Albany gay scene
Albany Pride and Liberte join forces to launch region’s first gay bar
Liberte is set to expose its doors on the last Friday of every month as Albany’s first gay bar, providing a safe space for the LGBTQI+ community and their allies to authorize their hair down and meet brand-new people.
The popular Stirling Terrace venue is joining forces with Albany Pride to evolve the club’s monthly social gatherings into an official gay bar — understood to be the first of its kind in regional WA.
Albany Pride president Annie Arnold said after hosting a social gathering almost every Friday for the last two years, the club was excited to include a place to call its control.
“We always used to come to Liberte because they were the first local business in Albany that supported Albany Pride and they have always been our biggest ally in terms of a local business,” she said.
“But when COVID struck we weren’t able to gather here without knowing exactly how many people were coming so we had to go to another pub, which nobody felt as comfortable at.
“We ended up trialling coming back here and it has been a big achievement
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