Aunt Charlie's Lounge — one of the last LGBT bars in a once-vibrant Tenderloin scene — has launched a GoFundMe campaign to prevent having to close August 1.
The fundraising goal is $100,000. As of Monday, almost $14,000 had been raised. "After the (COVID-19 shelter in place order), the bar's owner applied for a (paycheck protection program) loan and received only a fraction of the requested funds because the business is just 'too small,'" the GoFundMe page states. "He has been paying rent and