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Contents:
- REACTN POSIVE TO JACKSON'S NEW GAY BAR, CLUB DETOUR
- JACKSON’S ONLY GAY CLUB CLOS DOORS
- GAYT PLAC IN TENNSEE FOR 2020
REACTN POSIVE TO JACKSON'S NEW GAY BAR, CLUB DETOUR
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When a new gay bar opened Jackson last month, lol rint Kenh Griff-Mohney was surprised, to say the least. Jackson has a reputatn for beg a socially nservative town, so Griff-Mohney and his partner, Jam Warner, were exced but skeptil about the openg of a gatherg place for the gay muny.
"Club Detour appears to be the first bar Jackson to openly advertise as a gay bar.
Some see the lack of prott to the new tablishment as a sign that Jackson is beg more acceptg of the gay muny. On July 1, she opened Club Detour as a place for gay men and women ag 18 and olr to mgle and enjoy entertament such as karaoke, go-go dancers and "drag nights.
JACKSON’S ONLY GAY CLUB CLOS DOORS
"I get as many straight people as I get gay people. "Lorrae Hampton, of PFLAG (Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) Jackson, gets the imprsn that Jackson is a live-and-let-live kd of muny. "I thk most of the folks Jackson don't re if people want to go to a gay bar, " she said.
" She said more people are beg tolerant of gay people bee they know someone who is gay and therefore are ls like to harbor negative perceptns and fears about them. " Jackson rint Missie Man said she feels that the cy has slowly bee more open to the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.
However, she was surprised to hear about a gay bar openg here. More than likely, more young people — gay or straight — might go jt to try somethg new, Keller said.
GAYT PLAC IN TENNSEE FOR 2020
" Tony De Or, -print of PFLAG Detro, said discrimatn — such as name-llg and acts of vlence — agast gay people still exists, but more people are beg more tolerant. "We're fdg even grandparents are pretty acceptg when they fd that their grandson or granddghter is gay, " he said.
Rad advertisements had aired, and guts om neighborg stat were set to attend a highly-anticipated event at Jackson’s only gay and lbian bar last week.
But the event, which was for the Michigan Gay Roo Associatn, was ncelled two weeks before s schled date of Jan. Mix said she revamped the club om s origal rnatn as a sports bar July 2010 to meet the needs of the area’s gay and lbian muny, but had to close the club when ctomer support and dollars stopped pourg . She said the end, Jackson’s openly-gay populatn was too small to support a gay club.