Vis Gay Atralia | Gold Coast

Contents:

• A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS GOLD COAST
• THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
• WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK
• THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
• THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
• GOLD COAST GAY MAP

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

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.

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"We seem to be losg the gay culture on the Gold Coast bee there was nothg, " he said. We are an rporated, not-for-prof, muny-based, gay- and genr-diverse-led anisatn.

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We pay our rpects to those amongst the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex muni who have worked to support the improved health and wellbeg of their peers, children, fai, iends, and untry. The Gold Coast is home to many gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people - but until now there have been few opportuni for the muny to gather. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! It's a cy wh a vibrant nightlife and splendid natural bety, but if you're gay on the Gold Coast, some discretn is advised, acrdg to some wh the LGBTI+ pots:Whout a dited venue and major events, the Gold Coast's LGBTI+ muny is "sttered and not herent", acrdg to some membersMany LGBTI+ people have to "drs down" their queerns to be acceptedThere are worri that the prospect of Israel Fol playg gby league on the Gold Coast will further rerce the attusThe cy's first annual LGBTI ftival  2015 failed to secure a permanent place on the social lenr and there is still no gay bar on the Gold Coast.

A lol gby league club has signed Israel Fol, who matas "no regrets" for sayg on social media that "hell awas" gay rponse, Mayor Tom Tate has urged people to five Fol. "People like to thk of as 'good gays' but once we start exprsg our sexualy, exprsg our ias a way that's non-tradnal, be a b jarrg.

WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK

"There are gay nservativ, there are gay liberal voters, there are gay men who wear sus who would be wele any boardroom, " he said. (Supplied: Ellamay Fzgerald)He said the lack of a dited LGBTI+ safe venue, such as a gay bar, had rulted a "distct lack of muny".

'Discreet tradi'After g out as gay at age 24, Jordan Wilkson said he enuntered many men that he scribed as "discreet tradi", who still believed that they uldn't "show their face". Disver the real experienc of people who intify as lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgenr, ter-sex or queer on the Gold Coast.

Geia said the gay muny on the Gold Coast was very small and was difficult to meet new people when she arrived.

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"The culture on the Gold Coast was very young, the gay culture, there wasn't any real fol pot, " she Transgenr woman Shiree Whe at home her dg room.

THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE

William William Moran is origally om the Uned Kgdom and was a falist Mr Gay Great Brta 1986. (ABC: Damien Larks)William Moran is origally om the Uned Kgdom and was a falist Mr Gay Great Brta has lived on the Gold Coast for 15 years wh his partner Don, om New stggled to fd work the first six months, but have not looked back sce. Heather Dr Heather Flkner grew up Canada, where while homosexualy was not illegal was nsired immoral and unwele.

(Heather Flkner, supplied)Doctor Heather Flkner, 47, first arrived on the Gold Coast 1989 and worked sellg expensive opal jewellery to Japane had e om Southern Alberta Canada, where homosexualy was not illegal but was nsired immoral and unwele.

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"Mark Mark Hugh, 48, grew up a time of fear about homosexualy, when AIDS was makg s mark and muny attus were very negative. (ABC: Damien Larks)Mark Hugh, 48, grew up a time of fear about homosexualy, when AIDS was makg s mark and muny attus were very negative. He says he is sce out and proud and has not experienced overt homophobia on the Gold Coast.

Surprisgly, The Avenue is not a gay bar. "The razor sharp 27-year-old has been a fixture of the Gold Coast queer nightlife for six years, back when the cy had two gay bars to choose om.

"Baker says that the lack of LGBTIQ+ spac on the Gold Coast has impacted the way members of the lol muny nnect wh one another, wh hookup apps like Grdr beg one of the only ways to meet like-md queer the muny whdrawg to onle spac, there has been a re-emergence of "noughti-era discretn and ternalised homophobia".