The Bay Hotel Mornington — Restaurant in Melbourne

The Bay Hotel Mornington

So last night my partner and I decided to go for a drink at the local hotel in Mornington, to be precise, The Bay Hotel in Mornington. We got there around 11.30pm and after putting the parents to bed , thought it’d be a nice way to spend our last night together , before we head to Brisbane and Sydney and then back to London where we live. We come back every year to spend time with our parents , and at considerable expense. We walked in with photo ID and had a gin and tonic each and I bought a bottle of wine to share before heading home. A girl fell on the floor drunk upstairs on the dance floor after the band had finished, which security turned a blind eye too, so my partner and I watched on in the corner and had our red wine, and then was abruptly told to leave the premises, which I thought was odd, but just assumed they were closing the bar and it was time to leave. I recall a security man say suggesting I’d had too much to drink which I thought was very odd as I’d only had a G&T and having my glass of wine, so we were asked to leave the venue.

I soon realised that they weren’t closing the bar, far from it, but security men behind us escorting us out onto the footpath having being asked to leave the venue. My partner challenged them and asked why as we hadn’t done anything wrong, and moreover, we had spent a considerable amount of money in the process . But it was evident that we were victims of discrimination for being gay, not drunk or any untoward or disruptive behaviour, it was clear that we weren’t the clientele they wanted in their venue.

I haven’t lived in Australia for twenty five years, or been a victim of abuse or discrimination as a gay man for many years, and thought those days had passed whereby LGBTQ community are asked to leave , but here we are in 2024 with this still allowed to be accepted. Saddened and shocked, and upset as I write this, it’s a stark warning , that sadly , venues like this are allowed to still be able to do this and get away with it. It might be worthwhile remembering that it is against the law (see below)

• Sex Discrimination Act 1984

• Victoria – Equal Opportunity Act 2010

Needless to say we were not drunk, we got the Uber home and my partner was visibly upset and hurt, knowing that this can still happen in this day and age, and it goes without saying, we will never return to The Bay Hotel Mornington ever again. In the UK and London, we have lived happily and freely and successfully , and been married for fourteen years and been together for over twenty four years.

It is with great regret I write this, but a warning to anyone that this behaviour is clearly still acceptable and , worse, thriving and supported , under the guise and excuse of being ‘too drunk’ which we weren’t (check the CCTV footage) when it was clearly visible for all to see . I had a dance and enjoyed the band and had enjoyed myself up until that point of sadly being asked to leave.

So if you’re part of the LGBTQ community, don’t ever support this venue as it clearly doesn’t deserve your time and hard earned money, and simply put, ‘we don’t want your kind here’ attitude , which is both archaic and outdated and against the law.

I thought Australia had moved on…….clearly it...

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