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Level -> RE: Pub in Australia bans heterosexuals (5/28/2007 10:40:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy
i cant bring the article up.
i know the gay bars in Chicago would have "members only" sign. this was so a straight person knew it was a gay crowd and if a pass was made they were in a members club.
i dont think heterosexuals should be banned- and to my knowledge that wasnt the intent.
some racy things go on in a gay bar- and i doubt too many heterosexual men would be interested in seeing such.
im not a bar person....
IMO- there is probaly a better way of designating the turf so as the folks who dont want to be around it- dont walk into it by accident.
Here's the remainder of the article, pahunk.
The tribunal's president said groups of straight women found homosexual men entertaining but that such attention was dehumanising, the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says.
Managers complained raucous hen nights and stag parties created a poisonous atmosphere for its gay clientele, our correspondent says.
"If I can limit the number of heterosexuals entering the Peel, then that helps me keep the safe balance," the hotel's manager, Tom McFeely, told Australian radio, according to the Reuters news agency.
He said while Melbourne had 2,000 venues catering for heterosexuals, his was the only bar aimed exclusively at gay men.
Civil liberties groups said homosexuals should be allowed to relax in places without fear of bullying or intimidation.
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.
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