"Roan's smash-hit song - in which she sings of a "special place" where "Where boys and girls can all be queens every single day" - is inspired by her experience visiting The Abbey in West Hollywood, a famous and popular queer bar. Roan told Headliner Magazine her first visit to The Abbey was transformative and she "realised I could truly be any way I wanted to be, and no one would bat an eye","
"Lewis told the outlet the name Pink Pony has "very broad appeal across both gays and lesbians, in terms of being a safe space" but clarified - to much subsequent criticism and backlash - it would "unashamedly be targeted at the boys, pretty much 18 to 35". "Of course the girls will be welcome, but it would certainly be our desire that it is predominantly gay boys, and when I say predominantly, I'm sort of talking 90 per cent plus," Lewis, 57, added."
Pink Pony, a new venue on Sydney's Oxford Street named after Chappell Roan's song "Pink Pony Club", is scheduled to open in December. The song was inspired by Roan's transformative visit to The Abbey in West Hollywood, where she experienced acceptance and began writing openly. Venue owners Kevin Du-Val and manager Michael Lewis described the space as broadly appealing but said it would be "unashamedly" targeted at gay men aged about 18 to 35, expressing a desire for predominantly gay male patrons. Those comments prompted criticism for being tone-deaf, leading to plans to rebrand. The owners cited legal hurdles to vetting patrons.
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