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By Hayden Brooks
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Eagle s Nest, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is appropriately under fire for selling T-shirts that advocate for violence against the LGBTQ community.
As per NBC News, the bar in Wyoming sold shirts that read: In Wyoming, we have a cure for AIDS, we shoot f cking f ggots. The text was paired with a visual of a man with a pistol aimed at the viewer. While the venue s owner,
Raymon Berezuik, did not return a request for comment, he told
The Cheyenne Post on Monday (July 12) that the T-shirts were sold out and he doesn t plan on selling anymore. [I am] in the bar business, not the apparel business, he reportedly said.
Cheyenne Bar Called Out for Selling Violent, Anti-Gay T-Shirts
Wyoming Equality Executive Director Sara Burlingame says the fact that a Cheyenne biker bar is being called out over the sale of violent, homophobic T-shirts shows the times are changing.
The nonprofit, which advocates for LGBTQ and Two Spirit Wyomingites, started a social media storm Saturday when it posted a picture of the T-shirt the Eagle s Nest was selling, which reads, IN WYOMING WE HAVE A CURE FOR AIDS; WE SHOOT F CK N F GGOTS.
Wyoming Equality via Facebook
Burlingame says she became aware of the T-shirt last Thursday and went into the bar asking the owner, Ray Bereziuk, to remove and stop carrying the T-shirts.
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A Wyoming bar less than an hour from where Matthew Shephard was beaten to death, reportedly sold shirts advocating anti-gay violence INSIDER 7 hrs ago
A Wyoming bar reportedly sold T-shirts advocating for violence against members of the LGBTQ community.
The owner of the bar told a local paper that the shirts were sold out and he wouldn t be reordering them.
The controversy comes as Wyoming lawmakers consider a state hate crime law and expanded protections.
The T-shirt depicts a man in biker attire pointing a gun. In Wyoming, we have a cure for AIDS, it reads. We shoot f -in f .