THE BEST Gold Coast Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

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• A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
• GOLD COAST, THE LEGENDARY WEHO GAY BAR, RIS OM THE DEAD
• THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
• GOLD COAST, WEHO’S INIC ‘DIVE BAR,’ IS THE FOURTH GAY BAR TO CLOSE ON SANTA MONI BLVD.
• THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN GOLD COAST
• WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS GOLD COAST
• GAY GOLD COAST · HOTELS
• GOLD COAST GAY MAP
• CHATE VOGOLD COASTMENUHOTELSBARS & CLUBSCISE CLUBSTOURSGAY MAPCHATE VO

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.

"We seem to be losg the gay culture on the Gold Coast bee there was nothg, " he said.

When Wt Hollywood’s Gold Coast bar shut down after 40 years last September, many speculated that the once-thrivg gay scene on Santa Moni Boulevard was down for the unt. The legendary dive bar was the third gay landmark on the thoroughfare to shut down durg the panmic, followg the closure of Rage and Flamg Saddl a month before. Overstreet and his bs partner also owned Oil Can Harry’s, the landmark Country Wtern gay bar Stud Cy that shuttered last December after 52 years.

GOLD COAST, THE LEGENDARY WEHO GAY BAR, RIS OM THE DEAD

(Found 1968, was the olst gay bar Los Angel—and a lnchg pad for performers om k. Rage is returng this fall unr the ownership of former NSYNC star Lance Bass, who vows that his revamped Robertson Boulevard dis will reopen as the biggt gay nightclub the world. (Bass is also a partner Roc’s, the wildly succsful gay bar and rtrant across the street.

’s gay and nightlife scene: Wt Hollywood entreprenr Rob Novger, who recently rema the dty Circ of Books to a glossy porn emporium, began eyeg the dilapidated Gold Coast property soon after the For Sale sign went up. We’ve both wanted to build a bar that would be an alternative to all the loud gay Weho plac wh the bad drks and awful lightg.

“I thk the whole notn of ‘gay bars’ seems a b dated, ” says Schtag. There’s no longer jt gay or straight—everythg is so much more fluid.

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Gay Bar, Night Club, and Bar$$$$DetroSaveShare"queens and of urse djs!! 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.

Gold Coast on the southeast rner of Santa Moni Boulevard and North La Coast, one of gay Wt Hollywood’s most popular bars, is closg. 25, 2018Gold Coast is the fourth popular gay bar on Santa Moni Boulevard to close sce the begng of the COVID-19 panmic.

GOLD COAST, WEHO’S INIC ‘DIVE BAR,’ IS THE FOURTH GAY BAR TO CLOSE ON SANTA MONI BLVD.

It, Rage, and Flamg Saddl, are all owned by Monte Overstreet, a gay man some ll the “kg of Boystown” reference to his real tate holdgs.

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

Photographer Pl Hamel and Gold Coast owner Bob Hastgs at the Red Drs Red Drs Party has been held at Gold Coast every July for sce then, which some of s proceeds gog to a gay-related chary. At the Chigo History Mm, a new exhib “Out Chigo” explor the stori of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Chigoans who shaped the cy and var muni over the past 150 years.

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In 1958, Chuck Renslow and his iends had an affy for leather that was too much for a Chigo gay bar lled Omar’s.

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

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?

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"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.

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"Whether you're gay, straight, bi, whatever — there seems to be a special atmosphere, " he said.

"There's nothg like this wh [the] productn, theatrils, LED lights and chorography, " he bee 's only a one-night-a-week event and Mr Rigas said he didn't nsir Flamboyance to be a an alternative to a gay bar. "Beg volved show bs and also dancg and this sort dtry, there's a large gay muny, " he said. "Two years ago I don't thk I ever thought I would be standg on this stage, proudly homo, " he he hoped a gay bar would open on the Gold Coast soon, Nimri said there was "a big surge of the LGBT events" g.

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There are many gay acmodatns and hotels Gold Coast, Atralia. The fol pot of all gay iendly activy is the glterg Surfers Paradise, which ss smack dab the center.

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There are also other popular towns like Coolangatta and Broadbeach, which are very gay-popular too. Even though the gay scene isn’t as out-and-about like that of Sydney or even the neighborg Brisbane, there are gay iendly bars and clubs wh events throughout the year. To that end, here are the bt gay acmodatns Gold Coast, Atralia.

It’s hard to beat the lotn of Peppers Soul Surfers Paradise, one of the bt gay acmodatns Gold Coast.