In an unpredictable live music industry, queer venues are relying on their community to keep their doors open

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Venue managers say the cost of operating is making it harder for small, diverse businesses to exist in Brisbane, putting the safe space they provide to vulnerable communities at risk.

Being given the opportunity to manage a venue "right in the heart" of Brisbane's CBD was a dream come true for David Murphy.

Independently-owned venues struggle the most to keep up with the costs of doing business, he adds, and it's made it harder for those providing a safe place for minority communities to stay open.'It's coming directly from our purpose' David and Logan said their personal connection to the queer community means they feel a need to "do it justice"."I wanted to make sure that it was centred around and ," said Mr Murphy, a queer man with Fijian heritage.

"The people that we work with, they're putting more into it than they're getting out," Mx Zdanowicz said.

 

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