Kris Mumford, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said there is no investigation at this time but that the department has dispatched additional officers to patrol Church Street and other areas where gay bars are located.īrown said said if the intent was to “ scare” the LGBTQ community, “ it won’t work.” The community’s message back is, ‘Yes this is frightening, but we’re going to turn out and vote regardless.’” Mike Lindell banned after returning to Twitter. NOTES I have cited only direct quotes from secondary sources, data from surveys, or information. By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times Shares. Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers Mark Gevisser. It doesn’t use many words, but it uses a lot of images I think are meant to threaten us. Trump wanted to shoot protesters, former defense secretary says in new book. “ This has a very aggressive tone about it. BBC reported last week ‘Pride has gone mainstream,' the right wing Christian evangelical wrote to his flock on Facebook.
Many gay bars - including Stirrup’s - are hosting voter registration drives. Franklin Graham is celebrating the end of LGBTQ Prime Month by attacking LGBTQ people and making clear he believes they are among the worst of all sinners. The flyer was sent to at least four gay bars in the area with the return address an empty parking lot with #MAGA as the sender.Ĭhris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project, said the flyers were mailed to intimidate. To see somebody send a postcard that had a picture of the weapon used in one of the deadliest assaults in this nation’s history, and one that happened at an LGBTQ bar, and to send that image to LGBTQ bars, to me is not a coincidence.” “ We live in a post-Pulse world in the LGBTQ community, especially in the bar scene.
Melvin Brown, owner of Stirrup Sports Bar, found the flyer in his bar’s mailbox calling it “ disturbing”. Your customizable and curated collection of the best in trusted news plus coverage of sports, entertainment, money, weather, travel, health and lifestyle. forces from Eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining the alliance. Btw, the gun pictured in the flyer, an assault rifle, is similar to the one used in the shooting at Pulse. The committee subpoenaed two of Trumps campaign aides and Republican Party. More violence toward to the LGBTQ community! These flyers were sent to Nashville gay bars last week with the acronym and images of the Statue of Liberty (L), a gun (G), a beer bottle (B) and Trump (T).