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Copper Face Jacks... a semi-gay bar?

  • 13-04-2010 02:06PM
    #1
    mccarn22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭


    Hi folks,

    I cant help but notice recently, or since iv be going to coppers, the amount of gay/bi guys there... now don't get me wrong... beer goggles aside, but there are more and more guys that my gaydar tingles over... iv never scored in coppers with the fear of coming onto a straight guy by mistake.. but there are definitely a great number of gay guys there.. am i wrong in thinking this??


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  • #2
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    I know a gay guy who goes there, tells me he scores there all the time. He's extremely flamboyant so I'd imagine after a few beers anyone looking to experient would know he's a safe bet to hit on. ;)


  • #3
    mccarn22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭mccarn22


    yeah iv seen a few flamers alright.... all it takes is the "gay look" and bob's your uncle.... actually maybe i should start a thread on the "gay look"....


  • #4
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    I've scored in doyles lots, that must also be a gay bar.


  • #5
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,351 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I'd better not mention what happened me in the Pro-Cathedral.


  • #6
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    My parents bed is a gay bar.


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  • #7
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Boston wrote: »
    I've scored in doyles lots, that must also be a gay bar.

    No, you just force yourself on people when they're drunk. There is a difference.


  • #8
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    azezil wrote: »
    No, you just force yourself on people when they're drunk. There is a difference.

    Hey, 18 months later, whose complaining. I've actually seen a lot of gay guys beiing very open in doyles. It goes with student bars.


  • #9
    WalterMitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭WalterMitty


    All the young gay cops and nurses and teachers go there i heard.


  • #10
    Tricity Bendix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Tricity Bendix


    WalterMitty wrote: »
    All the young gay cops and nurses and teachers go there i heard.

    Actually, its just that all the young cops and nurses go there. Never heard anything about teachers, but its also a favourite amongst young accountants. And bogger women.


  • #11
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,400 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Rural teachers do love Slappers.

    But I've also heard it can be decent enough for scoring scared closet case rural lads that can't get the courage to hit either the George or the Boilerhouse. Allegedly. ;)


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  • #12
    mccarn22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭mccarn22


    is that from experience?? lol ... it seems to be more so the country lads that really find it difficult to be somewhat open... well the ones iv met and talked to anyways... a good few are out in college but once home-time comes... back in that closet... coppers is like a limbo so to speak... a world in between both gay and straight!!..


  • #13
    gibson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭gibson


    coppers just generally has LOADS of men lol last time i was there i swore it
    was a gay night haha


  • #14
    stephen_n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Metros probably, mind you haven't been to slappers in about 4 or 5 years at which point anyone with a Dublin accent stood out like a sore thumb!


  • #15
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Most defintely not, a friend of mine, his bf and their families were celebrating his birthday, he kissed his bf, not even an overly sexual kiss, a snog like, it was a lip kiss and they got asked to leave by the doorman as it wasnt that sort of bar!


  • #16
    mccarn22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭mccarn22


    that is total discrimination.... if that is true i would of send in a formal letter of complaint... like come-****ing-on!! iv seen straight couples almost ****ing each other there like....


  • #17
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    mccarn22 wrote: »
    that is total discrimination.... if that is true i would of send in a formal letter of complaint... like come-****ing-on!! iv seen straight couples almost ****ing each other there like....
    I know yeah, its utterly disgusting, he went to a solicitor but apparently as it was all his family and friends who witnessed the event and no independent party there was nothing he could do. He says though that this kind of thing happens to him and his bf all the time, his bf lived with a traditional chinese family in a shared housing arrangement and he was asked to leave when they found out he was gay


    Who knew society was still that backward


  • #18
    poisonated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    That is a ridiculas law tbh. Only having direct family members I could understand but certainly not friends.

    I would imagine that a lot of the clientelle of coppers are quite conservative but I can't say for sure.


  • #19
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    I dont know either tbh, was only there that one time, never went back again for obvious reasons


  • #20
    oisindoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭oisindoyle


    DigiGal wrote: »
    Most defintely not, a friend of mine, his bf and their families were celebrating his birthday, he kissed his bf, not even an overly sexual kiss, a snog like, it was a lip kiss and they got asked to leave by the doorman as it wasnt that sort of bar!

    That aint allowed.ITs discrimination and the above parties shouldnt leave it at that.They should kick up a stink.Report it ...Get them to phone into a radio station.BUT DO SOMETHING .
    Please get them to do something about it ,highlight the fact the this bar did this .
    F****n hell im shocked


  • #21
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,220 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    oisindoyle wrote: »
    That aint allowed.ITs discrimination and the above parties shouldnt leave it at that.They should kick up a stink.Report it ...Get them to phone into a radio station.BUT DO SOMETHING .
    Please get them to do something about it ,highlight the fact the this bar did this .
    F****n hell im shocked

    You can take such a case to the district court

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #22
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    I had the a similar experience in a different bar in town, except instead of it being some random bouncer it was the duty manager. It's all well and good saying you can challenge it in district court but you need a lot of money to pay solicitors fees.


  • #23
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,400 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    You challenge it in person at licence renewal time, no fees.

    Awaiting a good old fashioned gender discrimination (not orientation, pure male vs. female) challenge against a local grot-pit club at renewal time. Not till November tho.


  • #24
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    How does one find out when the license is up for renewal?


  • #25
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,400 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    erm. dunno, I just know from reading about grotpit's renewal in the local paper, sorry.


  • #26
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,220 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    MYOB wrote: »
    You challenge it in person at licence renewal time, no fees.

    Awaiting a good old fashioned gender discrimination (not orientation, pure male vs. female) challenge against a local grot-pit club at renewal time. Not till November tho.

    I thought you could only challenge the licence renewal if you had had a successful case in the District Court?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #27
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,400 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    I thought you could only challenge the licence renewal if you had had a successful case in the District Court?

    The licence renewal IS a case in the district court. Objections on any grounds, including equality issues, can be heard there.

    If you're looking for compo you need a seperate case, obviously.


  • #28
    betelgeuse_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭betelgeuse_


    I was scoring a guy in Coppers one night after we'd met earlier in The George and we got quite a lot of abuse, mostly from apparently straight women it must be said. I haven't been back to the dump since.


  • #29
    Sparkle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Sparkle


    What a double standard...I kissed a girl in there and nothing was ever said, right in view too...
    DigiGal wrote: »
    Most defintely not, a friend of mine, his bf and their families were celebrating his birthday, he kissed his bf, not even an overly sexual kiss, a snog like, it was a lip kiss and they got asked to leave by the doorman as it wasnt that sort of bar!


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