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The bar remained the only gay bar in North Dakota, until it closed down in 1989. In 1981, North Dakota Governor Governor Allen Olson signed Executive Order Number 10, [ 5 ] which the Governor has recently said, in interviews with the Fargo Forum newspaper, [ 6 ] was an attempt to protect State workers from anti-gay discrimination in employment ...
Lindgren served as mayor of Fargo, North Dakota from 1978 until 1994 and was the second longest serving mayor; he was succeeded by Bruce Furness.. Lindgren was staunchly opposed to the 12th Avenue bridge connecting Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, before he was elected mayor of Fargo.
The city was platted in 1871 and named for William Galloway Moorhead, a Northern Pacific Railway official and brother-in-law of financier Jay Cooke. [10] [11]The former Moorhead Armory on 5th Street South was the site of the intended concert destination for musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper before their fatal plane crash a few miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa around 1:00 ...
Since the 17th Century (yes, you read that right), New York City has played a major role in the country’s LGBTQIA+ history. From the Stonewall riots of 1969 to hosting the world’s largest ...
The Fargo–Moorhead area has generally leaned Republican, voting for that party's presidential candidate in every election between 1968 and 2004. While Clay County is a swing county which has voted for Democrats 9 times and Republicans 7 times since 1960 , Cass County has only voted Democratic twice: for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Barack ...
Matt Damon’s casual admittance in a Sunday Times interview that he’s only recently “retired” his use of the derogatory “f-slur” about gay men, thanks to being called out by his ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Drinking establishment catered to LGBT clientele For the song, see Gay Bar (song). Comptons of Soho, London, UK. Taken during London Pride 2010. A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+ ...
Adams could have faced up to 45 years behind bars if convicted of the charges, which involved him allegedly taking $123,000 worth of bribes including for travel upgrades while in office.