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We dive into Melbourne's homosexual scene, spill the tea on the best lgbtq+ hotspots, and share all our savvy tips and tricks so you can also have an imprinted adventure in Australia's second city.
“Mullet, mustache, and incredible coffee!”
That summed up gay Melbourne for us!
Australia's second city and much-lauded rival to gay aged Sydney. But unlike the Harbor City, Melbourne felt more European, cosmopolitan, and down-to-earth than her massive Sydney sista. Melbourne is renowned for its highly-rated restaurants, world-class museums, captivating street art, and awesome coffee.
The gay scene in Melbourne is also a lot of fun. It's mainly centered around Gertrude and Smith Street, which also happens to be rated as THEcoolest highway in the world by CNN!
We visited Melbourne at the tail end of the Midsumma Festival in February, a spectacle that culminated in the Victoria Pride street party along the main gay roads, Gertrude Street, Smith Avenue, and Peel Street. Melbourne was also our start/end point for our Fantastic Ocean Road journey, tracing the contours of Australia's picturesque southern coast.
Magical, superb, majestic Melbourne is a lot of fun. We only s
Melbourne has been named the fourth most LGBTQIA+-friendly metropolis in the world
NSW may possess us beat on beaches, weather and recognisable landmarks, but Melbourne has just dethroned Sydney as Australia's most LGBTQIA+-friendly city. In the study, which was conducted by Big 7 Move, Melbourne came in fourth place with Sydney not even cracking the highest ten, trailing behind at 11th place.
Five criteria were considered in the ranking: the Gay Index Rating, Equality Index Rating, whether or not the state is a member of the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, the city's Pride readiness and whether or not that capital has a gay village or community. According to the report, Australia is one of the most LGBTQIA+-friendly countries in the earth, but Victoria comes in far above the national average with a score of 98 on the Equality Index.
So who came out ahead of us? San Francisco, which is home to one of America's first gay neighbourhoods, took third place; Berlin, which was pivotal in the German gay rights liberation movement, took second place; and Toronto came out on top, with a score of on the Equality Index to boot. We're certainly in good company!
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Melbourne Gay Men 40+ Back Group
Welcome to the Melbourne 40+ gay men help group!
My name is Steven Cabral and I am a trained group facilitator and counsellor. The plan for this support community was born out of a gap in group service that I observed where mature aged same-sex attracted men could share and relate to each other in midlife. I establish that most of the services seem geared towards the younger generation and rightly so, but I feel there is a particular experience in middle age and onwards that needs to be honoured, supported, and acknowledged.
As we transition into a diverse phase of life, we are faced with a different set of challenges. It is my doctrine, from my own exposure, that some of these are directly, but not exclusively, tied to our sexuality and that can influence self-actualisation later in life in various ways.
Some of us may be carrying trauma from a time where we weren't as readily accepted. This may be seeping through other areas of our life and affecting our beliefs of self-worth and love, completely unbeknownst to us. Some of us may be feeling alone at this phase in our lives because we didn't follow the successfully worn societal map followed by the majority; s
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