A new documentary sh a light on gay surfers around the world, and fds secret liv, stggl for sponsorship – and even suicis. <strong>Will Coldwell</strong> reports
Contents:
- THIS GAY PRO SURFER ME OUT TO HIS "MAT" WHEN A GROCERY CLERK H ON HIM
- A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
- GAY CLUB SURFERS PARADISE
- SURFERS PARADISE GAY CLUB
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF O’AHU!
- HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY
- GAY GOLD COAST
THIS GAY PRO SURFER ME OUT TO HIS "MAT" WHEN A GROCERY CLERK H ON HIM
Gay profsnal surfer Craig Butler once bullied kids durg his youth. It's one of his biggt regrets. Now he is tryg to change how people look at gay men sports like surfg. * gay club surfers *
I thought that if people found out that I was gay that they would no longer want to be associated wh me and would thk of me as jt another stereotype. As a mate of me that I do a b of travelg wh for surf put , "If someone stops likg you for beg gay, then what kd of msag do that breath about that person? 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.
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 club surfers *
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GAY CLUB SURFERS PARADISE
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Surfers Paradise Gay Club – A new gay bar has opened on Queensland’s Gold Coast to give the regn’s “isolated” LGBTIQ+ muny a much-need place to meet. He hop will bee a gatherg place to make the “isolated” muny safe and clive after the Gold Coast has gone the last two years whout a gay bar. Check out our latt magaze or fd on Facebook, Twter, Instagram and YouTube A new LGBTIQ club night has lnched on the Gold Coast after two other gay hotspots, Surfers Paradise Party, closed.
SURFERS PARADISE GAY CLUB
Surfers Paradise Gay Club - A new gay bar has opened on Queensland's Gold Coast to give the regn's "isolated" LGBTIQ+ muny a much-need place to * gay club surfers *
Gold Coast man Patrik Holmqvist, who go by the name Rabow Alsert, is hostg his own Gay Friends event tonight at Unrground nightclub on Orchid Avenue Surfers Paradise om 9pm. Unsurprisgly, Bali has historilly been a popular gay statn Asia – remember that ’s part of Indonia, a untry that has bee creasgly homophobic over the years. For LGBTQ travelers, Bali offers a tropil paradise, betiful beach, world-class rtrants, iendly gay hotels and a strip of lively gay hangouts Semyak.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
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Although Bali is gay, the rt of Indonia is not and the ter is highly regulated Many LGBTQ apps and webs are blocked, cludg Grdr To accs them, you mt first stall a VPN on your smartphone ligent Usg a VPN will also allow you to browse anonymoly and securely. Before visg Bali, we wonred how a gay sanctuary like this uld exist a untry like Indonia, where an Islamic ernment works btally to opprs s LGBTQ muny.
WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
A three-storey mosque and Islamic centre, named 'Picdilly Prayer Space,' is set to be tablished wh the Troro, a historic entertament plex London's entertament quarter. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. * gay club surfers *
More anti-LGBTQ laws enacted Indonia over the years Although homosexualy has historilly not been illegal this former Dutch lony, the ernment is thlsly tryg to pass laws that crimalize homosexualy. As a rult, a gay scene has been able to thrive here for many years But: Crackdowns on bs that advertise as “gay” have sadly bee more mon 2020. To addrs this, smart gay hotels Bali have toned down their gay language on their webs or social media and limed their listgs to webs that have a gay male dience.
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WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF O’AHU!
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So the recently blossomg ttage dtry of gay surf muni marks another, much-need space that allows queer people to be their thentic selv—while also gettg traed a sport they might have long been terted but never felt like they uld be a part ’s still early days for the LGBTQ surf world, but visible muni of queer surfers have begun to bubble up recent years, spac welg everyone om longtime thrill-seekers who’ve felt the need to keep their sexualy unr wraps to those seekg the joy of ridg a wave for the first time their Brazil native Marta Dalla Chia is jt one advote spearheadg this changg current. One of their most buzzed-about packag is lled, simply, Gay Surf Brazil; ’s a weeklong retreat that nnects LGBTQ+ people terted surfg while also helpg to fight homophobia surfg by simply existg wh the space. It was started 2013, origally partnership wh Thomas Castets, the founr of the social work and producer of Out the Le-up, a documentary about what ’s like to be gay the world of surfg.
HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY
Gay surfers speak up about homophobia upg documentary. * gay club surfers *
“I had never realized the extent of homophobia surfg, ” Dalla Chia says “I always had the imprsn surfers are so chill, that they wouldn't be bothered about this.
GAY GOLD COAST
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”Out the Le-up offers a sweepg overview of the challeng that gay surfers around the world have faced, cludg fdg kship wh people like themselv—a mon stggle the LGBTQ muny—and a lack of sponsorships as out gay surfers at the profsnal level. Marketg for popular surfer brands also ntue to be heteronormative, rercg archaic genr rol—Billabong land hot water back 2017 for an ad that many lled sexist bee while showed a male surfer shreddg wav, the female was featured posg sensually on the beach a biki wh no surfboard the past few years hostg Gay Surf Brazil, Dalla Chia has heard stori om people who didn’t feel fortable divg to the sport bee of s “macho culture.