Kerry Gays

Doug89

Hi!

I know there was a thread about a (let's leave them unnamed) Gay group in Kerry... but that's not what this is about!

I know for a fact that there are far more out gays in Kerry not in that particular than who are, so what do yous do???

I personally find my little gay outlet by running to Cork/Dublin at any chance I get, and occasionally hanging round with the soc in ITT, and a few gay mates that I have here...

Are there any pubs/cafes/places in Tralee or Killarney who are just ALIVE with the gays even though it goes unsaid?

What do you get up to? Or just deal with the overwhelming straightness of Horans?

encore1

well, apparently, we get turned away from gay nights for chatting other gays up...its delightful

punkypolly

STUFF the Kingdom! Come up to Dublin! We're WAY better...!

I'm sorry but after reading the posts over the weekend, i dont think i'd really feel all that welcome going out there. I mean, are there special "gay bouncers" at the doors to the pubs checking that youre not some freakazoid whos going to chat up the other, poor, frightened gays???

Are there any "welcoming" places to go to? do you guys have to travel so far for a night out on the tiles? even if its just dancing and having a couple of drinks?

Come on, give me some hope!

encore1

doesn't look like much is happening - outwardly anyway!

does anyone know what the scene in cork is like? i've heard a good few of the gay places have closed down due to recession etc...? would it be worth a trip some time?

Donnaghm

Eh, I got educated and moved out of the place.

Doug89

I agree with you over organised meets being too much.

A gay night somewhere would be lovely though.

I've been here since September, and I haven't been on a single night out with my missus that I haven't gotten some stick - people jeering, asking to take our pictures, asking can they join in. I wouldn't even care so much if they'd just bitch about us behind our backs, it's the constant interruptions that get me.

Bouncers in places are great about it, I mentioned it to the bouncers in Horan's one night that some fella would just NOT leave us alone, he was chased out of the place by three of them.

This just isn't the stuff you get in straight nights out other places, I guess I've had it once or twice in Dublin/Cork, but it really is a rarity.

Chick_chick

deleted my last post instead of editing the fecking thing.

Doug89 wrote: »

I've been here since September, and I haven't been on a single night out with my missus that I haven't gotten some stick - people jeering, asking to take our pictures, asking can they join in. I wouldn't even care so much if they'd just bitch about us behind our backs, it's the constant interruptions that get me.

it's mad, i've never had stick down home, and i've been out since i was 17 and been out and about with my partner a lot over the years. other option is that i'm just completely oblivious to it all! i've got a happy shiny view of the place to be honest, wouldnt and dont hesitate going out down there

brian93

I'm living in Tralee, and I don't have the balls to come out, and there are very little on the online sites from around here. So university up in Dublin for me in September! I wish there was more around. Is the Osbourne a gay pub, or is it just rumours?

Chick_chick

i used to go out in the Osbourne a lot when I was younger, it's more of a case that if anyone and everyone is welcome there. Again, never had hassle in there about being out in the open. The lack of kerry gay people online doesnt mean that there's no-one actually there. I was out on the rip there last thursday and friday and i'm an openly gay lady. when you go off to college, you'll be surprised at how many of your old school friends turn around at christmas and tell you they're gay!

ongarboy

I've been to the Osbourne a few times and heard those rumours too. My image of the place is that it attracts a liberal and sometimes alternative crowd who don't point or stare at what you wear, what you look like or who you are hanging out with or what you do with them. It's one of the few bars outside cities that I know where by not conforming to the majority, you are not an outsider.