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SYDNEY - Een Australisch hotel dat gerund wordt door homoseksuelen, mag heteroseksuelen weigeren. Het management van het Peel Hotel in Melbourne vroeg voor de rechter vrijstelling van de wet Gelijke Behandeling om zo te voorkomen dat homogasten worden beledigd of mishandeld vanwege hun geaardheid.
Het hotel raakte ongerust over de aanwezigheid van grote groepen heteroseksuele mannen en vrouwen in het hotel.
Bron: www.nu.nl
Sydney - An Australian hotel favoured by gays has won the right to refuse entry to heterosexuals, a report said on Monday.
The management of the Peel Hotel in Melbourne said they had applied for and won exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act to prevent insults and abuse being directed at their mainly gay patrons.
In particular, the hotel raised concerns about gatherings of large groups of heterosexual men and of groups of women out for so-called "hen nights", said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The decision by the Victoria state Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) gives the hotel the right to refuse entry to people considered a threat to the safety and comfort of its patrons.
Human rights group Liberty Victoria supported the decision, said vice-president Michael Pearce.
"There are numerous places where heterosexual people can go and I think what VCAT has said is that there aren't that many places where gay people can go and meet without the risk of being harassed or vilified, and that they are entitled to have their own spaces to do that in," he said.
Bron: iol.za
Het hotel raakte ongerust over de aanwezigheid van grote groepen heteroseksuele mannen en vrouwen in het hotel.
Bron: www.nu.nl
Sydney - An Australian hotel favoured by gays has won the right to refuse entry to heterosexuals, a report said on Monday.
The management of the Peel Hotel in Melbourne said they had applied for and won exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act to prevent insults and abuse being directed at their mainly gay patrons.
In particular, the hotel raised concerns about gatherings of large groups of heterosexual men and of groups of women out for so-called "hen nights", said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The decision by the Victoria state Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) gives the hotel the right to refuse entry to people considered a threat to the safety and comfort of its patrons.
Human rights group Liberty Victoria supported the decision, said vice-president Michael Pearce.
"There are numerous places where heterosexual people can go and I think what VCAT has said is that there aren't that many places where gay people can go and meet without the risk of being harassed or vilified, and that they are entitled to have their own spaces to do that in," he said.
Bron: iol.za