Recently I liked Get REAL on Facebook, whose mandate is "Reaching Equality At Last" and is a student-run organization at Western University who are trying to eliminate homophobia.
I think this is a great organization, but there was a status post that irked me a little, mostly for it's vagueness and lack of thought:
I think this is a great organization, but there was a status post that irked me a little, mostly for it's vagueness and lack of thought:
"From a good friend and out-going VP Campus Issues, Marissa Joffre:
'I'm extremely upset and disheartened to hear that a friend of mine and
his partner were treated inexcusably at Jack's last night. Shortly
after embracing, my friend was asked to leave the bar without much
explanation.
It is 2012, and this is inexcusable. If you feel as disgusted as I do that a bar that gets as much business as it does from Western students would treat them so poorly because of
their sexual identity.. then please post your distaste in your facebook
status. Jack's should be ashamed of themselves.'
This behavior
is most definitely inexcusable, on the part of Jacks and these employees
involved. Feel free to share so that other students are aware of this."
When I first read this I was upset. Why would Jacks do that? Then, keeping that in mind, I re-read the post. The explanation is vague at best, we don't really know anything about what happened. Then, I read Stephen Krull's reply, stating he worked at a bar as security and he says "I eject patrons for not only being too intoxicated, but appearing intoxicated, on a nightly basis... To the patron, it may seem like they just got kicked out, and without being provided a reason, attribute it to the most recent action they can recall (which in this case was them embracing one another). To the staff members, they were kicking out a person who was, or appeared to be, intoxicated."
While we don't know the full details yet, (a full story will be appearing in the Western Gazette, the newspaper for the school. Stay tuned, I'll be on the look-out for this) if in fact this was a homophobic action, I will definitely be on board for boy-cotting Jacks. But I just can't see why or how this would happen at a bar as popular as Jacks. I'm sure this wasn't the first time two men "embraced" at the bar.
What do you think? I'll post the story from the Western Gazette when I find it!
Stay Beautiful,
Lisa
Lisa
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