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...
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- 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. " 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.
GAYT PLAC IN TENNSEE FOR 2020
"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.