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This past Monday, witnesses say they saw a man standing around the Bulldogs bar, a black gay bar in Atlanta, Georgia. A group of friends eventually interacted with this man, later identified as 47-year-old Elijah Payton, as he started to yell at them. An anonymous witness spoke to WSB-TV Atlanta about the situation, “He started yelling obscenities, such as ‘Hey, which one is with who? I wanna have sex with one of you guys,” the witness told them, “He then screamed...

Why it gotta be gay? Piers Morgan was blasted on social media this week after the British journalist tweeted a photo of himself at a London gay bar, the Evening Standard reports. Hanging out at Freedom Bar with his Good Morning Britain co-host, Susanna Reid, and TV personality Richard Bacon, Morgan captioned the photo, “2.43am. A gay bar in Soho. Good Morning Britain!” https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/903071109649764352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fpiers-morgan-gay-bar%2F09%2F2017%2F Sensitive Brits were quick to criticize the journalist for the tweet, questioning his motivation for clarifying that the bar...

One of the oldest and most known gay bars in Dublin has been vandalised with homophobic and Nazi graffiti. The George pub, on George Street, was left with Nazi symbols and homophobic words scrawled on the front. The graffiti was discovered early this morning. By 11am, a cleaning group was called to remove the vandalism and Dublin Town, a local community group, was notified. A spokesman for the group said that they were prepared to deal with this type of vandalism. “We have staff...

Another shooting occurred at a gay bar, this time in Albany, New York. It does not look like a hate crime or a hit on the gay community in general at this time. ALBANY, NY (NEWS10) – There was a call of shots fired early Thursday morning around 2am at The Rocks Bar on 77 Central Avenue in Albany. When officers arrived, they learned that four people had sustained gunshot wounds while inside the bar. One of the male victims died as...

Austin Richardson looks like a greeter at your local Abercrombie & Fitch chain, but don’t let that fool you. The 18-year old, arrested in June after firing paintball pellets at revelers hanging outside a gay bar in Stockton, California, was charged on Tuesday in connected with the attack. The incident occurred at the Paradise Club on June 12th, just as two customers were leaving the establishment. 19-year-old Branden Staples and an unnamed 16-year-old were also apprehended. The three youngsters have been charged with assault...

The sight of Steve Grand in his snug Speedo has us wishing that summer would never end. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQ8Jppg65u/ Steve was in Minneapolis this weekend, where he headlined at the grand opening of new gay watering hole, Game Sports Bar. Also on hand for the occasion was hot Aussie bobsledder Simon Dunn, who assisted Steve mid performance by stripping him down, helping Steve realize his go-go boy aspirations. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJT4qbXA3kt/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJVokZ6Aj7O/ We'll keep our fingers crossed for video! Source

Greenwich Village gay bar Julius’ is part of gay rights movements in the 60's when homosexuals and lesbians weren't served alcoholic beverages "since their presence was considered de facto disorderly." In 1966, three members of the gay rights organization Mattachine Society embarked in an action meant to change the legal landscape that wasn't allowing gays and lesbians to have alcoholic drinks in bars. Since then the action is known as "sip-in at Julius'." So they went to Julius' and after ordering drinks...