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.
Contents:
- A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
- ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC
- 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 & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GOLD COAST
- GAY BEAST
- GOLD COAST GAY MAP
- THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
- A MORN GAY’S GUI
- NSW POLICE: HUNTG GAY MEN AT BEATS
- TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN GOLD COAST
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. * gay beats gold coast *
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. “Surfers go to south Bondi, backpackers, fai and people om wtern Sydney go the middle, then gays go to north Bondi.
ATRALIA HAS LONG HAD A GAY BEACH SUBCULTURE BUT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAFE SPAC
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Before homosexualy was crimalised (1984 New South Wal all the way through to 1997 Tasmania), some beach areas beme “beats” – venu where gay men uld discreetly hook up bee society offered few spac for them to meet and be timate.
THE GOLD COAST DON'T HAVE A GAY BAR, BUT THE DRAG QUEENS BEHD FLAMBOYANCE HOPE THAT WILL CHANGE
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But there’s a dark history – the plac beme the scen of vlent homophobic hate attacks. In September 2018, the Liberal MP Shayne Mallard announced a parliamentary quiry to homophobic hate crim mted between 1970 and 2010. This clus 30 outstandg s of at least 88 murrs rulted gay men beg found ad at the bottom or on top of beach clifftops.
Police are now offerg a $1m reward for rmatn leadg to nvictn – after ially, accurately, nyg the area was a October 2018, Waverley uncil announced a memorial monument will be built at the cliffsi Marks Park, south of Bondi, followg the homophobic attacks and murrs of men at this Atralian beach culture, Murphy says, remas more nservative than beach like Sg Spa, “where there are cktails, DJs and parti right on the sand”.
You’ll get homophobia bee you somehow have to draw a le – as this nnot be seen as homoerotic. We mt prove we’re not gay and we mt reerate that.
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” The profsnal surfer Barton Lynch explaed was mon to ll someone “faggot” or “poofter” when they didn’t tch a wave – homophobic language he has avoid sce his brother me out. He swam petively Pe but remembers “jok about gays swimmg wh ” and beg punched his swim group. “I wanted to meet gay people a healthy environment and get f along the way, ” he says.
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I’ve suffered homophobia, ually men wh sni remarks or thkg ’s a pliment to say ‘that’s hot’.
Acrdg to Gav Patterson and John Walker, Atralia has long had a gay beach subculture.
The uple, who n the blog, ce nudist beach such as Ltle Congwong at La Peroe (an unofficial nudist beach which police have prevly raid), Lady Jane and Obelisk beach Sydney, Port Douglas’s Turtle Cove rort and the “world famo” Kgs Beach at Byron uple say the associated non-nformy and liberatn of nudist beach often make them popular wh gay people: “As gay people, our eedoms were somewhat rtricted.
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” Before social media and apps, they say the beach were a way of meetg other gay people. "When they worked out we were both gay men and probably about to m an offence, they jt gave a good thumpg and told to go and see a psychiatrist.
" Bill Rutk says young gay men often enuntered vlence. Bill Rutk says some police officers Queensland monly ed "entrapment" methods to arrt gay men.
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'Lovg' uple's nvictn galvanised ph for changeFor most of his life, nsensual homosexual activy was illegal – punishable wh up to seven years 1988, a male uple on the Gold Coast was mted for trial for havg sex their own home. Newspaper reportg about a uple who were charged for homosexual acts their Gold Coast home. Two s after the trial, laws expungg homosexual nvictns were Potts says he reprented hundreds of men charged wh homosexual offenc.
A MORN GAY’S GUI
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. * gay beats gold coast *
" Policians warned that repealg anti-gay laws would lead to a "gay flood". (ABC News: Alexanr Lewis/State Library of Queensland)The then Labor opposn ed the se to advote for the repeal of anti-gay laws. Dpe nservativ warng of a "gay flood" if the party was elected, Wayne Goss beme premier the followg 1991 the Sunshe State beme Atralia's send-last jurisdictn to crimalise homosexual acts between nsentg adults.
The airle now has a float the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. But even prentg as a man did not protect her om the Albert Park public toilet Sprg Hill, a well-known gay beat, Ms Turnbull says she was asslted by two police officers.
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(ABC News: Mart Dobras)She says while her fay were supportive "to the bt of their abili", they still believed homosexualy was sful. "A lot of people I know who've left relign are gay.
"That kd of giv people more nfince to be gay and to be visible, " Mr Yang says.
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"I thk that's one of the ma thgs that chang people's mds, is normalisg homosexualy. "I didn't really know any gay people when I first me down om north Queensland, " he says.
"There was que a high level of homophobia at the llege that I stayed at. "It was not until Mr Yang moved om Brisbane to Sydney that he was "swept out" of the closet, as the gay liberatn movement began.