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[growler_south]

Another long and busy weekend here- but very productive. I have the red Piazza all ready for sale, it's parts all wrapped and safe inside, panels attached and windscreen removed. And more importantly, the silver car is no longer leaking petrol- I finally got around to repairing the drippy drain plug. No more danger of a random car fire for me :-)

I worked at Urge on Saturday as doorman- I really enjoy that job, I get to sit on the street and greet everyone, scare off the girls, and chat to the punters at a civilised volume (unlike inside, where you're shouting above the music). The downside is that I was there from 10pm-5am, a long and exhausting night. Luckily Erich called at 5am, just as I was starting to get cranky, and suddenly my day was back on track.

Speaking of... Erich's taken to calling me while he's out with his mates, and handing the phone around. I think I've spoken to nearly everyone in Anchorage by now! Its fantastic. There's this one older guy who's always at Myrna's, and he spent a couple of years in NZ after WW2. He reminisces about things that happened in NZ in 1948 and always asks me if I remember them. Oh dear. Last night's rather crap horror movie ('the forsaken') was much improved by chatting to a barfull of drunk Alaskans at regular intervals, though it drained the battery on my phone. Even after I'd fallen asleep on Alan and Paul's couch, phone on charge in the office, I missed a couple of calls... LOL!!

I cant wait to be there. I'm SO going to spank him.

Back at work today, my mate Sam is bringing in some work for me to do for his new documentary- a couple of effects shots, and a few hundred dollars closer to independance :-)

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Urge Male Space

[paulo38.livejournal.com]

Urge is still a Gay Male Space.
But as we have to realise many Gay men have close Female friends who at times are out with them on K'rd.
We always explain that Urge is a Gay Mens space & if a woman is to enter she has to respect that, as do the men with her.
Some of the 'women' at Urge have been Fa Fafine. Who were actually Flattered by the question. Exclaiming;"Do you think I'm a real woman?"

All very tricky we can assure you.

Some of the local business owners were at the bar at Larrys 'last night' & our official opening party. Some of these are women; as are our direct neighbours the NZPC. We are pleased to say that they all support Urge as one of their neighbours.

Another occasion we were asked to allow the 'wife' of a gay man in to see that he was in a safe & friendly environment.
It took some convincing, we watched the process very closely. She left with a smile & a new perspective on her husbands playground.

We are legally unable to ban anybody on Gender or Sexuality etc.
Dress code is a possible way but it also has to be seen as not sexist racist nor gender specific.

Alan & I assure all our patrons Urge will always be a Gay male space.

We varied this stance recently for the 'Homie Sexual' night on a Thursday at the request of the group organising the Hip Hop night. It seems that young Gay men & women get on alot better in a Hip Hop dance situation.Or maybe the younger generation do in general.
Gay 'Homie' porn was played during the night, Lesbian DJ's played alongside Gay male DJ's. The atmosphere was amazing all night and the responses from the patrons overwhelmingly positive.
If Urge is to survive as a Gay Male bar, we need to attract younger patrons who understand & enjoy the space. We also need the revenue to pay increased rents, council fee's, insurance costs etc etc.
Not to say we will be changing the entry policy, but we will continue to hold special event nights for mixed gay groups on occasion.

We also hope that in the future that when we hold strict dress code nights such as Leather / Uniform nights etc we are supported as strongly.

Cheers
paul.