Comments on: Well, we do have a Gay Street

By: _Jon

_Jon — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:07:22 +0000

Maybe the mayor recognized that gay people are voters.
Maybe the gay voters have organized and warrant recognition as any legal organization does.

I would theorize that there is a chance for violence at any gathering.

Those are some pretty ugly wonderings there, BossMan.

By: Metulj

Metulj — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:37:00 +0000

I once saw two Cherokees get their asses kicked by a drag queen at Vic and Bill’s. That is the extent of my experience with violence against GLBT folks and it was losing battle. Anyone pounding tallboy Buds at V&B’s at 2AM on a Friday deserves a clock cleaning for calling one of the perfomers a faggot. The police didn’t arrest anyone either. Justice in Fort Sanders comes in many ways….

By: robert

robert — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:05:57 +0000

Wonder if that was a lowered bar or a raised bar?

By: Manish

Manish — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:41:00 +0000

I remember back in the day scouting out bars in Knoxville with a few co-workers. We noticed one place that was playing really good music and decided to go in. Much to our surprise, it ended up being a gay bar. (It should be noted that by “co-workers” I mean other people who were from larger cities but down in Knoxville on assignment and the surprise was that their actually were out gay people in Knoxville and brave enough to have their own bar.)

By: Brutal Hugger

Brutal Hugger — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:46:11 +0000

The vast majority of pride and coming out events go off without any violence. The kinds of people who would start trouble are usually not willing to do so when badly outnumbered. At least, that’s the case in New York and SF. Dunno if Knoxville will be any different.