Also, a pedestrian was killed early Sunday when a driver, allegedly drunk, crashed into a bus stop.
On Saturday, a teenager with a machete threatened a gay bar patron with violence and peppered him with antigay slurs. The altercation at Nellie's was one of several troubling incidents that took place in D.C.'s queer spaces, the Washington Blade reports. At Nellie’s we foster an inclusive and safe environment, so events like this are completely unacceptable to us.' We are undergoing a full investigation of the situation. When asked what she wanted to see happen to Nellie's, Young responded, 'I want them gone.'īar owner Shantz has not yet responded to the incident, though the bar released the following statement: 'We were incredibly upset and disturbed to see the unfortunate event that took place at Nellie’s last night. But, as the city’s gay community has moved east, Nellie's (named for the owner's grandmothersyes, multiple grandmothers. Young says she lost her phone, glasses, and shoes during the incident, and her mother set up a GoFundMe to recover some of the losses. When Nellie's first opened in 2007 at the corner of 9 th & U Street, NW, some wondered if a gay bar could thrive in a location so far removed from the center of Washington’s gay nightlife scene. She described physical pain following her treatment at the bar: 'My body aches and I am bruised up.' A post shared by Black Lives Matter DC told reporter John Henry at the BLM protest that Nellie's staff mistook her for another woman who allegedly brought a bottle of alcohol into the club.
