ftfy: STL Police Crash into LGBTQ bar, Use Homophobic Slur, Attempt to Arrest the Owner, Co-Owner Resists and is Charged with Felony Assault

—RFT

[James] Pence, who lives above the bar, says that he was getting ready to head to bed as two other people closed up for the night. Suddenly, he felt the whole building shake and ran downstairs.  He came down to find the police SUV in his building and an officer demanding to see his identification.  Pence says he replied: "No you don't. That's a police cruiser in my building. You don't need to see my ID. This is not how this works." Pence says he was spun around and placed in handcuffs.  Pence’s co-owner, [Chad] Wick, was taking videos and photos of the police vehicle when, according to Pence, "Three of them (officers) went for him. He raised his arm and they said he hit them."  Pence was eventually taken out of cuffs, but Wick was taken away by police. In addition to cleaning up the damage, Pence spent much of this morning trying to locate Wick. He later found out that Wick had been taken to the South Patrol police station, then SLU Hospital for medical attention. He was then taken to the North Patrol and finally, around 9 a.m., was at Central Booking. Wick, whose legal name is Chad Morris, was later charged with felony assault. (See details here.)

James Pence: I came out. My husband came out as well. There was one cop that made a very homophobic remark. My husband did put his hand on a cop out of defense because they had already put me in handcuffs for coming out, wanting to know what was going on. I was told I had to ID or shut up.

Bonus: Just cuddly Phayatharn <333

Phaya: No evil charred snakes near MY boyfriend slash soulmate, thank you.

The Sign, Ep 10

"Bar Back" 2023 Clover Ajamie

i love gay bars security is shaking their ass too

I love her a lot!..... Crazy sexy transgender woman! She's F*in HOT! She's dressed to kill ! She's set to destroy ALL the little cis bitches at San Francisco dance HotSpots! I can't stop staring at her delicious breasts and warm, sweet legs!

I'm sick and no one is here to rub my back, but the bar vest I got from and older leather daddy on ebay came in. He has a mr.s one up on ebay too and he cleaned it too before he sent it all wrapped, a gem. I'll make a diff post for my leather jacket I got from an older motorcycle wife. But I think the grief I'm not expressing is coming for my immune system.

- a sick vampire butch, sapphosembers

Stop harassment of lesbian bars

November 10, 1982, photo by Bettye Lane, via LHA

Manifesting my ability to Pull™ cute femmes and hot butches this summer. First step, got my lobes re-pierced today. 😭😎

So, as part of my language course, I had to give a speech in front of a bunch of teachers at my homophobic college, and me, being the rebel that I am, decided to do it on 'why aroace people deserve better representation'. The day arrived where I had to give it and I was so nervous because there were so many teachers and I was definitely not prepared. I said it and when I was done they were all silent. No questions, no claps, no nothing. Until the deputy head just said "see, they get it"

And that's how I found out that the deputy of a majorly homophobic college was, in fact, an aroace.

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My heart is heavy thinking about the victims, survivors, their loved ones, the LGBTQ community, and everyone who is sad and afraid today

Mural Design for Butch Writers!

Writers featured are: Leslie Feinberg, Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, Kitty Tsui, and Alison Bechdel

Thinking about Tim and Hawk's lack of mouth-to-mouth intimacy so far.

I need Tim with a boyfriend who:

hugs him

kisses him

holds his hand

and makes him squirm too, but in a fully consenting way

i cant wait to go to a queer bar when i turn 21. i cant wait to go to college, find my niche and be surrounded by a community i love. i can’t wait to make more queer friends who are like me, having struggled with gender and sexuality and feeling comfortable in my own body.

Halloween at Desperados Club in Campbell, California, 1982. Photos by Ted Sahl.

(San José State University)