Where the Boys Are: the 5 Gayt Beach Southern California | LAist

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

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. Most ci have districts or streets wh specific ncentratns of a Gay Club Surfers ParadiseJt a uple of days earlier, particular bi-sexual, lbian neighborhood had marked annual celebratn their clubs, the greatt events anywhere.

A gay club is a fantastic way to meet new people today and have a good time, so do not wa any longer to go to one of the clubs we advise on our web se. 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.

A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY

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.

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.

GAY CLUB SURFERS PARADISE

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.

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.

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.

SURFERS PARADISE GAY CLUB

For the bt gay hotels Ubud, check out our prehensive gay gui to Ubud, but we’ve also clud a sectn for Ubud at the end of this gui.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Many of fd pri nightlife; others meet fellow LGBTQ people through gay sports leagu, an opportuny to fd chosen fay while playg kickball or water polo.

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. “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. ”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.

WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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.

”In the Uned Kgdom, London-based actor Mattie Stewart and his iend Kris Cilak have been planng trips they’ve dubbed Gay Surf Week for the past three years.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF O’AHU!

Stewart only started surfg three years ago while on a trip to Fuerteventura Spa’s Canary Islands and fell love wh the sport, so he and Cilak cid to turn to a hashtag (#GaySurfWeek) and a yearly travel statn. While same-sex marriage is legal and Brazil's Supreme Court voted favor of makg homophobia and transphobia crim, vlence agast LGBTQ people ntu.

Addnally, Jair Bolsonaro, the untry’s current far-right print and a self-clared homophobe said earlier this year that “we n’t let this place bee known as a gay tourism paradise. )Due largely to the polil suatn Brazil at the moment and some ncellatns, Gay Surf Brazil has had to put plans for this year’s ftivi on hold. Surfers, cludg many profsnal on, were wrg to Castets to expla how they had felt pelled to keep their sexualy secret, faced homophobia the sport or stggled the surf dtry as a rult of g year Thomas, along wh Atralian former state champn surfer David Wakefield – who chose not to pursue a surfg reer out of a fear of beg “found out” as gay – cid to go on a trip around the world to meet some of them.

Their journey – ptured award-wng documentary Out the Le-up, which premier the UK this week – sheds a light on the experienc of gay surfers around the world as seeks to unrstand why the sport ntu to stggle to be open about the the stori heard are that of former petive surfer Sie Hernanz, whose fellow surfers and roommat moved out after fdg out she was gay. It also touch on the tragic se of Ben Roper, a young gay surfer om one of Sydney’s famo surf gangs, the Bra Boys, who killed himself last year.

HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY

“I have seen so many talented female surfers e and go bee they didn’t have the support om the surfg dtry due to the fact that they were eher gay, spected of beg gay, not feme enough or they simply did not f the image that brands believe sells product, ” she says. “To e out as gay the surfg dtry is to step out of the bounds of what is nsired ‘marketable’, so I suffered the nsequenc of that, ” she actn shot om Out the Le-up. Photograph: PRFor Ian Thomson, who directed the documentary and is himself gay and a surfer, is not jt the profsnal aspect of surfg that n feel very hostile to a gay person.

”The issue of homosexualy and surfg draws a lot of wir problems the sport has wh diversy general – somethg that seems at odds wh the easy-gog, unterculture liftyle many feel reprents. There is still yet to be an openly gay male pro surfer at the ele level who is currently on tour – spe the fact that more tradnal sports, such as football, gby and boxg, have had succsful athlet e out. And another e is jt that there have never really been any gay surfers out there, so I would jt ll that ignorance and a lack of visibily.

”The aim of the film – which has been shortlisted to be ed as part of the tn programme Atralian high schools – is not simply to challenge homophobia surfg, but also to help refe and mornise the image of homosexualy general.

GAY GOLD COAST

“The media is still picturg gay people as livg the cy, wearg the same cloth, gog to parti …” says Castets, who feels that the perceptn of gay culture – a siar way to surfg – hasn’t evolved much sce the 80s.

“I thought if we were able to make this film, we would be able to change that stereotype and show a new image of what is to be gay 2014.

Photo of John Carroll by Loris Guzzetta A gut post by Bill Gordon, an LAist rear who is always on the hunt for the bt gay many Amerins are preparg to bid adi to the season wh Labor Day weekend, those of lucky enough to live this part of the untry have several more weeks of warm weather to olic . Wh the holiday weekend around the rner, we at LAist figured that you same-sex lovg guys out there would appreciate on where gaze upon gym-toned bods whout fear (Lady-lovg ladi, we’re open to a siar post jt for you)’s a short list of the gayt beach the regn.