GAY PUB NOT ALLOWED TO BAR STRAIGHTS
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The Peel Hotel bar
An Australian gay pub has lost its exemption from anti-discrimination laws which allowed it to bar patrons who are straight.
Under a 2007 exemption by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Peel Hotel could refuse access to “people who do not identify as homosexual males”.
This was based on the premise that straight patrons could negatively affect the bar’s status as a gay venue.
Located in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, the bar will, however, still be allowed “to explain the nature of the venue to prospective patrons … and to permit them to choose whether or not to enter”.
Patrons who threaten the safety of patrons may also be refused entry or ejected.
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The way it should be…. I don’t get how we can ask for equal rights but refuse straight people entry into gay venues. Totally hypocritical.
Perhaps if we didn’t exclude others then they would gain a better perspective of our community. We are all human after all, acceptance is a two way street!