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- MOVE OVER, CHICK-FIL-A: CHIC FULL GAY MAK S MARK BURLGTON'S IED CHICKEN MARKET
- CHIC FULL GAY SUPPORTS PRI CENTER OF VERMONT AND BUDDG BS WH POPULAR POP-UP
- WH NEW KCHEN, ALEXANDRE'S SERV CHICK-FULL-GAY SANDWICH ON SUNDAYS ONLY
- GAYBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT: YUMMY AS CLUCK
MOVE OVER, CHICK-FIL-A: CHIC FULL GAY MAK S MARK BURLGTON'S IED CHICKEN MARKET
“I don’t try to take short cuts, ever, ” Gilrsleeve pop-up food bs is lled Chic Full Gay. ”More:One renowned Burlgton rtrant reopens, a newer one clos permanentlyMore:The Vermont rtrants and bars opened, expand or renovated this summerMore:Vermont Comedy Club Burlgton tak food, ffee serly at new Happy Place CaféGilrsleeve chose the name Chic Full Gay for the bs as a direct nod to Chick-fil-A’s LGBTQ polici.
She wanted to attend the pop-ups they’ve been dog Essex sce Gilrsleeve began Chic Full Gay January 2021, but found was hard for her to get there.
CHIC FULL GAY SUPPORTS PRI CENTER OF VERMONT AND BUDDG BS WH POPULAR POP-UP
” She said she also appreciat the statement the name Chic Full Gay mak as well as s playfulns. Peter and Judy Gilrsleeve drove about an hour and a half each way om their home Proctor to de on Chic Full Gay’s sandwich si The Gilrsleeve said Bryan, 33, has wanted to be a chef sce childhood. ”Gilrsleeve hop to open a brick-and-mortar eatery one day — likely a small space remblg an door food rt — but for now is dog well wh the Chic Full Gay pop-ups.
” Chic Full Gay posted Wednday on Instagram. Tett Cathy and his wife Jeate Cathy, has donated over $1 ln to groups that actively oppose same-sex marriage, cludg Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Fom; the anti-LGBTQ Christian group Foc on the Fay; the SLPC-certified hate group Fay Rearch Council; the now-funct ex-gay therapy group Exod Internatnal; the exclively for-heterosexuals-only Marriage & Fay Legacy Fund; and the Fellowship of Christian Athlet (FCA), a relig groups whose “sexual pury policy” prohibs any homosexual acts. However, The Chick-fil-A Foundatn’s IRS filgs om 2015 revealed that the foundatn donated $1 ln to the FCA; $200, 000 to the Pl Anrson Youth Home, a Geia-based rintial home for troubled youth which said that child abe homosexualy; and $130, 000 to the Salvatn Army, a relig ternatnal chary that has long opposed same-sex marriage and anti-LGBTQ hog discrimatn protectns while supportg relig exemptns om LGBTQ+ anti-discrimatn laws.
One anonymo gay worker disuraged boytts, notg that they would mostly harm the cha’s LGBTQ+ employe, but also acced the rtrant’s anti-gay and Christian supporters of beg self-righteo, arrogant, and bld to LGBTQ+ sufferg. Several gay employe said some ctomers offered homophobic words of support for the bs while other people yelled at employe for supportg a homophobic pany. Others said that their Chick-fil-A -workers and supervisors didn’t tolerate homophobic behavr om lleagu.
WH NEW KCHEN, ALEXANDRE'S SERV CHICK-FULL-GAY SANDWICH ON SUNDAYS ONLY
Chick-fil-A’s supporters have enuraged the pany to embrace s anti-gay social stanc, while s crics have urged the pany to turn away om s anti-LGBTQ+ practic. In 2012, gay activists and alli staged a natnal boytt of the cha after one lotn donated food to a semar hosted by the anti-gay Pennsylvania Fay Instute. Too often, those on the left make rporate statements to show support for same-sex marriage, abortn, or profany, but if Christians affirm tradnal valu, we’re nsired homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and tolerant.
On Augt 3, 2012, however, gay rights activists around the natn held kiss- protts opposn to the rtrant’s anti-LGBTQ+ donatns and Dan Cathy’s views agast same-sex marriage. Around the same time, gay artist Manny Castro spray-pated a Torrance, California Chick-fil-A rtrant wh a picture of a w and the words “Tast Like Hate” prott of Cathy’s anti-gay statements. The Amerin Fay Associatn also circulated a petn which stated, “It looks like you (Chick-fil-A) are abandong Christian valu and agreeg wh homosexual activists who say believg the Bible mak you a hater.
While Chick-fil-A’s donatn strategy has changed for the time beg, still rri an image of beg anti-gay.
GAYBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT: YUMMY AS CLUCK
In September 2022, Alexandre’s Bar the Dallas gayborhood of Oak Lawn announced the sale of s own “Chick-fil-gAy” sandwich that was only available on Sundays (the day on which all Chick-fil-A lotns are closed). In short, Chick-fil-A uld vt s future by ntug to distance self om s past anti-gay actns.