G3 Issue 86 July 08

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g3: What is your gay male opinion of lesbians?
David: The same opinion I hold of gay people in
general. We’re a wonderful, loving, creative, resilient
and diverse community that has had to deal with an
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huge amount of prejudice. You can’t stereotype any
community. There are going to be very different
characters and personalities within all of them. It
would be wrong and simplistic to say “I think lesbians
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are X, Y or Z”. Gay men and lesbians share a lot of
the same struggles for acceptance and recognition.
g3: Do you think guys and girls mix in clubs/bars
David: If you go somewhere primarily because you
like the music – like the indie kids at Popstarz – then
the nights tend to be quite mixed. If you’re going
g3: Do you think guys and girls mix in clubs/bars? somewhere to cruise, you’re more likely to choose
Tommy: In my clubs, they mix very well. I think that’s somewhere gender-specific.
because, unlike a lot of other clubs, my clubs are all g3: Why aren’t there many mixed gay clubs?
about liking the same music and having the same David: Maybe people just feel more comfortable
outlook on life, rather than gender and cruising. where they can be themselves in front of others who
g3: Why aren’t there many mixed gay clubs? they consider ‘the same’.
Tommy: I think boys feel there’s less chance of pulling
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if some of the crowd are girls, and I think some women
feel as if everything on the scene is trying to service
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just the guys. We work hard to design our nights and
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Richard: No, not in big cities like London. I’ve been heralded a new, mixed sub-culture in London so I’d
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to some great lesbian parties, but sadly, I often have to say yes. Popstarz was always very mixed, and
find myself as the token gay man. I was telling a now we’ve moved, it’s even more popular with girls.
friend about the girls’ basement at the G-A-Y bar on g3: What is your view on lesbian-only bars/clubs?
Old Compton street and he said he thought the Tommy: I personally don’t like one-sex venues, male
only thing in the basement was the toilets! or female, but I understand that in a male-dominated
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Richard: In big cities like London our community g3: What do you think the common ground and
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has become very sexualised. Gay men in London main differences are between the boy and girl
want to look out over a crowded bar or dance clubs and the scene? g3: What is your gay male perception of lesbians ?
floor and see men. I suppose girls want the same. Tommy:In my view, where they overlap is in hedonism Simon: Some of my best friends… Really! I know it’s
g3: Are girls and guys mixing more? and many gay boys and girls are simply out for a going to sound hideously PC, but I perceive lesbians
Richard: I think the more focused on sex we are, good time, to drink and dance and have fun. as people – some I like and some I don’t! As a nervous
the more we negate each other. Pride is the only teenager in my local gay club, I always ended up
time we seem to be really united. chatting with lesbians as I knew they’d know I was
g3: What is your view on lesbian-only bars/clubs? just being friendly and not trying to pick them up!
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Richard: I think they’re great, but we need to have g3: Do you think guys and girls mix in clubs/bars
one on Old Compton street to make the girls Simon: Personally, I’d like there to be more of a mix –
more visible and integrated into the heart of Soho. we have a lot more in common than many people
give credit for. We’d never have achieved so many
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Simon: I totally understand why some women prefer
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and want them – and believe that lesbians should
have equal access to
g3: How do you perceive lesbians? Stu: I’m not really sure! I’ve always promoted my women-only spaces
Stu: I don’t really have any perception! It sounds nights as mixed.In my opinion, it makes for the best as gay men have to
corny, but we’re all just people and I don’t see any atmosphere with the emphasis less about getting a men-only… not
difference between someone who is ‘this’ or ‘that.’ shag and more about having a wild night out with that I would want to
g3: Do you think guys and girls mix in clubs/bars your friends. Many clubs focus on picking up but I’ve go to men-only
Stu: Yes, definitely. I suppose the balance of always sought to provide an alternative to that! venues! However,
ingredients has to be right for it to happen and g3: What is your view on lesbian-only bars/clubs? in some ways I think
succeed – but I don’t think it’s an issue of sexuality Stu: I like to keep things mixed up. I think when it’s a shame
– more to do with other market forces. anything is forcibly segregated, it can potentially because it does
g3: Why aren’t there many mixed gay clubs? lead to some people having a problem with it. mean we mix less.
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