We deal with that every day of our lives - and we don't need it in our safe spaces.Īlso, Craig may be surprised to hear that for me and my friends, gay clubs are often as joyous as they are because they feel platonic. Gay men, women and non-binary people go to gay clubs to get away from the prying eyes of non-Queers. We stopped kissing and stared at them blankly, then walked off to find somewhere we wouldn't be judged.ĭaniel Craig in a still from his final Bond movie, No Time To Die (Photo: MGM) "EURGH," bellowed two nearby straight men. Once, as I finally kissed a guy I was really into on a dance floor at a club at university, we were interrupted by a loud noise. As a Queer person, some of my earliest experiences of kissing other men in clubs were ruined by straight men. If only Craig understood how it felt to be in a minority, he might have held his tongue. Craig suggesting that they are simply utopias for pulling demonstrates his ignorance toward gay culture and his lack of experience to speak from. However, gay bars - like straight bars - have their own challenges.
We're obviously not suggesting Craig has groped anyone. "If you're going to go to gay bars, go as the thankful guest of a gay person - not as a straight man exploiting the environment for your gain" The stat doesn't single out gay bars - but talking heads who participated in the survey confirmed it was Queer spaces in some instances where they had received unwanted attention. Men’s health charity GMFA (Gay Men Fighting Aids) conducted a recent survey which revealed 62 per cent of British gay men have been touched in a bar without giving their consent. While they are safe spaces for many, unfortunately others have experienced a widespread groping problem, suggesting they aren't necessarily such cosy retreats from the big wide world after all. It's a conversation which escalated recently on TikTok, where two lesbians went viral for calling out the bad behaviour of straight girls in gay bars. "They took style and now they are taking our clubs," one of the women laments in the video.Ĭraig's comments also demonstrate how little understanding the actor has of gay bars and the problems they face.
"As a queer person, some of my earliest experiences of kissing other men in clubs were ruined by straight men." If they don't remain exclusive, the culture inside the clubs will change, taking away the safe space element and ruining the whole point of a gay club in the first place. Queer people have been calling out straight people for overtaking gay spaces for years, arguing that they should remain primarily for gay people.
Rocking up to a gay club to hit on women is selfish, tone deaf and blatantly ignores the purpose of gay clubs to act as sanctuaries for Queer people, away from what Craig rightly calls the "aggressive dick swinging" elsewhere.Īside from being insensitive, we'd argue Craig's comments will inspire other straight people to go to gay bars to pick up women too. Craig pictured in October 2021, being rewarded his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Photo: Getty)