Although not a frequent attendee of gay bars, I do have gay friends and go with them at their invitation.

I have always been proud to say I am born and bred in Brighton but can honestly say the sort of attitude displayed by Johnny of the Male Alliance (Letters, March 11) has of late made going out a real chore.

The stares and dirty looks from gay men when going into "their" bars is a terribly uncomfortable feeling. This suggestion of male-only bars is sectarianism at its worst.

Surely a better option would be to get along with other people - make the effort to get to know them and I am sure 90 per cent of the time you will find them entertaining and interesting.

As for the drunken, frustrated women touching men, speak to the bouncers and have them dealt with in the same way as any other bar would.

If it was the other way round, the bouncers would have no issues throwing a man out.

-Michelle Huntley, Lenham Road East, Rottingdean