Eureka Sprgs: So gay, they have three Pri celebratns | The Gayly

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• GAY EUREKA SPRGS TRAVEL GUI
• GAY-IENDLY TOWNS RED STAT DRAW LGBTQ TOURISTS: 'WE'RE HERE TO BE NORMAL FOR A WEEKEND'
• IN ARKANSAS, GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE HIGHLIGHTS CLASH BETWEEN TWO FAC OF TOURISM
• EUREKA SPRGS GAY MEN'S SOCIAL GROUP
• "THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA": INSI THE SMALL TOWN WHERE EVANGELISTS AND LGBTQ FOLKS CO-EXIST PEACEFULLY"IT’S TOO EASY TO MAKE THE FILMS WHERE YOU TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN," SAYS -DIRECTOR MICHAEL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NI LANGFEBARY 12, 2019/9:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1021PX;WIDTH:2100PX;}"THE GOSPEL OF EURKEA"/KO LORBERBY NI LANGFEBARY 12, 2019 / 9:07 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA\": INSI THE SMALL TOWN WHERE EVANGELISTS AND LGBTQ FOLKS CO-EXIST PEACEFULLY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-12T14:07:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-12T14:07:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE NO VILLAS THE GOSPEL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S IMPORTANT TO UNRSTAND WHEN WATCHG DONAL MOSHER AND MICHAEL PALMIERI’S DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LIFE EUREKA SPRGS, A SMALL TOWN RAL ARKANSAS HOME TO A THRIVG QUEER MUNY. AN TIMATED 35% OF S POPULATN OF JT OVER 2,000 PEOPLE INTIFI AS LGBTQ. ACRDG TO MOSHER, QUEER PEOPLE SOUGHT OUT THE PICTURQUE OZARK HAMLET THE 1970S AND ‘80S AS THEY “MOVED AWAY OM THE PLAC WHERE THEY WERE BEG HARMED AND FOUND A SAFE SPACE AWAY THE SOCIETY THAT WAS OPPRSG THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN NVERSATN WH NEWNOWNEXT, MOSHER SCRIB EUREKA SPRGS AS A “FUNNY LTLE HAVEN FOR THE MISF TOYS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I FEEL LIKE THE SOUTH, THE OPPRSN IS STILL THE HEAVIT, THE HARST, AND THE MEANT, AND PROGRS IS MOVG VERY SLOW, PECIALLY NOW,” HE SAYS. “BUT ALSO THE STRONGT, MOST SCRAPPY RISTANCE IS HAPPENG THERE.”"THE GOSPEL OF EURKEA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM LEFT: PALMIERI AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON THE OTHER SI, EUREKA SPRGS IS ALSO HOME TO A LARGE EVANGELIL MUNY. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOWN SS THE GREAT PASSN PLAY, WHICH A GROUP OF PERFORMERS REENACT THE CCIFIXN OF J THREE TIM A WEEK DURG THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA PICKS UP 2015, WHEN THE TOWN’S DISPARATE FACTNS CLASH OVER A LOL NONDISCRIMATN ORDANCE PROTECTG LGBTQ PEOPLE HIRG AND EMPLOYMENT. THE ORDANCE EVENTUALLY PASSED WH 70% OF THE VOTE, BUT NOT BEFORE MONTHS OF PROTTS OM LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOSHER AND PALMIERI, HOWEVER, AREN’T HERE TO MAKE ANYONE THE BAD GUY. WHEN THE FILMMAKERS ORIGALLY MET WH RANDALL CHRISTY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREAT PASSN PLAY AND AN OPPONENT OF THE LGBTQ-CLIVE ORDANCE, HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TERVIEWED BY DOZENS OF REPORTERS ABOUT HIS VIEWS. ACRDG TO PALMIERI, TERVIEWS WH CHRISTY HAD PORTRAYED HIM AS A “BIGOT” AND “PATED HIM WH BROAD BSH STROK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTY WAS WELL AWARE OF HOW HE WAS BEG PORTRAYED NEWS VERAGE, AND AS PALMIERI RELLED, HE DIDN’T RE. “THEY WANT A VILLA, SO I'LL JT PLAY ONE FOR THEM,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INSTEAD OF JUDGG HIS BELIEFS, THE FILMMAKERS OPTED TO THE MOVIE OM “A PLACE OF LOVE.” PALMIERI, A LAPSED CATHOLIC, SAID MAKG A DOCUMENTARY WHICH SENTIALLY EMBRACED THE TEACHGS OF J WAS “HARR BUT ULTIMATELY MORE REWARDG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S TOO EASY TO MAKE THE FILMS WHERE YOU TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN,” HE CLAIMS. “I DON'T SEE THE VALUE . WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE CHRISTIAN VILLAS. WE ALL KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF REASON TO FEEL HATRED AGAST PEOPLE WHO OPPRS OTHER GROUPS. BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S SO MUCH HATE OUT THERE THE WORLD, JT GIVG A LTLE B OF LOVE IS NOT GOG TO HURT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA RISTS EASY TARGETS FAVOR OF THE MSS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. FIELD