Flt, MI---A new downtown event uld turn to a tradn for Flt’s LGBTQ muny. ‘Wedngay’ has been happeng every other week at Flt
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- PATRONS REMEMBER LONGTIME FLT-AREA GAY BAR AT PRI PARTY: ‘LOVE BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS’
- FUNERAL HOME OWNER WANTS TO TURN FLT-AREA GAY BAR TO JAZZ CLUB
- FLT GAY BAR ADAPTG TO CHANGG SCENE AS POPULARY GROWS AMONG STRAIGHT PATRONS
- DOWNTOWN FLT RTRANT TO BEE GAY BAR, SAFE SPACE
- DOWNTOWN FLT RTRANT TO BEE GAY BAR, SAFE SPACE
- MICHIGAN LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
PATRONS REMEMBER LONGTIME FLT-AREA GAY BAR AT PRI PARTY: ‘LOVE BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS’
A rtrant downtown Flt reimaged to a gay bar and safe space for all will officially open Wednday, June 21. * flint gay bar *
(WNEM) - A rtrant downtown Flt reimaged to a gay bar and safe space for all will officially open Wednday, June District, known as 501 Bar and Grill at 500 Sagaw Street, will open the nightclub portn at 9 p. We hope all aspects of the muny will e out to support this unique ncept, ” he “Wedn-gay Com Back” event at Bsh Park Flt is om 6 p. FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A rtrant downtown Flt is beg transformed to a gay bar and ‘safe space’ for members of the muny.
Lee’s event, WednGAY, will take place downtown Flt’s Bsh Park om 6 p. Lee said WednGAY will feature live performanc, dance petns and vendors.
FUNERAL HOME OWNER WANTS TO TURN FLT-AREA GAY BAR TO JAZZ CLUB
The scene at Club Triangle is changg. Once known for servg an almost exclively gay clientele, a more diverse crowd is g through the door, and owner Mike Contos is tryg to figure out the new bs mol for a gay bar that’s no longer jt a gay bar. * flint gay bar *
Roby Lee, 32, of Flt, hyp up the crowd at his event, WednGAY, at Flt Cy Hard Cir on Sept. Lee began WednGAY 2021, before the cy of Flt had officially acknowledged June as Gay Pri Month, wh the purpose of creatg a safe space for the LGBTQ+ muny. [I’m] sick of no gay events or gay clubs or bars.
We have a gay muny, so let’s see if we n brg together, ” Lee said. The Gloria Col Flt Public Library (FPL) is hostg a film screeng of Stonewall Risg, a movie about when police raid a popular gay bar Greenwich Village 1969 and the muny rpond wh vlent protts that lasted days.
FLT GAY BAR ADAPTG TO CHANGG SCENE AS POPULARY GROWS AMONG STRAIGHT PATRONS
A rtrant downtown Flt is beg transformed to a gay bar and safe space for all members of the muny. * flint gay bar *
“The Stonewall Rts marked a major turng pot the gay civil rights movement the US and around the world, ” acrdg to the event scriptn.
The Flt Gay Pri Ftival will take place Riverbank Park om 2 p.
DOWNTOWN FLT RTRANT TO BEE GAY BAR, SAFE SPACE
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The event is to celebrate diversy Flt and affirm gay and transgenr dividuals, crease visibily and build a sense of muny. A rtrant downtown Flt is beg transformed to a gay bar and safe space for all members of the muny.
DOWNTOWN FLT RTRANT TO BEE GAY BAR, SAFE SPACE
The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.
(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.
In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.
MICHIGAN LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.
To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.
Roby Lee, 32, of Flt, hyp up the crowd at his event, Wedngay, at Flt Cy Hard Cir on Sept. ‘Wedngay’ has been happeng every other week at Flt Cy Hard Cir sce Augt. A dance party wh a new theme every week, Wedngay has brought more than 100 participants durg s first three events, somethg s creator Roby Lee said he’s been happy to see as his goal was to create a safe space for members of the LGBTQ muny.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
He soon me up wh the ia for a gay night and started workg on puttg together. Wedngay atten dance to untry mic at Flt Cy Hard Cir on Sept. “They always have bands and artists and pop-ups up there so I was like, why don’t we have a gay night or somethg?
“I wanted to create a safe space for gay people and alli of gay people.