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Joey Oldaker, Apex manager, announced via Facebook that the 28-year-old nightclub has officially closed. It’s last night of business was last Saturday. The club had been up for sale, but the abrupt closure comes as a surprise to employees. Metro Weekly | 7/5
?(620): He like walks around to open car doors for me. Has already held my hair while I barf and still likes me. What. Is. Happening.
An exhibit on the nation’s constitutional history at the Library of Congress includes a petition and other documents from gay rights history. The 1961 petition to the U.S. Supreme Court was filed by Frank Kameny in response to being fired from his post as a government astronomer for being gay.
Though it was denied, Kameny’s was the first petition to the high court for a violation of civil rights based on sexual orientation. He argued the government’s actions toward gays were an “affront to human dignity.”
“This inclusion is an epic milestone in the telling of gay history because it places gay Americans’ struggle for equality where it belongs — in the story of the Constitution itself,” Charles Francis, a founder of the Kameny Papers Project, told The Associated Press.
The library quietly placed the documents on view at the end of April in an exhibit called “Creating the United States,” which traces the evolution of the nation’s founding documents and legal framework. Organizers of the Kameny Papers Project, which donated about 50,000 items to the library in 2006, planned to announce the display Monday.
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(703): I went out in a blaze of glory. I failed the field sobriety test by saying ABCD FUCK YOU.
A new social discount service, The Daily Hookup, is launching this Spring and they’re targeting the gay community. From their website:
Here’s who we’re not: Your mother’s Groupon.
Here’s who we are: A “social-buying” service designed specifically for gay guys and those smart enough to follow their lead. (We’re looking at you, metros…)
Each day we’ll offer you a top quality, deeply discounted deal. But unlike other services, the deal will be something you actually want, in neighborhoods where you live or hang out, from merchants you want to support. Even better: a share of each sale goes to a charity you care about.
We’re gearing up to launch this spring in New York City and Washington, DC with additional cities soon to follow.
Why does The Daily Hookup get better deals than Groupon? Because our membership is comprised of trendsetters who buy great stuff, hang out at great places, and lead the pack. We’re better customers who deserve better deals.
I immediately got bored annoyed with Groupon, LivingSocial, and Thrillist. Maybe a niché service is what I really need.
Texts From Last Night
(919): All I did was present the dick. You did the work. That’s like thanking the pencil for a test you got an A on.