OF VISN, A SELF-SCRIBED “VISUAL JOURNALISM FILM UN” -FOUND BY AMY-AWARD WNG FILMMAKER LRA PORAS, ORIGALLY SENT MOSHER AND PALMIERI TO EUREKA SPRGS TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ORDANCE. THAT SHORT ME OUT 2015. HOWEVER, THE FILMMAKERS SPENT ANOTHER THREE YEARS THE TOWN EXPLORG THE WAYS WHICH POLIL AND FAH INTI OFTEN NFOUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE FIGURE PROFILED THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS JAYME BRANDT, THE OWNER OF THE LOL CHRISTIAN APPAREL STORE. WHEN BRANDT WAS A CHILD, HIS PARENTS DIVORCED AFTER HIS FATHER ME OUT AS GAY, WHICH BRANDT’S MOTHER SCRIBED AS HIS FATHER HAVG A “SEXUAL DISEASE.” “I UNRSTOOD HOMOSEXUALY TO BE THE WORST S, THIS THG THAT TRANSFORMS YOU, STEALS YOUR INTY, AND TURNS YOU TO THIS OTHER THG,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS BRANDT SLGS T-SHIRTS QUOTG GOD AS SAYG “I GOT THIS,” HIS MSAGE TODAY IS NOT ONE OF TOLERANCE, BUT ACCEPTANCE. AS HE MAK HIS CHILDREN A CHEE SANDWICH, BRANDT EXPLAS TO HIS YOUNG DGHTER THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE SOMETIM HAVE TO HI PARTS OF THEMSELV TO F OR FEEL SAFE THEIR MUNI. HE ASKS HER IF WOULD BE SAD TO BE FORCED TO “LIE” ABOUT HERSELF. SHE AGRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WHILE DIGGG TO THE CULTURE CLASH AT THE CENTER OF THE NONDISCRIMATN ORDANCE FIGHT, THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA AVOIDS STOCK CHARACTERIZATNS. SPEAKG WH RELIG NSERVATIV RALLYG AGAST THE ORDANCE, A YOUNG MAN A BLACK WBOY HAT IS ASKED WHY HE’S AGAST LGBTQ RIGHTS. HE ISN’T SURE. AN ELRLY MAN A PICKUP TCK LAMENTS THAT EUREKA SPRGS HAS BEE TOO “PERMISSIVE,” NOT REALIZG THAT THE TWO LOLS TO WHOM HE’S MAKG THIS PLAT ARE GAY AND TRANSGENR."THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE JOY OF THAT SCENE WAS WATCHG THE TOWNSPEOPLE HAVE THIS STRENGTH THEIR OWN INTI TO BE DULGENT OF THIS OLD CRANK,” MOSHER RELLS. “THEY JT GRNED AND TREATED HIM LIKE AN ECCENTRIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT EMERG OM THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS A PORTRA OF TWO MUNI THAT MAY HAVE MORE MON THAN IS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT. LGBTQ RINTS OF EUREKA SPRGS REGULARLY ATTEND DRAG SHOWS AT EUREKA LIVE, A GAY BAR SCRIBED BY S OWNERS AS A “HILLBILLY STUD 54.” INSTEAD OF KATY PERRY AND MADONNA, THE QUEENS REGULARLY LIP-SYNC TO VOTNAL HYMNS AND MIC WH EXPLICLY RELIG OVERTON—CLUDG THE MAREN MORRIS UNTRY SONG “MY CHURCH” AND “PRAY THE GAY AWAY” BY BROADWAY VETERAN LRA BELL BUNDY. THE FILM’S EMOTNAL CLIMAX IS A PERFORMANCE TO YOLANDA ADAMS’ “LET US WORSHIP HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE'S NO MP AND THERE'S NO IRONY,” MOSHER SAYS OF THE GOSPEL ANTHEM. “THERE'S JT A SCERE LOVE OF THE SONG AND THE EXPERIENCE THERE. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE DRAG DIENCE HAVG A PROFOUND, CHURCH-Y MOMENT THE SAME WAY THAT THE PASSN PLAY DIENCE HAS .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL REALIZATNS THAT MOSHER AND PALMIERI HAD WHILE MAKG THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS THAT IF DRAG SHOWS FUNCTN LIKE CHURCH FOR THE LOL LGBTQ MUNY, THEN PASSN PLAYS EMBODY THE ORNATE PAGEANTRY OF DRAG. AS THE DIENCE MEMBERS FAN THEMSELV THE SWELTERG ARKANSAS HEAT, THEY’RE TREATED TO A GRANDSE STAGE SHOW PLETE WH STUM, MAKP, AND A BOOMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PALMIERI’S OWN WORDS, THE PASSN PLAY MERELY TAK “MP TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.”"THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT'S TWO SIS OF A SIAR —WHERE WHAT'S CHEAP AND SILLY-LOOKG IS SUDNLY SACRED,” HE CLAIMS. “FOR GAY FILMMAKERS, THAT'S THE KD OF THG THAT WE FOUND REALLY EXCG AND TERTG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA WILL SCREEN AT NEW YORK CY’S QUAD CEMA UNTIL FEBARY 14 AND OPENS LOS ANGEL ON MARCH 8. LATER THIS YEAR, THE KO LORBER RELEASE WILL BE BROADST ON PBS AS PART OF THE POV DOCUMENTARY SERI. AS THE FILM ROLLS OUT TO A WIR DIENCE, MOSHER AND PALMIERE HOPE ENURAG FAH DIENC AND LGBTQ VIEWERS TO “SEE THE HUMANY OF PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU N REGNIZE HUMAN PLEXY,” MOSHER SAYS, “'S VERY HARD TO HUMANIZE OTHER PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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GAY EUREKA SPRGS TRAVEL GUI

