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Robert’s Lafitte has been a popular gay establishment on the Texas gulf coast for many years, but gained international notoriety when it was one of the last businesses to close before and one of the first to re-open after Hurricane Ike devastated the port city of Galveston.Īttacks of this kind are quite unusual in laid-back Galveston, and it has been quite a number of years since there have been publicized arrests of gay-bashers in the entire Houston metro area. Well, right now, Hinge is the best dating site. They are being held in Galveston County Jail on $120,000 bail, charged with assault with a hate crime enhancement.
The attackers ran from the scene, but the police caught them around 10 blocks away and brought them back to the bar, where they were identified by patrons. Two people were hit in the head, one of whom was taken to the hospital and the other was treated at the club. And it becomes less southern with each passing year.According to this morning’s Houston Chronicle, customers at Robert’s Lafitte, one of Galveston’s gay bars, were attacked by three thugs who entered the establishment and threw large rocks at the customers. What does that leave? MAYBE 35-40% of the metros population that is derived from southern white and southern black populations. Of the one-third of the white people that are in the metro area a large chunk are transplants from the North. You think a few New Orleans refugees make Houston Southern? Galveston Mardi Gras is a disgrace to the name, at least when I went.īut that guy who said Houston isn't influenced by the south (whatever that means) must not know much about the place, it's 110% southern. Lafayette brings in about 250k per year, Galveston brings about 200k, and Lake Charles brings in around 150k during Carnival. It's typical Red Lobster quality food in a chain setting.Īnyone who says that about Galveston is reaching. Papadeaux's isn't a favorite outside of Texas. That said, Galveston has a thriving LGBT community in its own right.
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This shall be accomplished by raising visibility and promoting full human and civil rights via education, celebrations, and vast. It has the 2nd largest Mardi Gras celebration after you guessed it.New Orleans itself! Everything from the architecture to the people to the overall extremely laid back Gulf Coast vibe. The purpose of Pride Galveston is to embrace diversity, instill pride, and celebrate unity, as well as recognize the contributions of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community in the Galveston area. Galveston Island is often times referred to as a "miniature New Orleans". Where do you think the rice fields of Texas came from? The DEEP SOUTH. below, yes, the Galveston Daily News implied it was a gay bar. Our Story - Brennan's Houston Restaurant and the Courtyard Bar Brennan's of Houston Note that the Kon Tiki was the only gay club to get this coverage.Roberts LaFitte, the islands oldest gay bar, did not. Other night clubs nearby: BuckShot Saloon 7.6 2409 Market St 52 yards away Beach Bums Bar - Galveston 8.2 1828 Strand St 790 yards away 6 Filler Up. How else do you explain Houston being the only other city besides New Orleans to have a Brennans & being the home of Cajun favorites like Papadeaux? Houston & all of Southeast Texas (Golden Triangle of Beaumont/Port Aurthur/Orange) is where Cajun Country starts/ends dude. And we are trying to have an actual constructive conversation here and you Houstonians blabbering about your city being this and that to distract the thread is annoying. I know you Houston people like to think your city is everything, but it isn't. Houston sits on the border of the general South and it is today greatly more influenced by Southwestern, Northern, Latin American, and Asian cultures than it is Southern. Houston does not sit on the border of the DEEP South. This is one of the reasons why the Tennessee cities confused me. Deep South = Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.