makg s hotly anticipated return to this year's stacked Pri Ftival, after beg sadly ncelled last year amid Aotearoa's Omicron outbreak. Takg over Coyle Park Pot Chevalier on Sunday, March 12, this year's Big Gay Out will feature a ltle somethg for everyone.

Classic stapl cludg the giant market, Big Gay Out bar and chilled fay-iendly piic area will all return, alongsi Hoe of Au's Thirst Trap Ball and R18+ dance party zone Nympho World. A lp of lol and ternatnal talent that clus Ka Mean, Theia, Parson Jam and even the Auckland Philharmonic Orchtra —as well as the annual crowng of Mr Gay NZ. Brisbane’s largt LGBTQIA+ street ftival om The Wickham Hotel, Big Gay Day, will return for 2022 on Sunday 1st May.

Established 2000, Big Gay Day is a celebratn of the LGBTQIA+ muny and aims to raise awarens and funds for lol chari.

BIG GAY DAY '22

From popstars to drag queens, Big Gay Day will be the ultimate rabow celebratn. When Big Gay Day rolls around, tak over not jt the beloved — and recently renovated — pub that hosts , but the surroundg roadway.

BIG GAY DAY 2023

The 'Myster Girl' and 'Gimme Ltle Sign' sger, who grew up on the Gold Coast, headl Big Gay Day's jt-revealed October lp.

As announced before s ual date h, Big Gay Day was shifted "due to schlg nflicts wh neighbourg stakeholrs", swappg plac wh The Wickham's also-annual Ltle Gay Day. And, to answer the big qutn that might've popped to your head, Big Gay Day is still happeng on a Sunday as part of a long weekend. Andre headl after 'Absolutely Everybody' sger Vansa Amorosi did the same at 2022's Big Gay Day, and Mel C om the Spice Girls did the honours  2020.

BIG GAY DAY 2023 LINEUP:. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

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Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party. Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday what is believed to be a first for a male ach major U. Kev Maxen me out as gay an terview wh Outsports.

GAY BRISBANE GUI | BRISBANE’S BT LGBTIQ+ BARS, CLUBS, RTRANTS & MORE!

It’s no surprise that the gay muny here is out, loud, and proud. Big Gay Day, the cy’s annual chary street party tak place March. The clu: MELT: Ftival of Queer Arts and Culture, the Brisbane Queer Film Ftival, screeng gay-themed featur and shorts, and the Brisbane Comedy Ftival all Febary.

Lol gay paper Q News, has a tailed, updated roster of what's on and where to go Brisbane.

FUSE Magaze out of Canberra, has gay lol and natnal verage, and DNA, a natnal glossy magaze and webse, has some very imprsive photography.

BIG GAY OUT 2022 HAS BEEN ABPTLY CANCELLED OVER COVID-19 CONCERNS

Emen8 "Atralia's biggt and bolst onle sexual health and wellbeg iative for gay men, bisexual men and men who have sex wh men! Queensland Pri monthly appears to be ad, along wh fellow Evo Media publitns such as Cult, SX (NSW), MCV (Victoria), Blaze (SA), and their Gay News Network and SameSame webs.

For map lotns and webse lks to the bs below, and more, see our gay Brisbane listgs pag. Much of the cy's nightlife, cludg live mic and several gay clubs, is to be found Fortu Valley, once the unter-culture hub of the 60's and 70's. The Beat (677 Anne St, at Bnswick, Fortu Valley), young mixed crowd, after-hours partyg once the other gay nightspots have lled a night, two dance floors and beer garn.

BIG GAY DAY 2022

Fluffy at Fay (8 McLachlan St, Fortu Valley), Sunday Fluffy, gayt of their nights, wh weekly them, drag divas. Sportsman Hotel (130 Leichhardt St; Sprg Hill), quiet, sual downtown gay waterg hole, basic food and lodggs, shows, lol crowd, cheap lunch specials. Wickham Hotel (308 Wickham St), Fortu Valley, wickedly fun gay gamg nightspot, lunch Monday to Friday, nightly special parti.

Host of Big Gay Day Febary. CLOSED: The Stand (22 Mclachlan St, Fortu Valley), gay fe/bar, bnch, Jazz Nights, drag shows.

BIG GAY DAY

Number 29 Cise Club (29 McLachlan St), gay cisg on three levels, ee ter, solarium, ffee lounge, theme rooms, cubicl, suckatorium, slg, glory hol, cisg areas, seven screens of vios, glory hol, outdoor smokg area. To the south down the ast, (outsi our Brisbane map) this upmarket beach town has a small but active gay scene. Espe Bar & Club (2 Cavill Ave), girls nights, guys's nights, gay party club, weekly Sunday Rehab DJs om 9pm.

SCy Nightclub (22 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise), mastream dance club wh topls waers, ocsnal gay nights.

Bis beg gay clubs, both the Sportsmen Hotel (130 Leichhardt St; 61-73-831-2892) Sprg Hill, wh 10 rooms om AU$60, breakfast, TV lounge, sun ck, and okg facili; and the Wickham Hotel (308 Wickham St; 61-73-852-1301), Fortu Valley, offer nvenient acmodatns, right at the scene. South of Brisbane off our map, near Burleigh Head and Palm Beach, Bh Hoe (52 Nanl Dr, Tallebudgera Valley; 61-422-826-015), is a gay boutique B&B and guthoe, wh pool and spa, massr servic, satelle TV and fully-equipped kchen. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

GAY ANNUAL EVENTS BRISBANE

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

Home to several gay bars and famoly known as Brisbane’s red-light district, has a reputatn as a more crime-ridn lole, so be sure to keep your ws about you. It’s also the neighborhood home of the Big Gay Day street party, a fundraiser that supports lol gay anizatns.

Along wh Fortu Valley; Teneriffe and New Farm are other popular gay-habed neighborhoods you may want to check out.

BIG GAY OUT TOUR 2018- SYDNEY

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Hence your pals at a Morn Gay’s Gui have you vered wh our Gay Brisbane Gui. Stay tuned, bee we’re givg you the full gay-lol 4-1-1 on where to eat, stay and play whilst your visg the pal of the Sunshe State!

BIG GAY DAY BRISBANE 2021 LE-UP

So you hopped off the plane at LAX (…well BNE) wh a dream and a rdigan (well all we had was a slight haner and well over the allowed 7kg of rry-on luggage), and you’re probably a ltle peckish, so let’s start this gay Brisbane gui off wh lunch! Buckle up kids, the first stop on our Gay Brisbane Gui is Paddgton!

This place is hontly crazy, and we would be crazier to not clu our gay Brisbane gui! Thk stereotypil dis gay club om the early 2000’s.

BIG GAY DAY 2021

The crowd is one of our favoure thgs about this venue, wh the mographic tly rangg om super young dus, to an olr crowd, gay guys, gay gals and of urse a uple of tag-along token straight iends! Whether you’re there wh a group of 10, or on your own, you’ll end up wh an entirely new group, dancg for approximately five hours straight, flickg between a top 40 room, a throwback ‘gay anthems’ room (plete wh a light up dance floor of urse) and an R & B boogie room. And that’s a wrap for our Gay Brisbane Gui – Brg to life, get a mate om terstate and book flights to Brisbane now.

JACKSONVILLE — Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.