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MS Coast restaurant defends anti-LGBTQ+ video as opposition mounts: 'That is not Long Beach'

  • Darwell's Happiness Cafe in Long Beach, Mississippi faced backlash for offering a discount only to heterosexual couples, stating, 'Cause we don't do the trans or the lesbians or gays.'
  • Nettie Yeager apologized for any offense caused, stating, 'I would like to apologize to all my friends. If I wrote or said something that offended you... I'm not perfect.'
  • The LGBTQIA+ community is boycotting the cafe, stating, 'When a business chooses bigotry over belonging, it's up to all of us to show that hate has no home here.'
  • Despite the backlash, Darwell Yeager insisted, 'My business is not gonna falter. My business is not gonna fail.
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The Daily BoulderThe Daily Boulder
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Mississippi Cafe Offers Discount for Straight Couples Only, Other Restaurants Fight Back by Hosting Drag Shows

Restaurants in Long Beach, Mississippi, are showing support for the LGBTQ+ community by hosting drag shows after a local cafe announced a discount exclusively for straight couples. The controversy started when Darwell and Nettie Mechelle Yeager, who own Darwell’s Happiness Cafe, posted a video on Facebook offering a meal discount to “the real kind of couple” — couples who “can produce a child.” In the video, Darwell explained, “If you’re a coupl…

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MS Coast restaurant defends anti-LGBTQ+ video as opposition mounts: 'That is not Long Beach'

A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant that made national headlines for posting a video that promoted a lunch special exclusively for straight couples has doubled down on their remarks days after issuing a now-deleted apology.

·New Orleans, United States
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Restaurant's 'straight couples' discount sparks angry backlash

A restaurant in Mississippi is facing a huge online backlash over a “straight couples” discount. The owners of Darwell’s Happiness Café in Long Beach, Mississippi took to Facebook on 25 March to share details of the discount in a post that has since been deleted.  Nettie Yeager and her husband, Darrel, said: “If you come in within the next hour and a half as a couple who can produce a child, we’ll give you something for free.” “How do you like t…

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The Clarion LedgerThe Clarion Ledger
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MS restaurant owner defends anti-LGBTQ video offering free food after deleting apology

An owner of Darwell's Cafe in Long Beach now says "all are welcome." He defends anti-LGBTQ video, free food for straight people as a standard special.

·Jackson, United States
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'No Trans, Lesbians Or Gays': Restaurant's Promotion Backfires Spectacularly - GO Magazine

Discriminatory marketing didn’t go as planned for a Mississippi eatery now facing outrage, boycotts, and deleted social media pages.

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The Clarion Ledger broke the news in Jackson, United States on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
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