One has to wonder if there’s a kind of message they’re trying to send.” “One was at the beginning of Pride and one was right at the end. “I have to say that what I find odd was the timing of both events,” Alibi Lounge owner Alexi Minko told AP. New York City police were already investigating a possible anti-gay crime after the rainbow flags outside the bar were burned just after midnight May 31, a day before the start of Pride Month, The Associated Press reports.
“Evil has struck again! Someone set our new pride flag on Fire!” the club’s account tweeted.Įvil has struck again! Someone set our new pride flag on fire! #Harlem #gaybar #pride /IBgYZXLy7y
A Pride flag was reportedly burned for a second time in just over a month on Monday at a black-owned gay bar in New York City.Īlibi Lounge tweeted a photo Monday of the burned flag on the ground outside of what they say is the “first and only LGBTQ establishment in Harlem.”
