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• THE FRAT HOE IS THE LAST GAY BAR STANDG GARN GROVE
• SOUTH DAKOTA KARAOKE BAR FAC BOYTT AFTER ACCATNS OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATNLOL LGBTQ ADVOT HOPE THE ALLEGATNS SPIRE THE RAPID CY MUNY TO REFLECT ON DISCRIMATN AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMARCH 29, 2019/2:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3840PX;WIDTH:5760PX;}GETTY IMAGMICROPHONE. MICROPHONE CLOSE-UP. A PUB. BAR. A RTRANT CLASSIL MIC MICBY NI LANGMARCH 29, 2019 / 2:13 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SOUTH DAKOTA KARAOKE BAR FAC BOYTT AFTER ACCATNS OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-29T18:13:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-29T18:13:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","KEYWORDS":"TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SOUTH DAKOTA BAR HAS BEEN ACCED OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATN FOLLOWG PROPOSED CHANG TO S POPULAR KARAOKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NTROVERSY BEGAN WHEN JEREMIAH ROSE, A NOW-FORMER KARAOKE DJ FOR THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE RAPID CY, POSTED A YOUTUBE VIO CLAIMG THE BAR’S PARENT PANY DIRECTED HIM TO KEEP A LOL TRANSGENR WOMAN, JEN HERMAN, OM PERFORMG. IN A MEETG, REPRENTATIV OF THE MG OIL COMPANY—WHICH OWNS SEVERAL BS THE TOWN OF 74,000—TOLD HIM TO KEEP PHG HERMAN FURTHER AND FURTHER DOWN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO UGHT FIRE ON WEDNDAY, MARCH 27, RACKG UP MORE THAN 8,000 VIEWS WH 24 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERMAN TELLS NEWNOWNEXT SHE LEARNED OF THE ALLEGED CISN TO EFFECTIVELY “TAKE AWAY KARAOKE SO THAT [SHE] EVENTUALLY STOPPED GOG” THE DAY THE VIO WAS POSTED. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A REGULAR AT CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE FOR YEARS, SHE CLAIMS SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I REALLY FELT SAFE AT THE CLOCK TOWER,” SHE SAYS. “THE SEND TIME THAT I WENT TO THE CLOCK TOWER, I ALMOST GOT ATTACKED BY SOME GUY BEE I WAS TRANSGENR, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ME TO MY RCUE THAT NIGHT THAT I KEPT G BACK.”CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SCREENSHOT OF THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE'S FACEBOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS ONE OF THE ONLY OUT TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE TOWN, HERMAN SAYS THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE IS NOW “JT ANOTHER PLACE THAT ISN'T SAFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT'S ANOTHER PLACE TO ADD TO THE LIST OF PLAC THAT WE N’T GO,” SHE SAYS. “SOMETIM YOU HEAR THROUGH THE GRAPEVE THAT THIS BS OR THAT BS HAS MA A POLICY AGAST THE TRANSGENR OR THE LGBTQ MUNY AND YOU TRY TO STAY AWAY OM THOSE PLAC. WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND TELL EACH OTHER OUR EXPERIENC. WHERE WE GET HASSLED, WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT STUFF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ALLEGED POLICY DIDN’T JT IMPACT HERMAN, HOWEVER. IT ALSO REPORTEDLY SGLED OUT PEOPLE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL LAY AND MEGAN HOBBS WERE REGULAR FIXTUR AT KARAOKE NIGHT. LAY OFTEN SGS HOLIDAY-THEMED NOVELTY TUN LIKE “MONSTER MASH” WHILE HOBBS LORS A LORG BOOK AT