DEA held LGBTQ 'immersive experience' at gay bar for headquarters employe, four people attend | Jt The News

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• DEA HELD LGBTQ 'IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE' AT GAY BAR FOR HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYE, FOUR PEOPLE ATTEND
• DID FREDDIE MERCURY REALLY TAKE PRCS DIANA TO A LONDON GAY PUB THE '80S?
• DIANA'S NIGHT OUT WH FREDDIE MERCURY GAY BARGAY BARTOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 11:38PM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 01, 2013 5:17AM EDT AP; GETTYPRCS DIANA WAS A HERO TO MANY THE GAY MUNY THANKS TO HER GROUNDBREAKG HOSPAL VISS TO PATIENTS DYG OF AIDS ( SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE NOW, BUT DIANA SHOCKED THE WORLD WH HER PASSN BY SIMPLY HOLDG HANDS WH A STRICKEN VICTIM WHILE THE MERAS WERE ROLLG), BUT SEEMS HER FONDNS FOR THE GAY MUNY EXTEND TO GAY NIGHTLIFE. FOR A NEW BOOK REVEALS THAT DIANA, DRSED A ARY JACKET, DARK SHAS AND POLICEMAN'S HAT, ONCE VISED A GAY BAR WH THE QUEEN SGER FREDDIE MERCURY. THE EXTRAORDARY CLAIM WAS MA YTERDAY A NEW BOOK, THE POWER OF POSIVE DRKG, BY THE 80'S BRISH TV STAR AND MOL CLEO ROS, WHO WENT ON THE JNT WH DIANA, MERCURY AND A BRISH EDIAN NAMED KENNY EVERETT.NO, THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL STORY.CLEO ROS, WHO -STARRED THE KENNY EVERETT TELEVISN SHOW, REVEALS THE BOOK, SERIALISED THE SUNDAY TIM YTERDAY, HOW SHE, MERCURY AND EVERETT DRSED DIANA AN ARMY JACKET, BLACK P AND SUNGLASS BEFORE VENTURG TO THE ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN SOUTH LONDON. “WHEN WE WALKED . . . WE FELT SHE WAS OBVLY PRCS DIANA AND WOULD BE DISVERED AT ANY MUTE. BUT PEOPLE JT SEEMED TO BLANK HER. SHE SORT OF DISAPPEARED. BUT SHE LOVED ,” ROS SAYS.THE VENUE WAS PACKED, BUT THE PRENCE OF MERCURY, EVERETT AND ROS HELPED DIVERT ATTENTN AND DIANA WAS ABLE TO ORR DRKS AT THE BAR BEFORE THE GROUP LEFT, 20 MUT LATER.DI WAS LIGHTED WHEN SHE WAS SERVED THE BAR WHOUT BEG REGNISED.THE TRIP TO THE GAY BAR ME AFTER A BOOZY AFTERNOON WHICH THE FOUR SPENT DRKG CHAMPAGNE ONT OF RENS OF THE GOLN GIRLS WH THE SOUND TURNED DOWN.THEY IMPROVISED THE CHARACTERS’ VOIC — “BUT WH A MUCH NGHTIER STORYLE," ROS WR.DI ASKED ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE EVENG.THEY SAID THEY WERE GOG TO THE ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN SOUTH LONDON.ROS, NOW 50, RELLED: “KENNY SAID, ‘IT’S NOT FOR YOU. IT’S FULL OF HAIRY GAY MEN. SOMETIM THERE ARE FIGHTS OUTSI.’“WE PLEAD, ‘WHAT WOULD BE THE HEADLE IF YOU WERE UGHT A GAY BAR BRAWL?’“BUT DIANA WAS FULL MISCHIEF MO. FREDDIE SAID, ‘GO ON, LET THE GIRL HAVE SOME FUN’.DIANA PUT ON WHAT EVERETT HAD PLANNED TO WEAR AND THE FOUR UGHT A B.ROS SAYS BOOK: “SHE DID LOOK LIKE A BETIFUL YOUNG MAN. SHE WAS ALWAYS A VERY F GIRL, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT, ‘THERE’S A NICE YOUNG MAN WH PERT BUTTOCKS’.”THE FOLLOWG DAY DI HAD THE CLOTH URRIERED BACK WH A NOTE ENDG: “WE MT DO AGA!"THE NIGHT OUT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE 1988, WHEN HER MARRIAGE TO PRCE CHARL WAS ON THE ROCKS.FREDDIE MERCURY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PNMONIA AGED 45 1991, AND EVERETT OM AN AIDS-RELATED ILLNS AGED 50 1995. TOM SYK

DEA HELD LGBTQ 'IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE' AT GAY BAR FOR HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYE, FOUR PEOPLE ATTEND

C., headquarters employe at a bar and rtrant that largely ters to LGBTQ+ ctomers, to help the agency get what scribed as "an unrstandg and perceptn of gay social culture" and that also was to clu a drag show prentatn. The EEOO email vatn obtaed by Jt the News asks employe to jo the office for "an LGBTQ+ immersive experience to enhance unrstandg and perceptn of Gay social culture to clu a prentatn verg Dg, Dancg, Drag, and Diversy.

