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“I cannot be a part of this anymore,” she said. The crowd booed when they found out about the racist messages, and cheered Honey Davenport for standing up against the blatant discrimination. Walking on to the stage at Monster Bar for her show on Saturday night, a visibly emotional Honey Davenport told the crowd about the racist text messages and said that she could not perform at the venue in light of them. Honey Davenport was sent screenshots of the text messages and reached out to Monster’s owner Charlie Rice to express her concerns.Īfter receiving no response, the queen decided to take matters into her own hands. Lopez fired back that it looked like Monster was promoting a “black night” and that people could “get the wrong idea” and it would “not good for the business”.
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In a series of text messages exchanged between Lopez and DJ/producer Mitch Ferrino, the bar manager demanded that a “beautiful man” should be added to the promotional material and “the drag need to be small”.įerrino replied to Lopez saying that “those men are beautiful,” referring to the two men of colour who were included on the flyer. The night in question was actually drag queen Honey Davenport’s show Manster. However, the bar has come under fire for racism after its former bar manager Italo Lopez claimed that one of their flyers looked like it was promoting a “black night” which would “not good for the business”.
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If you find yourself on a gay bar crawl through New York City, chances are you’ll end up at The Monster Bar at one point in the evening.