Gray had done all, or close to , his 60-pl years – the ary veteran has been a hairdrser, puter programmer, award-wng AIDS advote, and drag queen (he performed as Patti Le Plae Safe, a Miss Gay Ameri wner). Now he mans the ont sk at a motel-turned-LGBTQ-iendly rort, the Wanroo Lodge, owned by a gay uple who recently settled Eureka themselv.

GAY-IENDLY TOWNS RED STAT DRAW LGBTQ TOURISTS: 'WE'RE HERE TO BE NORMAL FOR A WEEKEND'

A nearly 70-foot-tall J statue gaz over a place once lled the “gayt small town Ameri.

Among the mm’s artifacts are vtage photos of a gay uple holdg hands and a woman drsed men’s cloth, he said.

Out gay men and women started nng lucrative bs – Gary Eagen’s Sprg Street Pottery stud still stands.

IN ARKANSAS, GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE HIGHLIGHTS CLASH BETWEEN TWO FAC OF TOURISM

Soon, straight and gay upl were drsg drag as sultry saloon performers or macho wboys, pos that were “happily enuraged and monplace, ” Danos said.

What better place, they thought, to ri out the crazit days of their liv than a gay small town?

But ’s a divi that s rints have mostly been able to bridge wh kdns, said David Avanzo, who speaks fondly of a Wanroo regular – “your typil Ozark man” – who once told Avanzo that he’d never met gay men before patronizg the lodge.

EUREKA SPRGS GAY MEN'S SOCIAL GROUP

The days, Taylor said he don’t even “thk about beg gay bee seems so normal here as a uple to go out among straight upl. A iend and former mayor was at the urthoe, too, and he married the uple on the spot – they beme the first male gay uple to legally marry Arkansas.

