Colorado Sprgs shootg survivor Barrett Hudson sisted that gay clubs and bars hire "secury that n rry a weapon" to keep their patrons safe.
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- WDOWS SHOT OUT AT ORLANDO GAY BAR
- GAY BARS SEE CREASED SECURY, CTOMERS ACROSS USA ONE WEEK AFTER ORLANDO
- CHARLOTTE GAY BAR OWNER TALKS SECURY
WDOWS SHOT OUT AT ORLANDO GAY BAR
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REUTERS/Kev Mohatt/File PhotoNEW YORK, Nov 23 (Rters) - After the 2016 massacre at the Pulse nightclub Florida, the owners of New York Cy gay bar C'mon Everybody hired more secury staff, and the LGBT landmark Stonewall Inn ran active-shooter safety drills wh s bars and other LGBT spac around the untry are aga weighg how to keep their staff and patrons safe after a gunman killed five people and jured 17 more at an LGBT club Colorado Sprgs. Many worry that physil secury measur n only go so far, and that stnchg a surge of flammatory anti-LGBT rhetoric is a better Club Q attack, which is beg vtigated as a hate crime, has pound the fear and anger of a muny already nontg a wave of Republin legislatn directed at transgenr youth and gay Amerins, and what they say is a related rise threats and vlence agast s members.
GAY BARS SEE CREASED SECURY, CTOMERS ACROSS USA ONE WEEK AFTER ORLANDO
Nellie's, the venerable U Street gay sports bar, announced on Instagram will be closed this week followg an ugly cint durg Pri weekend. Early on Sunday, a vio of 22-year-old Keisha Young beg dragged down the stairs by secury at Nellie’s sparked outrage and a broar nversatn about how the bar treats non-whe ctomers. Nellie’s * security gay bar *
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CHARLOTTE GAY BAR OWNER TALKS SECURY
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