Posted by alohashirt on November 29, 2005, at 22:41:12
In reply to Re: Gay bars » zeugma, posted by alexandra_k on November 28, 2005, at 23:10:57
> > I'm not gay, but find gay bars to be a lot more tolerable than 'straight' ones.
>
> Yes!
>
> Over here (at least)
> techno / dance / trance music hit the gay bars way before it hit mainstream.
> And made decent use of strobe lighting
> (Before they had to tone it down because of the seizure issue...)
> I used to go clubbing with one of my mates when I was about 16.
> They would let us in because it was a gay bar, my friend was gay, and it used to be fairly much the only place gay people could socialise back then.
> It was great.
> Really.
> Amazing to be able to go out and not be oggled by guys at all.
> Some of the women were a little on the scarey side...
> But it was all good really.
>
> When I was in Canberra...
> Same saga.
> If you want good dance / trance music
> And not to be oggled
> (As a girl at any rate)
> Gay bars are way better than mainstream...You were in Canberra? I spent what felt like a hundred years there from age of 22 to 25. I can still recall the evil Private Bin, Tillys on a Saturday afternoon, living on a tree lined St in Yarralumla. It feels like a world away. Where are you today?
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