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Gay Bar Apologizes for Banning Photos of Skinny or Overweight Men

Women, "boys with bad skin," and "Indi boys," were also on the list of people to avoid, in favor of "boys with big muscles."

A gay bar in Melbourne, Australia has apologized after a guidance sheet given to photographers there instructing them not to take pictures of skinny and overweight men, "boys with bad skin," "Indi boys," and women came to light.

Poof Doof said it no longer gives the guidelines to its photographers and said it now considers itself a place for everyone.

The sheet, which found its way to Facebook, instructed photographers to focus on, "Boys with big muscles. Big ones. The kind of muscles that come about from spending at least 5 sessions a week at the gym."

"Hot boys," with whose faces one would want to "lick...because they look so delicious," were also recommended as worthy of being shot, as well as drag queens, but only the best, and sparingly.

"Poof Doof is a gay club for homos," the brief continued. "No one is here to see girls. Ever."

It also said "photos are NOT to be taken of: Skinny boys in burgundy t-shirts and chinos. They are a dime a dozen. There is nothing interesting nor cool about them; Boys with bad skin; Messy boys. Anyone who looks like they've poked down to a 10-pack is OUT; Indi boys. They are not Power Poof worthy unless they are BREATHTAKINGLY good looking or epically stylish."

"[The brief] was given in a meeting years and years ago, and kept to use against us," Poof Doof manager Susie Robinson told the Star Observer.

"We’re really devastated. A lot changes in eight years, and that brief isn’t representative of who we are today," she added, noting that "doesn’t change the fact that those words were written, and for that we absolutely, unreservedly apologize."

Robinson blamed a recently terminated photographer for the damning notice going public. But the photographer, Ari New, said he had privately shared it in a group chat without "malicious intent," nor with a desire for it to be publicly shared.

"The photo was sent around by one of the other people [in the chat without] my knowledge," he said. "After being informed the brief had been shared, I began private messaging people and pages to delete the posts."

Poof Doof management has shared a public apology on the club's Facebook page, which includes a survey asking for community feedback on how it can improve.

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