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.
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- THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
- THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
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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.
"There are gay nservativ, there are gay liberal voters, there are gay men who wear sus who would be wele any boardroom, " he said.
THE BEST GOLD COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
(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".
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.