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New coalition holds four-hour town hall to discuss racism, safety in LGBTQ bars
[Editor's note: This article contains the N-word spelled out because it was used in direct quotes by a Black man, referring to what people had called him at one of the bars.]For four hours Thursday night a new coalition of Black, trans, and queer nightlife figures held a virtual town hall where they interviewed the owners and managers of LGBTQ bars in San Francisco about racism and safety issues at their establishments.The Bay Area Queer Nightlife Coalition preceded the event, which was held on Twitch and sponsored by Strut, the men's health center in the Castro, with a survey about queer nightlife that garnered hundreds of responses.