Tag Archives: gay bars

Slate vlogger and self-identified separatist June Thomas says that gay nightclubs are too few and “precious” to the community and therefore straight people should think twice about coming in. And gay guys should stay out of lesbian bars too. (Tipped by JMG reader John)

The Seattle man awaiting trial for the New Year’s Eve arson of a crowded gay nightclub may have been provoked by an email which taunted him to have gay sex. Police say the email strengthens the likelihood of hate crime charges. Via local television: KIRO 7 has uncovered new evidence against Musab Masmari, who told a friend about his “distaste …

Same-sex marriage has been legal in England and Wales for only four days and already the BBC has published a trend piece on whether gay bars are destined to fade into history. (Spoiler alert: They aren’t.) The article opens by asking a couple of familiar questions. It’s a Saturday night in March, unusually mild for London, and Soho is thronging …

Dance music fans poured onto social media late Monday night, hoping that reports of the death of house music legend Frankie Knuckles, 59, were an impossibly cruel April Fool’s hoax. Sadly, his passing has been confirmed by the Chicago Tribune, which thus far reports only that Knuckles “died unexpectedly at home.” Knuckles was known to all as the Godfather Of …

Via Kent Online: The boss of Canterbury’s only gay bar says a vicar offered to “cleanse” its customers and cure them of their homosexuality. Tony Butcher said he was left flabbergasted when the clergyman popped into Limes Lounge in Rosemary Lane, which he claims has been hounded by homophobic opposition ever since it opened six months ago. [snip] “I have …

A California jury has awarded $5.4M to a woman who reported that she was sexually assaulted by a male employee of the West Hollywood gay nightclub Here Lounge. The 43-year-old woman sued the Here Lounge and club worker Victor Cruz, alleging she was assaulted and raped by him on March 23, 2009. After a 15-day trial in Santa Monica Superior …

Musab Masmari yesterday pleaded not guilty to a single count of arson in the New Year’s Eve fire at a Seattle gay nightclub. Musmari, 30, is being held in the King County Jail. A hearing in the case has been set for March 5th. Musmari was also ordered to have no contact with Neighbours or its employees. A judge had …

According to newly released court documents, Seattle gay nightclub arson suspect Musab Masmari told a friend that “homosexuals should be exterminated.” This is the first evidence yet disclosed as to Masmari’s possible motivation for setting the fire on New Year’s Eve as over 750 patrons celebrated. According to investigative documents filed in King County Superior Court, the 30-year old Masmari …

Shaun Knittel, the associate editor of Seattle Gay News, has published a column calling for 750 charges of attempted murder in the case of Musab Masmari [PHOTO], who was fleeing the country on a one-way ticket to Turkey when arrested for the New Year’s Eve arson of a crowded gay nightclub. Masmari is being held on a single charge of …

The historic Stonewall Inn and the nearby Julius, NYC’s oldest gay bar, are both within the Greenwich Village Historic District and any physical changes to the buildings must by approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.  But the Greenwich Village Society of Historical Preservation is seeking individual landmark status for both sites to further protect them as icons of LGBT history. …

From the Facebook page of Chicago’s popular Sidetrack bar: Stoli will again be available at Sidetrack. As Russia prepares to launch these Olympic games, TODAY Stoli has allied itself on the side of LGBT Freedom and will once again be on the shelves at Sidetrack. Stoli has pledged $150,000 as their first donation to the Russia Freedom Fund (the same …

Bail has been set at $1M for Musab Masmari, the man suspected of setting a New Year’s Eve fire at a packed Seattle gay nightclub, which the FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime. Via Capitol Hill Seattle: Citing the risk of flight and pending outcomes in recent brushes with the law, a King County judge Tuesday set bail …

According to a court document revealed yesterday, the suspect in the New Year’s Eve arson at a packed Seattle gay nightclub was booked for a one-way flight to Turkey when he was arrested on Saturday on his way to the airport. Musab Masmari, 30, is scheduled to make his first court appearance today after a judge yesterday found probable cause …

“Where are the left wing, the gay and LGBT organizations denouncing the Islamic texts that inspire such mayhem and murder of gays? Where is that fierce gay leadership condemning Muslim oppression of gays under the sharia? Where are those brave activists who rushed to condemn me when I ran an ad campaign highlighting Muslim oppression of gays under the sharia? …

“Less than an hour after I officially became Seattle’s first gay mayor, there was an arson at Seattle’s oldest gay nightclub with a potential for considerable loss of life. I am not just invested as the chief law enforcement officer of this city in bringing this case to justice, I am personally invested. But we also need to let our …

Multiple news outlets in Seattle are reporting that the suspect in the New Year’s Eve arson attempt at the popular gay nightclub Neighbours might have been identified. Reports conflict on whether the police have named the man as a “person of interest” or if they are just “interested in talking to him.” The man being discussed is well-known to local …

Seattle police have released more surveillance photos of the man suspected to have lit the fire at the popular gay nightclub Neighbours on New Year’s Eve. The latest images show the man moving through the crowded bar while carrying a package that presumably held the gasoline used to douse the staircase leading to the second floor where over 700 patrons …

A spokesman for Seattle’s Neighbours nightclub says that the police are looking into a “suspicious person” recorded by surveillance cameras shortly before the New Year’s Eve arson attempt. Via television station KING 5: According to Shaun Knittel of Social Outreach Seattle, police are looking closely at surveillance video the club handed over after someone doused the stairs with gasoline and …

Seattle’s gay nightclub Neighbours is inviting patrons back to finish the New Year’s Eve party that was interrupted by an arsonist. From their Facebook page: The staff and management at Neighbours Seattle would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that has been so understanding and supportive over the past few days; it was because of that support and outpouring …

Washington DC’s Eagle nightclub has been granted a 30-day extension on its lease and will remain open through the end of this month, much to the relief of Mid-Atlantic Leather attendees. Yesterday the Leather Journal  (not office safe) published details about a new location scheduled to open late this summer. The updated 16,000 square-foot building, which was originally a slaughter …