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.