Auckland's iconic K Road gay club, G.A.Y. is “old hat” and will be re-branded as ‘Supermarket', says Miss Ribena, entertainment coordinator for the adjacent Family Bar. In part, the change is to distinguish the club from Family Bar upstairs, which is “'hands in the air camp', loud, cheesy, with drag shows and karaoke,” says Ribena, and partly to ditch the “old hat stereotypical G.A.Y. logo, which has been a gay club in London for, like 100 years.” Some people refuse to go to G.A.Y. because of its name, says Ribena, and “the music is often the same downstairs as it is upstairs [in Family].” “Supermarket will attract the ‘shirts-off Les Mills muscle boy set',” who “like to look at themselves in the mirror,” she adds. The change will come into effect on Saturday. Ref: GayNZ.com (d)
Credit: GayNZ.com News Staff
First published: Thursday, 17th August 2006 - 12:00pm