Comments on: Washington DC: The New Cobalt http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Fri, 25 May 2012 01:14:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: andy http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9430 andy Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9430 As long as they keep the outdoor/sidewalk area open for drinks in the warmer months, I don't care who's there! As long as they keep the outdoor/sidewalk area open for drinks in the warmer months, I don’t care who’s there!

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9429 Anonymous Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:51:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9429 When I'm in any gay bar and women are there getting drunk and shrieking I feel like I'm in Disneyland at the It's a Small World Ride. Except I'm the ride and they are just traveling through on little boats staring at me/us and pointing as we sing and dance for them like animatronic puppets.<br/><br/>I don't care most of the time if they're in a gay bar but sometimes it really ruins my evening and I feel like saying, "get the fuck outta my bar". It's not that their women but that they're straight. It's not like any random gay dude can go to a straight bar and do the same without getting beaten up or at least fearing that will happen. When I’m in any gay bar and women are there getting drunk and shrieking I feel like I’m in Disneyland at the It’s a Small World Ride. Except I’m the ride and they are just traveling through on little boats staring at me/us and pointing as we sing and dance for them like animatronic puppets.

I don’t care most of the time if they’re in a gay bar but sometimes it really ruins my evening and I feel like saying, “get the fuck outta my bar”. It’s not that their women but that they’re straight. It’s not like any random gay dude can go to a straight bar and do the same without getting beaten up or at least fearing that will happen.

]]> By: copp3rred http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9428 copp3rred Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:02:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9428 Can you do something about the body bag sized purses straight women carry in and then proceed to bump, smack and whack every other person in sight with nary an apology? Can you do something about the body bag sized purses straight women carry in and then proceed to bump, smack and whack every other person in sight with nary an apology?

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9427 Anonymous Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:25:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9427 I don't go to Cobalt b/c it is sad. Its like going back in time 20 years. I don’t go to Cobalt b/c it is sad. Its like going back in time 20 years.

]]> By: Michael http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9426 Michael Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:01:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9426 I was at Cobalt after a LONG hiatus and it does feel quite different. Keep up the good work... nice to have a place other than the Fox to go on 17th street :) I was at Cobalt after a LONG hiatus and it does feel quite different. Keep up the good work… nice to have a place other than the Fox to go on 17th street :)

]]> By: Cobalt is Tired http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9425 Cobalt is Tired Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:11:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9425 Worry less about admiting straights and more about making the place less boring. Worry less about admiting straights and more about making the place less boring.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9424 Anonymous Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:49:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9424 As a gay woman who has been denied entry in he past for my footwear (and felt pretty uncomfortable the other times I'd been there-- I can't explain how hard it was to get a drink unless I asked one of my male friends to order for me) I definitely applaud the steps you're taking.<br/><br/>Keep up the good work, hopefully you'll earn back the parts of the DC community that you lost in the past. As a gay woman who has been denied entry in he past for my footwear (and felt pretty uncomfortable the other times I’d been there– I can’t explain how hard it was to get a drink unless I asked one of my male friends to order for me) I definitely applaud the steps you’re taking.

Keep up the good work, hopefully you’ll earn back the parts of the DC community that you lost in the past.

]]> By: Mike B. http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/new-cobalt.html#comment-9423 Mike B. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:25:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-new-cobalt/#comment-9423 Bravo. A female friend told me about a time that she was refused entry to Cobalt because of the infamous "high heel" rule... and how she's hated the place ever since.<br/><br/>At the time I defended the place -- maybe high heels really were bad for the floors. Ever the naive optimist, I just couldn't imagine that a gay bar of all places would put a blatantly discriminatory policy like that into place, then wallpaper it with some bullshit rationalization. Silly me.<br/><br/>But I'm glad the policy's gone, and glad that you're getting out there and making things right. Bravo. A female friend told me about a time that she was refused entry to Cobalt because of the infamous “high heel” rule… and how she’s hated the place ever since.

At the time I defended the place — maybe high heels really were bad for the floors. Ever the naive optimist, I just couldn’t imagine that a gay bar of all places would put a blatantly discriminatory policy like that into place, then wallpaper it with some bullshit rationalization. Silly me.

But I’m glad the policy’s gone, and glad that you’re getting out there and making things right.

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