A member of the Lewes Fire Department on Sunday used an anti-gay slur to describe a local drag queen. William Buckaloo, an assistant fire chief who was once the department’s chief, called Magnolia Applebottom a “faggot” in a Facebook post he wrote while she performed at the Blue Moon in Rehoboth Beach. “The shit I get talked in to (sic) … Matt, talked us to go to a faggot show,” proclaimed Buckaloo in the post.
Applebottom on Monday shared Buckaloo’s post on her Instagram page. Applebottom told the Washington Blade that Buckaloo wrote the post while he was sitting in the front row during her show. “In my eight years or performing at the Blue Moon I’ve never encountered such disrespect,” said Applebottom.