A HISTORIC glory hole has been accepted to the WA Mm’s llectn as a signifint object Perth’s LGBTI history. The hole had been cut through the door of a r park toilet block on the Albany Highway-si of the Gosnells tra statn and was ed by gay men for vert sex and to fd…
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- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS FREMANTLE
- PERTH GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
- INQUIRY HEARS OF VLENCE AT GAY BEATS
- GAYBEATS FM
- GAYBEATS
- INQUIRY HEARS OF VLENCE AT GAY BEATS
- ‘MEN WERE STTERG EVERYWHERE’: QUIRY HEARS OF STRG OF VLENT CINTS AT SYDNEY GAY BEATS
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS FREMANTLE
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The hole had been cut through the door of a r park toilet block on the Albany Highway-si of the Gosnells tra statn and was ed by gay men for vert sex and to fd boyiends back when beg queer rried a nasty stigma.
Glory hol were also ed by men who hid their sexualy behd a tradnal marriage, and men who didn’t intify as gay but got off on the anonymy and tachment of sex through a hole.
Neil Buckley, aka Mother Gretta om gay activist group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, saved the door wh iend Bill Mart 1997, shortly before the toilet block was molished. Gay beats.
PERTH GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
A HISTORIC glory hole has been accepted to the WA Mm’s llectn as a signifint object Perth’s LGBTI history. The hole had been cut through the door of a r park toilet block on the Albany Highway-si of the Gosnells tra statn and was ed by gay men for vert sex and to fd… * gay beats fremantle *
Mr Buckley had featured the door a short film he’d ma that year tled The Other Si of Glory, explorg the culture surroundg gay beats. “I am sure this exhib will brg back a lot of fond memori for many of the men who ed beat culture as a way to meet other gay men to form a iendship, partnerships and a quickie.
INQUIRY HEARS OF VLENCE AT GAY BEATS
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“Beats were an important part of gay social life and culture: they were a great place to meet, make iends and have a great anonymo sexual experience.
“Beat culture is not often talked about, but most of the gay muny has done at one time or another.
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Sadly this culture has now disappeared wh the stallatn of tomated toilet cub and gay pick up apps like Grdr [and] Scff. “Someone asked if there were any gay bars Freo and spun out to this huge 400-ment thread about why ’d be great to have a gay bar or why we didn’t need one, ” Leala said.
“I thk was the whole argument om straight people explag why there didn’t need to be a gay bar here that end up beg the exact thg that nvced me that we lol paper, whenever you want .
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‘MEN WERE STTERG EVERYWHERE’: QUIRY HEARS OF STRG OF VLENT CINTS AT SYDNEY GAY BEATS
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