White women at gay bars

Going out to a gay bar on a night out is guaranteed fun, complete with the cheesy, guilty pleasure hits, over-the-top theatrics and enough makeup and glitter to supply a small country for a week. If so, why is this the case and is it fair for them to do so? Looking back at the original purpose behind gay bars, they created a safe space for like-minded people to get together away from the judgement and criticism, or worse persecution of the heterosexual, cis-gendered community.

A difficult question to be sure of, and no answer will make everyone truly happy. A major issue I find is determining the motive behind this surge of interest in gay culture, largely perpetuated by straight women. Is it purely a genuine interest, embedded with respect and admiration? Or are they clinging onto the latest trend, treating gay clubs and white the gay community almost as a tourist attraction, ogling at drag queens and gay attraction as a whole in a spectacle like fashion?

Almost like a trip to an amusement park, where they can take their selfies, upload their not-so-genuine activist post proclaiming their support for the very community they are gate-crashing. Now, of course not every woman girl to enter a gay club acts in such a way; in fact, many straight women may choose gay spend their nights out in gay clubs in an attempt to avoid unwanted male advances that would of course be more difficult, if not impossible, to avoid in typical bar bars.

I would find it hard to deny any group of girls merely wanting a fun, hassle-free night and in a way a gay bar is ideal for this. I greatly empathise with those in the gay community who oppose the straight girl groups presence there en masse. It is a difficult thing to swallow when after years of battling for peace and the gay community coming together to find solace and a sense of unity within each other, it almost feels like a kick in the teeth to have to allow this intrusion almost in the name of acceptance and equality, lest the community be accused of oppressing straight girls by denying their entry into their own safe spaces a laughable concept in itself, but one which I am sure certain members of the straight community would indeed be capable of.

It almost feels like a kick in the teeth to have to allow this intrusion almost in the name of acceptance and equality.

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To go back to the notion of straight girls using gay clubs as a means of escape whilst they enjoy their night out, a notion many of us can understand, is it possible to find another solution to give them a night free of unwanted advances, without encroaching on spaces not designed with their sexual orientation in mind?

Perhaps women-only clubs and bars? There is no easy solution or simple way to please everyone and policing this issue would probably be a step too far — white, this is most definitely gay in relation to all straight women, or straight people in gender simply wanting a night out, minding their own business.

Maybe this is an issue for the straight women who probably fall into the category of the tone-deaf, culture-vulture to address within themselves. Why is Bisexuality Still So Stigmatized? Written by Elissa Cox. Published at on 27 August Images by Nick Fewings. A major issue I find is determining the motive behind this surge of interest in gay culture, largely perpetuated by straight women Now, of course not every straight girl to enter a gay club women in such a way; in fact, many straight women may choose to spend their nights out in gay clubs in an attempt to avoid unwanted male advances that would of course be more difficult, if not impossible, to avoid in typical straight bars.

It almost bars like a kick in the teeth to have to allow this intrusion almost in the name of acceptance and equality To go back to the notion of straight girls using gay clubs as a means of escape whilst they enjoy their night out, a notion many of us can understand, is it possible to find another solution to give them a night free of unwanted advances, without encroaching on spaces not designed with their sexual orientation in mind?