A NEARBY TABLE. THOSE FAIAR WH THE SUATN TELL NEWNOWNEXT THAT LAY HAD DIFFICULTY UNRSTANDG THE ALLEGED CHANG TO KARAOKE NIGHT, SO A TEACHER WHO WORKS WH PEOPLE WH DISABILI WAS BROUGHT TO EXPLA TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE ROSE WOULDN’T RPOND TO QUTNS ABOUT THE ALLEGED POLICY, ’S UNCLEAR WHETHER WOULD APPLY TO OTHER PEOPLE ASI OM THE THREE DIVIDUALS. WHEN NEWNOWNEXT ASKED HERMAN WHY SPECIFIC GROUPS MIGHT BE TARGETED BY THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S MANAGEMENT, SHE SAYS THEY WERE VIEWED AS “BAD FOR BS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLACK HILLS WORKS, A ROURCE CENTER THAT HELPS TEGRATE PEOPLE WH DISABILI TO THE LOL MUNY, ULD NOT VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF ROSE’S ALLEGATNS. IT LLS THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE CINT A “REALLY ISOLATED EVENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE FEEL WE RECEIVE WH REALLY GOOD MUNY SUPPORT RAPID CY,” COMMUNY RELATNS MANAGER DOROTHY ROSBY TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RINTS OF RAPID CY HAVE E OUT FULL SUPPORT OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THIS WEEK’S EVENTS. A FACEBOOK PAGE LLED “BOYTT CLOCK” HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 LIK AT THE TIME OF WRG, WH SUPPORTERS CLAIMG THEY TEND TO FIGHT “BIGOTRY” AND “STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZACH KIRSCHENMANN, A CLOSE IEND OF ROSE’S AND A KARAOKE NIGHT REGULAR, CREDS THE OPEN, CLIVE ENVIRONMENT THEY BUILT AT THE EVENTS FOR THE BOYTT’S POPULARY, LLG THE WEEKLY CROWD HIS “KARAOKE FAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIRSCHENMANN PLANS TO JO ALL THOSE LLG TO LEAVE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE. “I'M FELY GOG TO TAKE MY BS ELSEWHERE BEE 'S NOT RIGHT TO BELTLE PEOPLE AND ’S NOT RIGHT FOR A BIG PANY TO ACT LIKE BIGOTS,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT'S PICKG ON PEOPLE FOR LERALLY NO REASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MG OIL, THE PANY THAT OWNS CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE, VEHEMENTLY NIED ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OF DISCRIMATN AN EMAIL TO NEWNOWNEXT. GENERAL MANAGER DAVE KULISH SAYS THE DISPUTE WAS NOT OVER MEMBERS OF THE TRANS MUNY OR PEOPLE WH DISABILI BUT “THE VULGAR AND VERY OFFENSIVE MIC” SELECTED BY SOME PATRONS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MIC THAT EMPHASIZ THE ‘F’ WORD AND TALKS ABOUT PRIVATE BODY PARTS WE FEEL IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR DIVERSE DIENCE TO GROW OUR BS,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REFERRG TO ROSE AS A “DISGNTLED KARAOKE HOST” WHO IS NOT ACTUALLY EMPLOYED BY MG OIL, KULISH ADDS THAT HE’S UNSURE WHY “THIS HOST TOOK ALL THE MATTERS TO THIS LEVEL AND SGLED OUT CERTA GROUPS OR PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVERYONE HAS BEEN WELE AT OUR FACILI AND ALWAYS WILL BE WELE!” