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Put the new Broadbeach LGBTQIA+ lock on your gaydar
Chameleon Lounge Bar is for everyone!
When it comes to diversity on the Coast, we are all for it. Times they are a-changin&#; they say — or was that Bob Dylan?&#;anyway, it&#;s great to see our fair city accommodate and move with the times. One part of that movement is undoubtedly the acknowledgement and openness to the LGBTQIA+ collective. For some time, there hasn&#;t been an officially recognised LGBTQIA+ venue on the Gold Coast — till now. And we have to say, we&#;re confident to announce the arrival of Broadbeach&#;s Chameleon Lounge Bar and Restaurant.
Overall, the venue welcomes everyone &#; the way they are. Which is true to the Chameleon name.
Broadbeach&#;s Surf Parade is already a hive of drinks, entertainment, great food, and all up a generally good period. Appropriate then that Chameleon finds itself pride of place here after taking over the aged site of what used to be Molly Malones.
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A gay bar finally returns to the Gold Coast with hopes to unite 'disconnected' community
There is recent hope that the Gold Coast's "scattered" LGBTQI+ scene will locate a greater sense of community after the city's first gay bar in more than two years opened.
Key points:
- There hasn't been a dedicated LGBTQI+ safe venue on the Gold Coast for more than two years
- A new bar has opened in Broadbeach aimed at the community and its allies
- Gold Coast Rainbow Communities has welcomed the venue and says more are on the way
Dan Duncan launched Chameleon Lounge Bar last week to address what he described as a "disconnected" community.
"We seem to be losing the homosexual culture on the Gold Coast because there was nothing,"he said.
"So everyone is moving towards Brisbane where they could come across the scene."
While there are LGBTQI+ safe events throughout the city, including performative shows like Flamboyance, Mr Duncan said there was a need for somewhere to meet.
'Sit, relax, have a few drinks'
Mr Duncan said "people d
Gold Coast Gets A New Gay Bar
Hospitality professional Dan Duncan last week opened Chameleon Lounge Bar on Broadbeach as the Gold Coast’s first LGBTQI space to open in more than two years.
Earlier this year, Star Observer had spoken with a number of individuals from the Gold Coast LGBTQI community, about how there was a distinct lack of LGBTQI spaces for locals. As a city with a population of over ,, it was clear, something needed to change.
“This is somewhere people could come chill, have a pleasant meal, play pool and actually get together people and be able to chat to each other. I own another restaurant, but when I found this space, I realised the potential that it held and that was as a space to build a protected space for the LGBTQI community,” Duncan told Star Observer.
Broadbeach itself, away from the main nightclub district of Surfer Paradise, has as Duncan describes, offered the perfect see for such a venue.
Queer Spaces Are Essential
Aside from regular LGBTQI events and drag shows held at a spattering of Gold Coast venues, the last remaining solely LGBTQI venue, Rise Nigh
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