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<\/p>\nThe Trump Administration Just Shut Down a Gay Bar That Has Been Operating Since 1974<\/b>
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The Underground Niteclub, a Buffalo, New York gay<\/a> bar in operation since 1974, has been forced to close by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over a noise complaint.<\/p>\n Buffalo News<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n The decision not to renew the bar\u2019s lease followed multiple noise complaints from tenants of the Touraine Apartments at 274 Delaware Ave., a HUD official said. The\u00a0bar has operated as the Underground or Buffalo Underground on the ground floor of the federally subsidized apartment building since the early 1990s.<\/p>\n Before that, it operated as a gay<\/a> bar under the name of the Hibachi Room in the 1970s and\u00a0Me and My Arrow<\/a>\u00a0in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n HUD gave a statement to Buffalo News:\u00a0\u201cWhile HUD recognizes the community sentiment surrounding the closure of The Underground, the Department\u2019s primary duty is to provide safe and decent housing for low-income seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n HUD cited multiple complaints from residents, like this one:<\/p>\n One resident, a HUD report stated, \u201cbegan by stating that he has nothing against gay<\/a> people and that XXX has a relative that is gay<\/a>.\u201d That resident went on to say \u201che believes drug dealings are going on at the bar, that Underground Niteclub patrons are rude to the residents, they sit on the steps of Touraine Apartments loitering.\u201d<\/p>\n The paper adds:<\/p>\n The bar\u2019s former co-owner Andy Munroe, who sold the bar to Tiede in 2013, called the decision by HUD \u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Underground has generated a lot of money for charities, done a lot of good work, including fundraisers for Children\u2019s Hospital,\u201d Munroe said. \u201cA lot of good has come out of that place, and for HUD to close it down is just unthinkable.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full report HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post The Trump Administration Just Shut Down a Gay Bar That Has Been Operating Since 1974<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n