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, MG OIL RELEASED A STATEMENT ON CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MA SIAR CLAIMS. THE PANY SAID MERELY HOP TO CREATE AN “ENVIRONMENT EVERYONE N ENJOY.” THAT POST HAS SCE BEEN TAKEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS ROSE’S VIO BEGAN TO ATTRACT STATEWI AND EVEN NATNAL ATTENTN, HE REMOVED THE IAL CLIP ON WEDNDAY EVENG AND RELEASED A FOLLOW-UP VIO STEAD. ROSE LLED ON ALL THOSE OUTRAGED WH MG OIL TO LL OFF THE PROTT, WARNG THAT A BOYTT WOULD “STROY LIV OUR MUNY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANGER WILL STROY EVERYTHG,” HE CLAIMED. “[...] WE WILL STROY THEM WH ANGER, BUT WE WILL SACRIFICE OUR MUNY THE MEANTIME. THAT IS NOT WORTH .”BOYTT MG OIL/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SCREENSHOT OM THE "BOYTT MG OIL" FACEBOOK PAGE MA BY LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE END OF THE 24-MUTE VIO, ROSE LEFT VIEWERS WH A MSAGE: “FIVENS.” HE WROTE THAT WORD ON A WHE DRY ERASE BOARD BLACK MARKER, WHICH HE LEFT ON MERA FOR AN ADDNAL FIVE MUT AFTER HE WALKED OUT OF THE AME. IT WAS WRTEN NEXT TO A PLEA STCTG EVERYONE THE MUNY TO “BE BETTER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“PEOPLE SCREW UP AND SOMETIM THEY SCREW UP BIG, BUT EVERYBODY SERV A SEND CHANCE, IF NOT A THIRD AND A FOURTH,” ROSE SAYS. “FIVENS IS HOW WE CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BOYTT CLOCK” CHANGED S NAME TO “BOYTT MG OIL” AFTER THE SEND VIO WENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROSE CLED MULTIPLE REQUTS TO BE TERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY. AFTER MULTIPLE OUTLETS NTACTED HIM WHEN THE IAL POST WENT LIVE ON WEDNDAY, HE CLAIMED HE WAS CHANGG HIS NUMBER HIS FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT. HE ALSO LEFT A POTED JAB AT NEWNOWNEXT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BUG OFF,” ROSE SAID. “THIS IS NOT YOUR MUNY. YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A JUICY STORY, AND THAT’S NOT GOG TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, LGBTQ PEOPLE RAPID CY SIST THAT THEIR STORI SERVE TO FALLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A IEND OF HERMAN’S, BLUE LE Q, SAT WH HER AS SHE WAS TERVIEWED BY NEWNOWNEXT ON WEDNDAY. IN MARCH 2014, HE SAYS HE WAS GAY BASHED BY A MAN WHO WAED TO ATTACK HIM OUTSI A LOL VIO STORE. CARRYG A BACKPACK FILLED WH RENTED DVDS, LE Q WAS REPEATEDLY PUNCHED THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS HE WAS PRSED AGAST THE HOOD OF THE MAN’S TCK. HE WAS THEN THROWN TO THE GROUND MULTIPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH THE ATTACK HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO, LE Q SAYS THIS WEEK WAS A REMR THAT ANTI-LGBTQ HATE “STILL HAPPENS HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“PEOPLE THOUGHT DIDN'T, AND WHEN HAPPENED TO ME, EVERYBODY WAS SHOCKED,” CLAIMS LE Q, WHO WAS ALSO A EQUENT PATRON OF THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S KARAOKE NIGHT. “THE BIGOTRY STILL GO ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERMAN HOP THE DISCSNS SPIRE THE MUNY TO LOOK WARD AND REFLECT ON THE CHALLENG MARGALIZED GROUPS STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HAVE FIVE KIDS AND OUR ELST IS ALSO TRANSGENR,” SHE CLAIMS. “I WANT TO TELL THEM THAT ’S GETTG BETTER, THAT ’S GETTG EASIER RAPID CY, BUT THIS IS A SETBACK. IT’S REALLY HARD FEELG LIKE YOU DON’T F AND FEELG LIKE THERE ARE STGGL HERE THAT YOU WOULDN’T ENUNTER IF YOU LIVED SOMEWHERE ELSE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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THE FRAT HOE IS THE LAST GAY BAR STANDG GARN GROVE

Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016.

Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street. The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week.