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Makg Gay Headl and Gay History!

Gay Eureka Sprgs.

"THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA": INSI THE SMALL TOWN WHERE EVANGELISTS AND LGBTQ FOLKS CO-EXIST PEACEFULLY"IT’S TOO EASY TO MAKE THE FILMS WHERE YOU TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN," SAYS -DIRECTOR MICHAEL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NI LANGFEBARY 12, 2019/9:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1021PX;WIDTH:2100PX;}"THE GOSPEL OF EURKEA"/KO LORBERBY NI LANGFEBARY 12, 2019 / 9:07 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA\": INSI THE SMALL TOWN WHERE EVANGELISTS AND LGBTQ FOLKS CO-EXIST PEACEFULLY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-12T14:07:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-12T14:07:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE NO VILLAS THE GOSPEL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S IMPORTANT TO UNRSTAND WHEN WATCHG DONAL MOSHER AND MICHAEL PALMIERI’S DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LIFE EUREKA SPRGS, A SMALL TOWN RAL ARKANSAS HOME TO A THRIVG QUEER MUNY. AN TIMATED 35% OF S POPULATN OF JT OVER 2,000 PEOPLE INTIFI AS LGBTQ. ACRDG TO MOSHER, QUEER PEOPLE SOUGHT OUT THE PICTURQUE OZARK HAMLET THE 1970S AND ‘80S AS THEY “MOVED AWAY OM THE PLAC WHERE THEY WERE BEG HARMED AND FOUND A SAFE SPACE AWAY THE SOCIETY THAT WAS OPPRSG THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN NVERSATN WH NEWNOWNEXT, MOSHER SCRIB EUREKA SPRGS AS A “FUNNY LTLE HAVEN FOR THE MISF TOYS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I FEEL LIKE THE SOUTH, THE OPPRSN IS STILL THE HEAVIT, THE HARST, AND THE MEANT, AND PROGRS IS MOVG VERY SLOW, PECIALLY NOW,” HE SAYS. “BUT ALSO THE STRONGT, MOST SCRAPPY RISTANCE IS HAPPENG THERE.”"THE GOSPEL OF EURKEA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM LEFT: PALMIERI AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ON THE OTHER SI, EUREKA SPRGS IS ALSO HOME TO A LARGE EVANGELIL MUNY. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOWN SS THE GREAT PASSN PLAY, WHICH A GROUP OF PERFORMERS REENACT THE CCIFIXN OF J THREE TIM A WEEK DURG THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA PICKS UP 2015, WHEN THE TOWN’S DISPARATE FACTNS CLASH OVER A LOL NONDISCRIMATN ORDANCE PROTECTG LGBTQ PEOPLE HIRG AND EMPLOYMENT. THE ORDANCE EVENTUALLY PASSED WH 70% OF THE VOTE, BUT NOT BEFORE MONTHS OF PROTTS OM LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOSHER AND PALMIERI, HOWEVER, AREN’T HERE TO MAKE ANYONE THE BAD GUY. WHEN THE FILMMAKERS ORIGALLY MET WH RANDALL CHRISTY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREAT PASSN PLAY AND AN OPPONENT OF THE LGBTQ-CLIVE ORDANCE, HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TERVIEWED BY DOZENS OF REPORTERS ABOUT HIS VIEWS. ACRDG TO PALMIERI, TERVIEWS WH CHRISTY HAD PORTRAYED HIM AS A “BIGOT” AND “PATED HIM WH BROAD BSH STROK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTY WAS WELL AWARE OF HOW HE WAS BEG PORTRAYED NEWS VERAGE, AND AS PALMIERI RELLED, HE DIDN’T RE. “THEY WANT A VILLA, SO I'LL JT PLAY ONE FOR THEM,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INSTEAD OF JUDGG HIS BELIEFS, THE FILMMAKERS OPTED TO THE MOVIE OM “A PLACE OF LOVE.” PALMIERI, A LAPSED CATHOLIC, SAID MAKG A DOCUMENTARY WHICH SENTIALLY EMBRACED THE TEACHGS OF J WAS “HARR BUT ULTIMATELY MORE REWARDG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S TOO EASY TO MAKE THE FILMS WHERE YOU TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN,” HE CLAIMS. “I DON'T SEE THE VALUE . WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE CHRISTIAN VILLAS. WE ALL KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF REASON TO FEEL HATRED AGAST PEOPLE WHO OPPRS OTHER GROUPS. BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S SO MUCH HATE OUT THERE THE WORLD, JT GIVG A LTLE B OF LOVE IS NOT GOG TO HURT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA RISTS EASY TARGETS FAVOR OF THE MSS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. FIELD OF VISN, A SELF-SCRIBED “VISUAL JOURNALISM FILM UN” -FOUND BY AMY-AWARD WNG FILMMAKER LRA PORAS, ORIGALLY SENT MOSHER AND PALMIERI