An Australian hotel with many gay customers can keep out straight people who may bother gay customers.
The manager of the Peel Hotel, in Melbourne, Australia, had to ask special permission from the government to keep out some straight guests.
The hotel said they were trying to stop some straight people who come to the hotel to insult or yell at the gay customers.
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Normally, a company cannot keep people out because of their race, age or sexuality. But in this case, the hotel was called an exception.
The decision means that the hotel can keep someone out if that person might threaten the safety or comfort of other guests.
One group that looks out for human rights, Liberty Victoria, supports the decision. They said that straight people have many places to go, so it should be okay for the hotel to create a safe space for gay customers.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AFP)
澳洲一家擁有眾多同志客源的旅館，有權拒絕可能打擾同志客人的異性戀者進入。
澳洲墨爾本皮爾旅館的負責人，已向政府請求拒收部分異性戀客人的特殊許可。
皮爾旅館表示，他們試圖保護同志客群免受異性戀客人的羞辱或吼叫。
一般來說，公司行號不能基於種族、年齡或性別因素拒人於門外，但皮爾旅館的情況例外。
這項決議意味著，皮爾旅館可以將可能影響其他顧客安全或舒適的民眾擋在門外。
支持這項決議的人權團體Liberty Victoria認為，異性戀者還有很多地方可去，所以皮爾旅館提供同志客群安全環境的做法並無大礙。
（翻譯：林倩如）
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