SOUTH DAKOTA KARAOKE BAR FAC BOYTT AFTER ACCATNS OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATNLOL LGBTQ ADVOT HOPE THE ALLEGATNS SPIRE THE RAPID CY MUNY TO REFLECT ON DISCRIMATN AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMARCH 29, 2019/2:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3840PX;WIDTH:5760PX;}GETTY IMAGMICROPHONE. MICROPHONE CLOSE-UP. A PUB. BAR. A RTRANT CLASSIL MIC MICBY NI LANGMARCH 29, 2019 / 2:13 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SOUTH DAKOTA KARAOKE BAR FAC BOYTT AFTER ACCATNS OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-29T18:13:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-29T18:13:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","KEYWORDS":"TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SOUTH DAKOTA BAR HAS BEEN ACCED OF ANTI-TRANS DISCRIMATN FOLLOWG PROPOSED CHANG TO S POPULAR KARAOKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NTROVERSY BEGAN WHEN JEREMIAH ROSE, A NOW-FORMER KARAOKE DJ FOR THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE RAPID CY, POSTED A YOUTUBE VIO CLAIMG THE BAR’S PARENT PANY DIRECTED HIM TO KEEP A LOL TRANSGENR WOMAN, JEN HERMAN, OM PERFORMG. IN A MEETG, REPRENTATIV OF THE MG OIL COMPANY—WHICH OWNS SEVERAL BS THE TOWN OF 74,000—TOLD HIM TO KEEP PHG HERMAN FURTHER AND FURTHER DOWN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO UGHT FIRE ON WEDNDAY, MARCH 27, RACKG UP MORE THAN 8,000 VIEWS WH 24 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERMAN TELLS NEWNOWNEXT SHE LEARNED OF THE ALLEGED CISN TO EFFECTIVELY “TAKE AWAY KARAOKE SO THAT [SHE] EVENTUALLY STOPPED GOG” THE DAY THE VIO WAS POSTED. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A REGULAR AT CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE FOR YEARS, SHE CLAIMS SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I REALLY FELT SAFE AT THE CLOCK TOWER,” SHE SAYS. “THE SEND TIME THAT I WENT TO THE CLOCK TOWER, I ALMOST GOT ATTACKED BY SOME GUY BEE I WAS TRANSGENR, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ME TO MY RCUE THAT NIGHT THAT I KEPT G BACK.”CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SCREENSHOT OF THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE'S FACEBOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS ONE OF THE ONLY OUT TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE TOWN, HERMAN SAYS THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE IS NOW “JT ANOTHER PLACE THAT ISN'T SAFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT'S ANOTHER PLACE TO ADD TO THE LIST OF PLAC THAT WE N’T GO,” SHE SAYS. “SOMETIM YOU HEAR THROUGH THE GRAPEVE THAT THIS BS OR THAT BS HAS MA A POLICY AGAST THE TRANSGENR OR THE LGBTQ MUNY AND YOU TRY TO STAY AWAY OM THOSE PLAC. WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND TELL EACH OTHER OUR EXPERIENC. WHERE WE GET HASSLED, WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT STUFF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ALLEGED POLICY DIDN’T JT IMPACT HERMAN, HOWEVER. IT ALSO REPORTEDLY SGLED OUT PEOPLE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL LAY AND MEGAN HOBBS WERE REGULAR FIXTUR AT KARAOKE NIGHT. LAY OFTEN SGS HOLIDAY-THEMED NOVELTY TUN LIKE “MONSTER MASH” WHILE HOBBS LORS A LORG BOOK AT A NEARBY TABLE. THOSE FAIAR WH THE SUATN TELL NEWNOWNEXT THAT LAY HAD DIFFICULTY UNRSTANDG THE ALLEGED CHANG TO KARAOKE NIGHT, SO A TEACHER WHO WORKS WH PEOPLE WH DISABILI WAS BROUGHT TO EXPLA TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE ROSE WOULDN’T RPOND TO QUTNS ABOUT THE ALLEGED POLICY, ’S UNCLEAR WHETHER WOULD APPLY TO OTHER PEOPLE ASI OM THE THREE DIVIDUALS. WHEN NEWNOWNEXT ASKED HERMAN WHY SPECIFIC GROUPS MIGHT BE TARGETED BY THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S