TO EUREKA SPRGS TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ORDANCE. THAT SHORT ME OUT 2015. HOWEVER, THE FILMMAKERS SPENT ANOTHER THREE YEARS THE TOWN EXPLORG THE WAYS WHICH POLIL AND FAH INTI OFTEN NFOUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE FIGURE PROFILED THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS JAYME BRANDT, THE OWNER OF THE LOL CHRISTIAN APPAREL STORE. WHEN BRANDT WAS A CHILD, HIS PARENTS DIVORCED AFTER HIS FATHER ME OUT AS GAY, WHICH BRANDT’S MOTHER SCRIBED AS HIS FATHER HAVG A “SEXUAL DISEASE.” “I UNRSTOOD HOMOSEXUALY TO BE THE WORST S, THIS THG THAT TRANSFORMS YOU, STEALS YOUR INTY, AND TURNS YOU TO THIS OTHER THG,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS BRANDT SLGS T-SHIRTS QUOTG GOD AS SAYG “I GOT THIS,” HIS MSAGE TODAY IS NOT ONE OF TOLERANCE, BUT ACCEPTANCE. AS HE MAK HIS CHILDREN A CHEE SANDWICH, BRANDT EXPLAS TO HIS YOUNG DGHTER THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE SOMETIM HAVE TO HI PARTS OF THEMSELV TO F OR FEEL SAFE THEIR MUNI. HE ASKS HER IF WOULD BE SAD TO BE FORCED TO “LIE” ABOUT HERSELF. SHE AGRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WHILE DIGGG TO THE CULTURE CLASH AT THE CENTER OF THE NONDISCRIMATN ORDANCE FIGHT, THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA AVOIDS STOCK CHARACTERIZATNS. SPEAKG WH RELIG NSERVATIV RALLYG AGAST THE ORDANCE, A YOUNG MAN A BLACK WBOY HAT IS ASKED WHY HE’S AGAST LGBTQ RIGHTS. HE ISN’T SURE. AN ELRLY MAN A PICKUP TCK LAMENTS THAT EUREKA SPRGS HAS BEE TOO “PERMISSIVE,” NOT REALIZG THAT THE TWO LOLS TO WHOM HE’S MAKG THIS PLAT ARE GAY AND TRANSGENR."THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE JOY OF THAT SCENE WAS WATCHG THE TOWNSPEOPLE HAVE THIS STRENGTH THEIR OWN INTI TO BE DULGENT OF THIS OLD CRANK,” MOSHER RELLS. “THEY JT GRNED AND TREATED HIM LIKE AN ECCENTRIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT EMERG OM THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS A PORTRA OF TWO MUNI THAT MAY HAVE MORE MON THAN IS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT. LGBTQ RINTS OF EUREKA SPRGS REGULARLY ATTEND DRAG SHOWS AT EUREKA LIVE, A GAY BAR SCRIBED BY S OWNERS AS A “HILLBILLY STUD 54.” INSTEAD OF KATY PERRY AND MADONNA, THE QUEENS REGULARLY LIP-SYNC TO VOTNAL HYMNS AND MIC WH EXPLICLY RELIG OVERTON—CLUDG THE MAREN MORRIS UNTRY SONG “MY CHURCH” AND “PRAY THE GAY AWAY” BY BROADWAY VETERAN LRA BELL BUNDY. THE FILM’S EMOTNAL CLIMAX IS A PERFORMANCE TO YOLANDA ADAMS’ “LET US WORSHIP HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE'S NO MP AND THERE'S NO IRONY,” MOSHER SAYS OF THE GOSPEL ANTHEM. “THERE'S JT A SCERE LOVE OF THE SONG AND THE EXPERIENCE THERE. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE DRAG DIENCE HAVG A PROFOUND, CHURCH-Y MOMENT THE SAME WAY THAT THE PASSN PLAY DIENCE HAS .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL REALIZATNS THAT MOSHER AND PALMIERI HAD WHILE MAKG THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA IS THAT IF DRAG SHOWS FUNCTN LIKE CHURCH FOR THE LOL LGBTQ MUNY, THEN PASSN PLAYS EMBODY THE ORNATE PAGEANTRY OF DRAG. AS THE DIENCE MEMBERS FAN THEMSELV THE SWELTERG ARKANSAS HEAT, THEY’RE TREATED TO A GRANDSE STAGE SHOW PLETE WH STUM, MAKP, AND A BOOMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PALMIERI’S OWN WORDS, THE PASSN PLAY MERELY TAK “MP TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.”"THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA"/KO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT'S TWO SIS OF A SIAR —WHERE WHAT'S CHEAP AND SILLY-LOOKG IS SUDNLY SACRED,” HE CLAIMS. “FOR GAY FILMMAKERS, THAT'S THE KD OF THG THAT WE FOUND REALLY EXCG AND TERTG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA WILL SCREEN AT NEW YORK CY’S QUAD CEMA UNTIL FEBARY 14 AND OPENS LOS ANGEL ON MARCH 8. LATER THIS YEAR, THE KO LORBER RELEASE WILL BE BROADST ON PBS AS PART OF THE POV DOCUMENTARY SERI. AS THE FILM ROLLS OUT TO A WIR DIENCE, MOSHER AND PALMIERE HOPE ENURAG FAH DIENC AND LGBTQ VIEWERS TO “SEE THE HUMANY OF PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU N REGNIZE HUMAN PLEXY,” MOSHER SAYS, “'S VERY HARD TO HUMANIZE OTHER PEOPLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

