They Rioted Post Stonewall! What will we do Post Rainbow lounge??

They Rioted Post Stonewall! What will we do Post Rainbow lounge??

Do you ever sit back and contemplate all the changes that have come in the last 40 years? The fact that during the days of Stonewall GLBT people were not only accosted but could be committed for insanity just for being GLBT still appalls us. But, the Homophobia that existed back in 1969 still runs very rampant today but not enough to cause the events of that infamous evening right? WRONG! 40 years to the day from the Stonewall Inn Raid there has been another raid, this time at a little known bar outside of Dallas, TX. According to the Ft. Worth Police Department, routine raids were being conducted on a few bars in the area in collaboration with the Alcohol Beverage Commission. The Rainbow Lounge was caught in the cross fires this time where 6 officers and 2 ABC agents raided the GLBT bar.

In many cases these raids are simple they (the authorities) enter the establishment, card everyone, check the ABC license of the bartender and leave without incident. But in this case the Police arrested 7 people for Public Drunkenness, (hmmm isn’t that what a bar is for to get drunk?)

Now keep in mind that it only takes one police officer maybe two at best and one ABC agent, but in this case it was an over kill of 6 and 2. In the FT Worth Police defense they say that the 9 arrested were VERY drunk and had made sexual advances on the officers. One of the men taken from the scene was taken in an ambulance with a fractured skull after being “taken down” for grabbing an officer’s crotch allegedly.

Was it necessary to have this amount of force for "public intoxication"?

There were eye witness accounts that differ significantly from that of the authorities on record. One has stated that he was sitting with friends on the patio when the officers entered the area. They asked why everyone had gotten so quiet, when one in the group continued the conversation officers arrested one of the patrons. Another witness stated that he watched as the first patron was arrested. He states that a man at the bar took a sip of his drink and was bushed on the bar by the officer and handcuffed. None of the witnesses remembered or recounted any sexual advances toward any officer or ABC agent.

Now keep in mind that we know that straight people don’t really keep much gay history in their head such as the 40^th anniversary of stonewall and all but they surely knew that the Million Gay March was to be heald the next day in Dallas.

So we ask….

Coincidence? We think not! This just goes to show you nothing has really changed it is only being said behind our backs now so they can get away with it.

All the more reasons why the H&W Marriage Equality Tour will go on and should be something to help each city we visit mobilize against attacks like this. If we are willing to stand up and be counted in every state, you as GLBT Americans should be willing to stand with us for positive change!

This is why we are Hersband and Wife “Working together to form a more perfect union between the GLBT community and the Heterosexual majority.”

Update to come soon

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Tags: Bisexual, gay, glbt, homophobia, lesbian, Rainbow Lounge Raid, Stonewall Anniversary, Stonewall Inn, Stonewall Riots, Transgender