MANAGEMENT, SHE SAYS THEY WERE VIEWED AS “BAD FOR BS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLACK HILLS WORKS, A ROURCE CENTER THAT HELPS TEGRATE PEOPLE WH DISABILI TO THE LOL MUNY, ULD NOT VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF ROSE’S ALLEGATNS. IT LLS THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE CINT A “REALLY ISOLATED EVENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE FEEL WE RECEIVE WH REALLY GOOD MUNY SUPPORT RAPID CY,” COMMUNY RELATNS MANAGER DOROTHY ROSBY TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RINTS OF RAPID CY HAVE E OUT FULL SUPPORT OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THIS WEEK’S EVENTS. A FACEBOOK PAGE LLED “BOYTT CLOCK” HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 LIK AT THE TIME OF WRG, WH SUPPORTERS CLAIMG THEY TEND TO FIGHT “BIGOTRY” AND “STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZACH KIRSCHENMANN, A CLOSE IEND OF ROSE’S AND A KARAOKE NIGHT REGULAR, CREDS THE OPEN, CLIVE ENVIRONMENT THEY BUILT AT THE EVENTS FOR THE BOYTT’S POPULARY, LLG THE WEEKLY CROWD HIS “KARAOKE FAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIRSCHENMANN PLANS TO JO ALL THOSE LLG TO LEAVE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE. “I'M FELY GOG TO TAKE MY BS ELSEWHERE BEE 'S NOT RIGHT TO BELTLE PEOPLE AND ’S NOT RIGHT FOR A BIG PANY TO ACT LIKE BIGOTS,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT'S PICKG ON PEOPLE FOR LERALLY NO REASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MG OIL, THE PANY THAT OWNS CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE, VEHEMENTLY NIED ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OF DISCRIMATN AN EMAIL TO NEWNOWNEXT. GENERAL MANAGER DAVE KULISH SAYS THE DISPUTE WAS NOT OVER MEMBERS OF THE TRANS MUNY OR PEOPLE WH DISABILI BUT “THE VULGAR AND VERY OFFENSIVE MIC” SELECTED BY SOME PATRONS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MIC THAT EMPHASIZ THE ‘F’ WORD AND TALKS ABOUT PRIVATE BODY PARTS WE FEEL IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR DIVERSE DIENCE TO GROW OUR BS,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REFERRG TO ROSE AS A “DISGNTLED KARAOKE HOST” WHO IS NOT ACTUALLY EMPLOYED BY MG OIL, KULISH ADDS THAT HE’S UNSURE WHY “THIS HOST TOOK ALL THE MATTERS TO THIS LEVEL AND SGLED OUT CERTA GROUPS OR PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVERYONE HAS BEEN WELE AT OUR FACILI AND ALWAYS WILL BE WELE!” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, MG OIL RELEASED A STATEMENT ON CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S FACEBOOK PAGE THAT MA SIAR CLAIMS. THE PANY SAID MERELY HOP TO CREATE AN “ENVIRONMENT EVERYONE N ENJOY.” THAT POST HAS SCE BEEN TAKEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS ROSE’S VIO BEGAN TO ATTRACT STATEWI AND EVEN NATNAL ATTENTN, HE REMOVED THE IAL CLIP ON WEDNDAY EVENG AND RELEASED A FOLLOW-UP VIO STEAD. ROSE LLED ON ALL THOSE OUTRAGED WH MG OIL TO LL OFF THE PROTT, WARNG THAT A BOYTT WOULD “STROY LIV OUR MUNY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANGER WILL STROY EVERYTHG,” HE CLAIMED. “[...] WE WILL STROY THEM WH ANGER, BUT WE WILL SACRIFICE OUR MUNY THE MEANTIME. THAT IS NOT WORTH .”BOYTT MG OIL/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SCREENSHOT OM THE "BOYTT MG OIL" FACEBOOK PAGE MA BY LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE END OF THE 24-MUTE VIO, ROSE LEFT VIEWERS WH A MSAGE: “FIVENS.” HE WROTE THAT WORD ON A WHE DRY ERASE BOARD BLACK MARKER, WHICH HE LEFT ON MERA FOR AN ADDNAL FIVE MUT AFTER HE WALKED OUT OF THE AME. IT WAS WRTEN NEXT TO A PLEA STCTG EVERYONE THE MUNY TO “BE BETTER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“PEOPLE SCREW UP AND SOMETIM THEY SCREW UP BIG, BUT EVERYBODY SERV A