It uldn’t have happened to a nicer—or gayer—place.

Te, the Arkansas Supreme Court put the procs on hold (temporarily), but history had been ma this ty gaytn mec and the news went viral. To anyone who has vised the Gay Capal of the Ozarks, me as no surprise.

This Victorian-era village on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac has been makg major gay history and headl for s. Wh a disproportnately large LGBT populatn and dozens of gay-owned B&Bs, rtrants, bars, art galleri and trendy shops, this scenic ltle rort town ntled the Ozark Mountas is also the first and only cy the state wh a Domtic Partnership Registry (open to non-rints) and the first and only cy the state to officially endorse marriage equaly. “Our secret’s out, ” says the cy’s Gay Bs Guild (another first the state), “not even our streets are straight!

EUREKA SPRGS: SO GAY, THEY HAVE THREE PRI CELEBRATNS

For gay travelers, has long been the premier travel statn the Mid-South regn of the untry, drawg thoands of gay visors each year om across the U. S., particularly those who have been-there-done-that better known astal gay rorts.

Intertgly, there are no exclively gay bars. All the waterg hol are gay/straight iendly.

“The gayt small town Ameri you’ve never heard of. "Among North Ameri's Most Affordable Gay Vatn Towns. ” — Gay Travel.

EUREKA SPRGS, AR – A GAY-FRIENDLY AND DIVERSE HEALG RORT

"Eureka Sprgs Among Top Five Bt Small Gay Ci. "On par wh Key Wt, Provcetown and Palm Sprgs as a gay vatn paradise.

The Gay Scene Eureka Sprgs. Wh more bars per pa than anywhere else Arkansas, fdg gay nightlife is easy Eureka Sprgs.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EUREKA SPRGS

View the Gay Scene Eureka Sprgs.

— On the unt of three, about 50 gay upl kissed their partners the public square of a small town the Ozark Wilks, the event’s anizer, told the crowd to do over. But Eureka Sprgs, Wilks, who ns Out Eureka, an LGBTQ event and rmatn anizatn, is workg to create what he se as an oasis: a space for LGBTQ people to explore a quat Southern town while beg weled exactly as they ci and towns red stat have also begun urtg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer tourists, as a way of showg their openns and bee there’s money to be ma.