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Planning Commission votes against historic status for Donny's Place, one of the city's oldest queer safe havens

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The Planning Commission on Tuesday voted against establishing Donny’s Place — once a safe haven for the queer community — as the...

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Trixie Mattel opens up about closure of co-owned bar This Is It!

Drag superstar Trixie Mattel has opened up about the closure of Wisconsin’s oldest gay bar, This Is It!, which shut its doors months before its 57th anniversary. The bar’s closure, which was announced suddenly on 9 March by Trixie’s co-owner George Schneider, was due to difficult economical environment, including the COVID-19 pandemic and local building work surround the Milwaukee venue preventing easy entry. The bar first opened in 1968, and wa…

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Planning Commission votes against historic status for Donny's Place, one of the city's oldest queer safe havens

The Planning Commission on Tuesday voted against establishing Donny’s Place — once a safe haven for the queer community — as the...

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Pittsburgh planners say Donny’s Place gay bar site isn’t historic

Faced with arguments about the mundane nature of a former gay bar and its unremarkable role as an outreach center during the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission voted against historic designation of Donny’s Place in Polish Hill.The bar operated between 1972 and 2022, serving as a queer bar and an outreach center during the spread of HIV/AIDS. Named after the owner Donald Thinnes, who died last year, the bar has suffered from…

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