Gay bars in muncie indiana

Bars served as a popular safe space or third space environment where members of the queer community could socialize. But they were also the site of harassment, surveillance, and violence. Mistrust of police following such encounters would stymie efforts to solve a string of murders, tracked back to but most likely earlier either not reported by the news or not explicitly stating the victims were associated with an LGBTQ identity.

The closure of the historic Mark III Tap Room impacts Muncie’s LGBTQ+ community

When they purchased the business, the bar's liquor license had been sold and the historic building — built in according to property records — was becoming run down, Keith said. Asked whether they might open in another location, Natasha said they're "not ready to give up on this building.

Mark III Tap Room through the years

The kind where some of the patrons seemed unhoused, and the bouncer had elaborate job-stopper facial tattoos. The kind where the patrons reflected the racial diversity of a Black-majority city with a significant Puerto Rican population. The kind where a man celebrated his first union job by buying a round of drinks for the strangers at the bar—the most touching thing that has ever happened to me at a gay bar.

Long-standing gay bar to close

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