on the bright side, i can get drunk near it, do an ozzy on it and enjoy it very much. Getting a fine would be a bonus.
Ugh.
Disgusting.
The holes drilled into the walls between the toilet stalls are historic and still in use today.
America should celebrate Stonewall Jackson , not the Stonewall Inn
What else could you expect from Bathhouse Barry?
This joins the list of such sites as the Grand Canyon and Devil’s Tower.
There is a mental illness in the Oval Office.
They should have picked a mosque. ANY mosque.
To be covered in used condoms and amyl nitrate canisters.
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Is it to much to hope that a statue of Stonewall Jackson is put up?
And the nation's 2nd gay-rights monument...
Ironically, with all the talk about what Christians shouldn’t do to offend Muslims, LBGTA trumps that though it is a capital offense to Muslims.
It wasn’t a bar —it was a BOTTLE CLUB cuz the regulations were way, way lower than that for a bar. Like you don’t have to have an emergency exit, you don’t have to have running water, even. LOTS of other things.
Their primary income was selling drinks but a VERY close second was BLACKMAIL —some wealthy patrons in the closet didn’t want their “hobby” becoming public.
The place was MOBBED UP. It was a MAFIA operation.
Most of the fellas getting blackmailed quietly PAID, but finally someone got pissed off and started a huge fight —THAT was the cause of the riot.
They only made up this civil rights stuff later.
I must admit their cover worked GREAT.
I hope the populace treats it just like Health Care and refers to it as the Obama Gay Monument. Freepers can help make this happen.