New brick-and-mortar bookstores are popping up all over these days—but as far as I know, only one new owner has been accused of planning a lesbian takeover of her small, rural community. That would be Jaime Harker, who decided…
When a bookshop owner exposed the petty homophobic customers that come to her store, she was overwhelmed with orders for LGBT+ books. Last month, Carrie Deming, owner of The Dog Eared Book in Palmyra, New York, revealed to her…
Snickers is apologizing for what was they say was supposed to be a humorous ad where a Snickers bar turned a flamboyant gay man into a bearded, butch man. The Spanish ad features influencer Aless Gibaja and another man ordering…
Fleischer’s, a chain of high-end butcher shops around the New York City area, is temporarily closed after dozens of staff members walked out when the company’s CEO removed Pride flags and Black Lives Matter signs from the stores…
Although bars across the country closed last year due to the impact of lockdowns, queer, and especially lesbian bars have been shuttering since their high point in the late 1980s (when an estimated 200 lesbian bars existed in the country)…
A California family is alleging that workers at a Burger King called them homophobic slurs, made fun of them, and chased them out of the store, fearing for their lives, simply because they were gay. The incident happened on July 24…
When I call Andrew Zarro on a sweltering July afternoon, he’s taking a break before he starts his second job as a councilperson in Portland, Maine. He’s just spent eight hours at Little Woodfords, his coffee shop, which is easily…
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