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Gay Activist Attacked in Nightclub


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A New York City-based gay activist was attacked by bouncers at a Queens nightclub early Saturday because he was dancing with another man.

According to the New York Post,“Tarlach MacNiallais, 47, was punched and kicked and had a chair smashed over his head in the attack by two security guards at the Guadalajara De Noche restaurant in Jackson Heights at 12:43 a.m. Saturday, police said.”

MacNiallais told police that the bouncers told him he could not dance with another man because the establishment was not a gay bar, the Post reported.

Police are treating the attack as a possible hate crime.

MacNiallais is a spokesman for the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization, known for its fight to be included in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He was treated at a local hospital for cuts and bruises after the attack.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Rosemary Barnette
    Date posted: 3/13/2010 4:42:43 PM
    Hometown: Roanoke,Virginia

    Comment:

    People can dance with who they want to in a bar, it's not a crime.

  • Name: GayElephant
    Date posted: 12/10/2009 3:41:39 PM
    Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

    Comment:

    Lol You should never provoke an Irish man no matter if he is gay or not.

  • Name: Brian
    Date posted: 12/10/2009 12:43:25 PM
    Hometown: St. Louis

    Comment:

    At the very least this is an extreme case of assault and battery if not an attempted murder case. No doubt about it being a hate crime. One suggestion for this man---SUE, SUE, SUE the bar. These people need to be made an example of.

  • Name: Thad
    Date posted: 12/10/2009 11:52:32 AM
    Hometown: Frisco

    Comment:

    I don't think a man and a woman dancing together have ever had chairs smashed over their heads inside a gay bar. Greedy breeders.



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