SEND CHANCE, IF NOT A THIRD AND A FOURTH,” ROSE SAYS. “FIVENS IS HOW WE CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BOYTT CLOCK” CHANGED S NAME TO “BOYTT MG OIL” AFTER THE SEND VIO WENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROSE CLED MULTIPLE REQUTS TO BE TERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY. AFTER MULTIPLE OUTLETS NTACTED HIM WHEN THE IAL POST WENT LIVE ON WEDNDAY, HE CLAIMED HE WAS CHANGG HIS NUMBER HIS FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT. HE ALSO LEFT A POTED JAB AT NEWNOWNEXT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BUG OFF,” ROSE SAID. “THIS IS NOT YOUR MUNY. YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A JUICY STORY, AND THAT’S NOT GOG TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, LGBTQ PEOPLE RAPID CY SIST THAT THEIR STORI SERVE TO FALLY BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A IEND OF HERMAN’S, BLUE LE Q, SAT WH HER AS SHE WAS TERVIEWED BY NEWNOWNEXT ON WEDNDAY. IN MARCH 2014, HE SAYS HE WAS GAY BASHED BY A MAN WHO WAED TO ATTACK HIM OUTSI A LOL VIO STORE. CARRYG A BACKPACK FILLED WH RENTED DVDS, LE Q WAS REPEATEDLY PUNCHED THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS HE WAS PRSED AGAST THE HOOD OF THE MAN’S TCK. HE WAS THEN THROWN TO THE GROUND MULTIPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH THE ATTACK HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO, LE Q SAYS THIS WEEK WAS A REMR THAT ANTI-LGBTQ HATE “STILL HAPPENS HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“PEOPLE THOUGHT DIDN'T, AND WHEN HAPPENED TO ME, EVERYBODY WAS SHOCKED,” CLAIMS LE Q, WHO WAS ALSO A EQUENT PATRON OF THE CLOCK TOWER LOUNGE’S KARAOKE NIGHT. “THE BIGOTRY STILL GO ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERMAN HOP THE DISCSNS SPIRE THE MUNY TO LOOK WARD AND REFLECT ON THE CHALLENG MARGALIZED GROUPS STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HAVE FIVE KIDS AND OUR ELST IS ALSO TRANSGENR,” SHE CLAIMS. “I WANT TO TELL THEM THAT ’S GETTG BETTER, THAT ’S GETTG EASIER RAPID CY, BUT THIS IS A SETBACK. IT’S REALLY HARD FEELG LIKE YOU DON’T F AND FEELG LIKE THERE ARE STGGL HERE THAT YOU WOULDN’T ENUNTER IF YOU LIVED SOMEWHERE ELSE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny. Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach. One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.

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It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi. M., but Shelly Heier and Cris McKnight — “two straight chicks nng a gay bar, ” they quip — are bit the afternoons, gettg the place clean, stocked and ready for historilly nservative Garn Grove — as recently as last Tuday the Cy Council rejected a motn to fly a rabow flag at Cy Hall, but agreed to light up a clock tower the same lors for Pri Month — don’t have the welg reputatn of, say, Laguna Beach, Long Beach or Santa Ana, once boasted as many as 15 gay bars, acrdg to a recent had nam like the Mug, the Happy Hour, DOK Wt, the Upbeat, Rumour Hazz and the Knotty Keg.

“Everybody knows when you’re gog to Garn Grove and you’re gay [that] you’re gog to the Frat Hoe bee that’s the only thg open, gay, Garn Grove, ” said Monique Chantel Dupre, a drag performer featured the “Frat Hoe” documentary, which bowed at the recent Newport Beach Film Ftival.

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“Back the day, [LGBTQ people] didn’t have nowhere to go, so this was a safe place and a safe haven for the gay people to e, ” Heier said.

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Orange County Gay Pri last year, said she didn’t know her lol history until she began workg across the unty le — at the LGBTQ Center Long Beach.

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