Joe Redburn, the founr of two inic Salt Lake Cy gay bars who brought the beer for what beme the first Utah Pri celebratn, has died.
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- BELOVED OWNER GONE, BUT OLST GAY BAR STILL A WELG HAVEN
- JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82
BELOVED OWNER GONE, BUT OLST GAY BAR STILL A WELG HAVEN
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Downtown Milwkee 1968 and soon after weled a ctomer base ma up mostly of gay men whose nearby tavern had closed.
JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82
On Sunday to remember Joe as a great iend of Milwkee's gay muny and a wele face behd the bar for many years. Wells St., near Cathedral Square Park, though for years there was no sign out ont, datg om the era when beg gay meant exercisg great utn. "Lbians, gay guys, drag queens, straight people, Ain-Amerins, Hispanics — was always pretty much everyone is wele, " said Stephanie Hume, a iend of Joe for many years.
Joe grieved ctomers lost to AIDS, and he was a fortg prence when the gay muny stggled to heal after was victimized by serial killer Jefey Dahmer. Rebec was amed by the bar's list of tongue--cheek hoe l, cludg: "This is a gay bar. Years ago there were people who refed to talk to her father when they found out he ran a gay bar, Sarah said.
Tammy Baldw, who said the bar opened an era of discrimatn and fear for gays and lbians. (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Joe Redburn, founr of The Sun and The Trapp, receiv the Utah Pri Center's Lifetime Achievement Award Redburn, the founr of two inic Salt Lake Cy gay bars who brought the beer for what beme the first Utah Pri celebratn, has died. )Redburn was spired by the Midnight Sun, a gay bar San Francis, Boyer said.