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WH NO GAY BAR OR SPACE TO LL S OWN, NEWPORT'S LGBTQ MUNY FEELS 'ISOLATED'
In 2020, the two sat down wh The Newport Daily News to discs how the LGBTQ+ muny Newport felt disnnected wh no gay bar nor LGBTQ+-foced muny center to, Cano Rtrepo and O’Connor have created the space they wanted the muny to have jt three years ago. “I heard om the muny many stori the six years I’ve been here of wantg a gay bar or wantg entertament, but I always say ’s great, I love to go out and have fun, but ’s not always about fun and entertament, ” Cano Rtrepo said.
Cano Rtrepo actually ed The Huddle space before moved as the lotn for an LGBTQ+ book club which blossomed to a monthly LGBTQ+ hangout lled Queer Newport:Wh no gay bar or space to ll s own, Newport's LGBTQ muny feels 'isolated'When The Huddle owner Sarah Emhof revealed she was movg away om the physil storeont, Cano Rtrepo said Newport Pri saw an opportuny to fally create a muny space dited to Newport’s LGBTQ+ populatn. On Wednday, McCalla also poted to two recent s of harassment agast Newport’s LGBTQ muny members, cludg one where O’Connor was bten by a dog while tryg to remove s owner om last year’s Pri para ftival as he was yellg homophobic chants at rolutn was -signed by uncilors Charlie Holr, Elizabeth Fuerte and Jamie Bova. Newport's LGBTQ muny:Wh no gay bar or space to ll s own, Newport's LGBTQ muny feels 'isolated'The current procs is on a se-by-se basis and up to the Council to ci, Nicholson said.
Pri Rho Island started small, when 75 lbian and gay Ocean State rints marched through downtown Province and cy lears tried to block the para, but supporters won out the s later, wh legislatur across the untry still tryg to regulate LGBTQ bodi, Rho Island Pri has grown to an annual event that attracts over 125, 000 people to celebrate, wh mic, an illumated para, dancg and thenticy. To know: Province Flea, a gay-owned bs, is brgg together over 85 artists and die makers, bakers, vtage sellers, lol nonprofs, craft cktail and beer makers, food purveyors and drag queens at Farm Frh RI, 10 Sims Ave. More:Wh no gay bar or space to ll s own, Newport's LGBTQ muny feels 'isolated'“We didn't really didn't plan for anythg huge, even though there seems to be a lot of mand and tert, ” O’Connor said.