The website claims to list more than 15,000 locations around Australia "where gay and bisexual guys meet for sex" and still has the Myer city store's toilet listed as a meeting place. A search of the site yielded hundreds of well-known Sydney buildings, parks and beaches.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Defence said she would look into the matter after being told about the RAAF listing, and possibly make a comment by 5pm.
A Myer staff member who spoke to smh.com.au said she had seen men running out of the toilet alerting employees about homosexual activity, while others had complained about being propositioned.
"I wouldn't let my friend's young son go in there, no way. I was really worried about his safety," she said. "There were men going in and out all the time. You'd see them come out, and say 'Woops, I forgot my mobile or wallet', and then go back in. I'd see men sitting on the chair near the toilet just waiting.
"It's been happening for years. I know they were making plans on a website to meet here."
A security guard in the store said the toilet had to be closed because "we had problems with people in there ... there were safety issues". Asked if the problem was due to men using the toilet as a hook-up point, he replied: "The whole city has got that problem."
Mr West said: "There has been a range of security concerns surrounding that toilet and we have closed it pending a review. There were some customer concerns about anti-social activity in there. Ideally we wouldn't have had to close it; it is a temporary measure.
"We are reviewing security, there is certainly no risk for customers."
Other prominent places used by subscribers of the website include the toilets of Westfield stores and Marrickville Metro, the library at the University of NSW, various Fitness First gyms, and Bankstown Airport's rest area.
Comment is awaited from various Fitness First gyms and Westfield stores.
Another is the Crows Nest Community Centre, which it seems is extremely popular, with 100 comments posted from the website's users regarding the site. The centre's chief executive officer, Michelle Boston, was unaware of any incidents in the listed ground floor toilets, and was appalled when told by smh.com.au.
"This is awful," she said. "We have so many vulnerable people that come here."
Within 30 minutes of being informed, Ms Boston phoned smh.com.au back and said: "I have taken immediate action. All toilets are now locked. People will have to report to reception to get a key. All children who use the facility will have to be accompanied by a parent. We care about our community and do not want them put at risk."
Moderator, please correct title to: "Gay sex forces closure of store toilets"
Oh ISH!
If I were going to meet in a store to "Hook up", it would have to be Home Depot or Lowe's, because they always have interesting things in there and I can kill two birds with one stone.
And if someone smacks them on the back of the head for their idiocy, it's a hate crime.
On that night's newscast, he was described as going through counseling and I don't think he ever came back on the news.
I suggest rather than close the toilets, they pipe in the works of Yoko Ono. That would make anyone do their business quickly.
Regards, Ivan
squirt.org??? ROFLMAO!!!
In other news, the board of health had no explanation for the rise in AIDS cases over the past few years.
How dare those intolerant, bigoted, homophobes shuting down the toilets. What will happen to those sensitive, loving, homos deriving pleasure from foreign fecal contaminants from consenting and loving adults?? This may be a serious hindrance to the homosexual recruiting effort if such homophobic laws are passed. Sarc
I see video cameras in the bathroom with the sign:
"All video will be destroyed within 24 hours. However, those committing homosexual acts in the restroom will have their faces in our nice homo collage at the entrance to the store."
Whats happining at the level 2 toilets??
squirt.org
like you dont already know about it
"Rule One..."
not even the beginning of the problems with them
That's just disgusting ... I've seen university locker rooms become fag hangouts. Truly nasty.
The Student Union of the university I work at in Australia recently renovated its public toilets.
When they did so, they made a big deal of the fact that one of the cubicles in the male toilets would have floor to ceiling doors - unlike the typical doors in most public toilets out of respect for the privacy of the people who were using it for sex.
Leaving aside the generally questionable morality of sex in public, I found it incredibly interesting that the only place on the campus that was being specifically set aside for sex was a male only environment. So not only was this condoning certain behaviours, it was doing so in a way that favoured homosexual students over heterosexual ones.
At the time this happened, the Student Union was fighting the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism - in Australia, all university students had to pay to join the Student Union as a condition of enrolment at a university - and as the unions generally supported left wing political causes, conservative students really objected to this.
This particular policy illustrates why a lot of students didn't like what they were being forced to support.
Thanks to the Howard Government, student unionism is now voluntary - it has been since the middle of this year.
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