“The four dividuals who did e were aware of the gay culture here at Freddie’s.

DID FREDDIE MERCURY REALLY TAKE PRCS DIANA TO A LONDON GAY PUB THE '80S?

It gave them an overview of gay culture, and was an opportuny for them to be themselv. Freddie's has been a safe haven for gay soldiers and transgenr folks for years.

It all felt like beg enveloped a big gay hug.

DIANA'S NIGHT OUT WH FREDDIE MERCURY GAY BARGAY BARTOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 11:38PM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 01, 2013 5:17AM EDT AP; GETTYPRCS DIANA WAS A HERO TO MANY THE GAY MUNY THANKS TO HER GROUNDBREAKG HOSPAL VISS TO PATIENTS DYG OF AIDS ( SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE NOW, BUT DIANA SHOCKED THE WORLD WH HER PASSN BY SIMPLY HOLDG HANDS WH A STRICKEN VICTIM WHILE THE MERAS WERE ROLLG), BUT SEEMS HER FONDNS FOR THE GAY MUNY EXTEND TO GAY NIGHTLIFE. FOR A NEW BOOK REVEALS THAT DIANA, DRSED A ARY JACKET, DARK SHAS AND POLICEMAN'S HAT, ONCE VISED A GAY BAR WH THE QUEEN SGER FREDDIE MERCURY. THE EXTRAORDARY CLAIM WAS MA YTERDAY A NEW BOOK, THE POWER OF POSIVE DRKG, BY THE 80'S BRISH TV STAR AND MOL CLEO ROS, WHO WENT ON THE JNT WH DIANA, MERCURY AND A BRISH EDIAN NAMED KENNY EVERETT.NO, THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL STORY.CLEO ROS, WHO -STARRED THE KENNY EVERETT TELEVISN SHOW, REVEALS THE BOOK, SERIALISED THE SUNDAY TIM YTERDAY, HOW SHE, MERCURY AND EVERETT DRSED DIANA AN ARMY JACKET, BLACK P AND SUNGLASS BEFORE VENTURG TO THE ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN SOUTH LONDON. “WHEN WE WALKED . . . WE FELT SHE WAS OBVLY PRCS DIANA AND WOULD BE DISVERED AT ANY MUTE. BUT PEOPLE JT SEEMED TO BLANK HER. SHE SORT OF DISAPPEARED. BUT SHE LOVED ,” ROS SAYS.THE VENUE WAS PACKED, BUT THE PRENCE OF MERCURY, EVERETT AND ROS HELPED DIVERT ATTENTN AND DIANA WAS ABLE TO ORR DRKS AT THE BAR BEFORE THE GROUP LEFT, 20 MUT LATER.DI WAS LIGHTED WHEN SHE WAS SERVED THE BAR WHOUT BEG REGNISED.THE TRIP TO THE GAY BAR ME AFTER A BOOZY AFTERNOON WHICH THE FOUR SPENT DRKG CHAMPAGNE ONT OF RENS OF THE GOLN GIRLS WH THE SOUND TURNED DOWN.THEY IMPROVISED THE CHARACTERS’ VOIC — “BUT WH A MUCH NGHTIER STORYLE," ROS WR.DI ASKED ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE EVENG.THEY SAID THEY WERE GOG TO THE ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN SOUTH LONDON.ROS, NOW 50, RELLED: “KENNY SAID, ‘IT’S NOT FOR YOU. IT’S FULL OF HAIRY GAY MEN. SOMETIM THERE ARE FIGHTS OUTSI.’“WE PLEAD, ‘WHAT WOULD BE THE HEADLE IF YOU WERE UGHT A GAY BAR BRAWL?’“BUT DIANA WAS FULL MISCHIEF MO. FREDDIE SAID, ‘GO ON, LET THE GIRL HAVE SOME FUN’.DIANA PUT ON WHAT EVERETT HAD PLANNED TO WEAR AND THE FOUR UGHT A B.ROS SAYS BOOK: “SHE DID LOOK LIKE A BETIFUL YOUNG MAN. SHE WAS ALWAYS A VERY F GIRL, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT, ‘THERE’S A NICE YOUNG MAN WH PERT BUTTOCKS’.”THE FOLLOWG DAY DI HAD THE CLOTH URRIERED BACK WH A NOTE ENDG: “WE MT DO AGA!"THE NIGHT OUT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE 1988, WHEN HER MARRIAGE TO PRCE CHARL WAS ON THE ROCKS.FREDDIE MERCURY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PNMONIA AGED 45 1991, AND EVERETT OM AN AIDS-RELATED ILLNS AGED 50 1995. TOM SYK

Even the age of queer-iendly settgs on Tr and OkCupid, ’s hard to unrstate the importance of spac like Freddie’s–for battle-harned butch and bumblg baby gays and everyone else. Before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was stck down, the rabow-ftooned walls shield gay service members who wanted to be themselv  peace. Sometim big-cy gay scen n feel, well, scene-ey.

Meanwhile, as far as he knows, Freddie’s is the only gay bar Northern Virgia. “I love Gay Bob the Closet.