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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 "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. * gold coast gay community *
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.
We are an rporated, not-for-prof, muny-based, gay- and genr-diverse-led anisatn.
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.
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Gold Coast Pri Ftival is the Gold Coast's leadg LGBTIQA+ event. Gold Coast Pri Ftival clus muny activi takg place at var lotns across the Gold Coast. Gold Coast Pri Ftival celebrat lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, queer, asexual and allied people. * gold coast gay community *
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.
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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. * gold coast gay community *
"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.
"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.
WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK
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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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Disver the real experienc of people who intify as lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgenr, ter-sex or queer on the Gold Coast. * gold coast gay community *
"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 GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
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"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".
Source: Samuel Leighton-DoreAs far as major Atralian ci go, Baker's experience as a workg drag queen is somewhat unique, wh the Gold Coast now the only one of to not have s own gay bar.
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Disver gay and lbian acmodatn Gold Coast, Atralia. Gay owned B&Bs, boutique gutho & hotels welg the LGBT traveller. * gold coast gay community *
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.
"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.