# get your gay dog out of my restaurant! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-your-gay-dog-out-of-my-restaurant/154075 "2010-04-27T11:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-your-gay-dog-out-of-my-restaurant/154075/1 "2010-04-27T11:01:13Z")
> **A RESTAURANT in a northwest suburb of Adelaide that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was “gay” was ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.** _The (Adelaide) Sunday Mail_ said Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at the Thai Spice restaurant in May 2009 after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a “gay dog,” a tribunal heard this week. > A statement given by restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Anh Hoang Le said one of the restaurant’s waiters said that Mr Jolly’s partner Ms Chris Lawrence stated “she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant.” > Mr Jolly and Ms Lawrence were refused entry to the restaurant - which displays a “guide dogs welcome” sign - even after providing staff with a guide dogs fact card. > At an Equal Opportunity Tribunal conciliation hearing on Friday, the restaurant agreed to provide Mr Jolly with a written apology and attend an Equal Opportunity education course, in addition to paying him $1500. > ``` > "The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," a statement from the hearing said. > > ``` > > Mr Jolly said while he was happy with the result, the embarrassing incident had dampened his enthusiasm for eating out at restaurants. “It gives you some comfort that Equal Opportunity is there,” he said. > "But I always have that fear now, when I go out. > “I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal.” > Thai Spice refused to speak to the _Sunday Mail_ when contacted for comment. [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/gay-dogs-not-welcome-diner-in-south-australia-told/story-e6frfhk6-1225857878565](http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/gay-dogs-not-welcome-diner-in-south-australia-told/story-e6frfhk6-1225857878565) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-your-gay-dog-out-of-my-restaurant/154075/2 "2010-04-27T11:16:57Z")
Damn it Sparky, where do you keep finding this pink bandana? ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-your-gay-dog-out-of-my-restaurant/154075/3 "2010-04-27T12:00:41Z")
> “The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog… Mr Jolly said while he was happy with the result, the embarrassing incident had dampened his enthusiasm for eating out at restaurants” I damn near lost it here. Silly Mr. Jolly and his gay dog :bowrofl: ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-your-gay-dog-out-of-my-restaurant/154075/4 "2010-04-27T12:32:31Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Damn it Sparky, where do you keep finding this pink bandana? :bigclap: