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Scots owner of gay bar wins legal right to turn away straight people

A GAY bar run by a Scottish hotelier has won the right to ban heterosexuals.

In what is believed to be a first for Australia, a tribunal has ruled that Melbourne’s Peel Hotel can exclude people based on their sexuality. The move is intended to stop heterosexuals from insulting and intimidating the venue’s regular customers.

Tom McFeely, the hotel’s owner, who emigrated to Australia from Scotland 17 years ago because of homophobia, said the ruling was necessary to provide gay men with a non-threatening atmosphere.

“We’ve always welcomed everyone at the Peel,” he said. “But when it got to the stage where a gay person could feel intimidated or unsafe at a gay venue, that’s when I felt I had to take action. If I can limit the number of heterosexuals entering the Peel, then that helps me keep the safe balance.”

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