Opn: The Recently Closed Club 501 Wasn’t Jt Reddg’s Only Gay Bar; It was Home – Shasta Sut

Contents:

• OPN: THE RECENTLY CLOSED CLUB 501 WASN’T JT REDDG’S ONLY GAY BAR; IT WAS HOME
• REDDG’S ONLY GAY BAR CLOS; RUMORS SWIRL AS PERPLEXED CTOMERS EXPRS SADNS, ANGER, DISAPPOTMENT
• GAY REDDG
• NOEL REDDG GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 87 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS GAY
• PRI MONTH VOTE STIRS UP MEMORI OF GROWG UP GAY REDDG
• IS OTIS REDDG GAY?

OPN: THE RECENTLY CLOSED CLUB 501 WASN’T JT REDDG’S ONLY GAY BAR; IT WAS HOME

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Edor’s note: This June, Club 501, Reddg’s only gay bar, shut s doors after 21 years of providg a fortable haven for the area’s LGBTQ muny and their iends. This miscule, 1920’s, brick walled, back-alley speakeasy wh a brothel upstairs, turned gay bar; this postage stamp-sized waterg hole, where I did drag on the pool table my early 20’s, fell love once or twice, ma new iends and met old on, wasn’t jt a bar. This was one of the only gay bars om Sacramento to Oregon and the bar staff was some of the most genue people.

In fact, Theory’s ial move to that lotn was highly ntroversial throughout the muny, but pecially so wh the North State’s LGBTQ muny, who spoke out agast a Bethel-affiliated bs such close proximy to Reddg’s only gay bar. Here’s an excerpt om the April 18, 2018 story, “Bethel’s Non-Rponse; Meanwhile, Why Are Gay Clubs Popular Bethel Hangouts? “…Another gay man, who was at the 501 Club on two ocsns when Bethel evangelists showed up, said he rented that Bethel members felt necsary to sgle out the gays si a place the stunts knew was a bar created by gay people, for gay people.

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‘I feel very unfortable wh their anti-gay agenda. I don’t go to Bethel Church or Bethel-owned bs and preach to them, or try to nvce them to be gay. He said that Bethel’s filtratn to Reddg plac where gays ed to feel safe has left him rattled.

NOEL REDDG GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 87 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS GAY

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PRI MONTH VOTE STIRS UP MEMORI OF GROWG UP GAY REDDG

Another reason why Shasta County’s LGBTQ muny members had yet more reasons to distst Bethel Church is that s lears have participated “nversn therapy” to “pray the gay away” to turn gay people to straight Christians. Bethel lear Kris Vallotton even boasted of their “once gay team” and the msage they liver om Reddg California to Washgton, D. As news has registered the last few weeks about the end of The 5, what’s add sult to the jury of loss is the fact that the 501 owners killed off Shasta County’s only gay bar durg Pri Month.

He then quoted a mon anti-gay “clobber scripture” — Isaiah 5:20 — that had been reced at the meetg’s morng votn by Pastor David Nicholas of the Shasta Bible College. Shasta Bible College pastor David Nicholas is known for recg anti-gay “clobber” scriptur durg votns.

IS OTIS REDDG GAY?

Matt Grigsby of Reddg explaed how eply sadned he was to learn of the 501 closure, and why, as a gay man, the end of the 501 was a giant step backward for LGBTQ people, and those who love and support them:.

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