well, living not far from the hotel in question, I can understand why they did it. If a gay male coup[le went to a straight club and danced on the floor together, what do you think would happen? theyd either get beaten up or asked to leave at some point. A gay club is just that, a gay club. its a place for gay people to go and feel comfortable and not to worry about being harrased. The Peel has been around for decades so nearly everyone in Melbourne knows what it is. I have nothing against straight people gong to a gay club but why do they need to go to a gay one when there are plenty of straight ones in the area. Makes you question their motives in the first place. Morally wrong to ban hetrosexuals from gay bars...maybe true, but if they frequent them, please, leave your prejudices at the door. There is obvioulsy more to the whole story than was reported in that article.