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| How a Portland 'lesbian bar for everyone' closed after one day |
| 2022-08-11 |
| [OREGONLIVE] The queue spanned the block when Portland’s first self-identified lesbian bar in over a decade opened its doors July 1. Named for a radical 20th-century feminist and physician who called the city home, Doc Marie’s promised to be "for everyone." It closed the next day. Two managers quit immediately after the grand opening. Then other employees anonymously formed a workers’ collective and demanded the bar’s owners turn the business over to them, writing on Instagram that they felt "misled about the space being safe and welcoming." A post about their demands by Libs of TikTok, a conservative website with more than 1.5 million followers across its social media accounts, further inflamed the conflict. Now, co-owner Olga Bichko said her Southeast Grand Avenue watering hole will be ready to welcome the return of revelers Saturday, nearly a month-and-a-half after the fuse of unfortunate events ignited. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Its using their own morals against them. Fortune Cookie of the Day: When one side is playing for keeps, only the winner determines what was right and wrong. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-08-11 14:04 |
| #6 I love how simply letting the world know what they wanted, and publishing a list of their demands, is "inflaming the conflict". It's like they're ashamed and know what they're doing is wrong. |
| Posted by: Tiny Jeater6933 2022-08-11 12:39 |
| #5 ....think I need a smoke after that. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-08-11 10:35 |
| #4 With content this funny, who needs the Bee? |
| Posted by: Warthog 2022-08-11 10:02 |
| #3 Or, Olga Kurvakova |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-08-11 07:42 |
| #2 But, please to pronounce it "Butchko," chelovek... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-08-11 07:22 |
| #1 Couldn’t create a more fitting name for the co-owner. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-08-11 00:59 |