Comments on: Melbourne gay events group denies ageism claims

By: Greg Millan

Greg Millan — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 21:38:25 +0000

This is pure age discrimination and this business should not be supported by LGBTI people. It’s not what I fight for on the streets of Sydney when I has 18. Discrimination against older members of our community is rife and this business’s principles/intentions are stuffed. Don’t support them and hopefully they will close down

By: David Hobson

David Hobson — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:23:41 +0000

Maybe the Trivia (one of the events being publicised) contest being ‘Under 39 Only’ is because they know those little twinks could NEVER beat a bunch of +50 Queens at Trivia!.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:45:48 +0000

Hey all, the guy has had one gay event, just one… It was a beer and cider tour which I attended. Was it perfect? No, but I had a great time and given it was his first, I think he did a pretty good job and will definitely do it again.

On our way back to Melbourne, Tommy asked for our feedback and the age bracket thing came up as did having a wine tour, organising an after-party/something at a venue after etc and I’m glad to see he has taken most of it onboard.

From what I can tell, there’s an upcoming Wine tour + the Beer/Cider tour for all ages and after-party back in Melbourne.

Businesses asking for feedback nowadays is as meaningless as it is banal and at least the guy is making a genuine effort to improve.

Good on you Tommy!

By: Sean Martin

Sean Martin — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:03:52 +0000

@ Tommy: “An 18-year-old doesn’t necessarily want to find a romantic connection with a 70-year-old.”

While I can sorta/kinda understand, this is still a pretty insulting statement. Who says that 70-year-old is going to be interested in someone that young in the first place? But if that’s your “reasoning”, then let’s bring back Logan’s Run’s Carousel and be done with it. As Nolan pointed out, the grand majority of your events are age-specific, some with a top limit of 39.

For a bleeding trivia night.

Think about that for a moment. I mean, seriously, dude?

The world does not need someone exploiting the stereotype of the slathering, fat old queen scaring the poor defenseless teenager. Perhaps the better strategy here — if you think you can stand advice from someone as decripit as me (After all, at my age, I wouldnt stand a chance of getting in.) would be to have the grand majority of your events all-ages and keep the age-specific ones to the minority? Because, frankly, an age limit for a freaking trivia night sounds more than a bit idiotic.

By: Lance Twentyman

Lance Twentyman — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:18:56 +0000

If I were a enterprising (and indeed a rich queen) I’d open a gay venue catering solely for us old queens.
ID at the door must show 60+..
Daddy hunters and sugar daddies would be excluded.

We want to enjoy and meet the non attitude company of guys OUR own age..
The fun days of Maisies ain’t over yet!!
Bring it on!!

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 02:59:40 +0000

“To meet someone in the same age group?”

I am 75 and my partner is 37. Neither of us is interested romantically in our own age group. Maybe part of the problem is that the company is run by the same people who have a heterosexual dating site. Gay people are more adventurous than heterosexual people generally. Or are the owners of the company enforcing their values on their potential client base?

By: Nolan

Nolan — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:28:16 +0000

Tommy – of the 7 events listed on your website, all but 2 exclude anyone over the age of 49 – and it is 45 years for most of them. You might also want to explain why a bloody trivia night needs an age range, and why you think its OK to basically tell anyone over 50 – and yeah I’m 50 – to get lost.

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:07:05 +0000

Age discrimination on Grindr?
How VILE that people have autonomy over their own bodies and dare decide whom they wish to be intimate with when seeking a shag on apps dedicated to fucking. Scandalous!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:54:25 +0000

Hello everyone! We run all-ages events coupled with age-specific events. Our mission at Gay Events Melbourne is for people to meet others roughly the same age for both friendship or a romantic connection which is why we have age groups on some events we run. For example, we might have an event for age 25-45 but we’ll also have an event for age 35-55 and also 45-65 etc. These different age groups are designed so that people have a choice to meet someone roughly their own age by attending an age-specific event, or they can meet someone a lot younger or older at our all-ages specific events.

An 18-year-old doesn’t necessarily want to find a romantic connection with a 70-year-old which is why we offer both ‘age-specific’ & ‘all-ages’ events so that YOU can choose what you want to do.

It’s clear to us that some people have seen only 1 event on Facebook but didn’t take the time to visit our website to see the rest of the events we have on offer. It is a little unfair on all parties but still, we remain positive as life is about learning after every interaction.

At the time of this article publication, we’ve only ever had 1 event with Gay Events Melbourne two weeks ago and received invaluable feedback surrounding age groups & event ideas from the men who attended. Their ideas have already been implemented and as a thank you to them, they all received a lifetime discount promotion code for any and all events with us in the future. That’s how much we value feedback!

If you have any questions or concerns, the best people to talk to are us! We can be contacted via our website contact form, Facebook messages, our 1800 851 841 number and our SMS support line with any questions or suggestions (all found on our website ).

Your input, suggestions, and feedback are what shapes the future of Gay Events Melbourne.

Remember, we are human just like you. So talk to us :)

Thank you, everyone, we love you all!

Regards, Tommy