Michigan’s Tawas Bay Beach Resort’s about to see an influx of homos – and they won’t be gay. A former guest named Angela Potter alleges another guest attacked her during her stay. In the course of the attack, says Potter, who’s a lesbian, the man hurled some homophobic epithets.
Hoping to see the man in the clink, Potter asked the Resort to call the police. Staffers told her they had done so, but, in fact, had not. When Potter pressed the issue, staffers asked her to leave.
Now, Potter and Michigan’s Triangle Foundation are planning a good old fashion protest. On Saturday, Septemeber 22, from 11am-3pm, Potter and other activists will storm the Resort’s lobby looking for justice.
Potter says she’s not only acting to help herself, but raise awareness of anti-gay sentiments and inaction:
I’m doing it because I want other people to know that it’s still possible in Michigan to be physically attacked just because you’re a lesbian. And sadly it’s still possible for the people who are responsible for protecting us to ignore their responsibility.
Speaking of responsibility: coppers are finally on the case and treating it as a hate crime.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Jon
Where is the rest of this story? What were the circumstances behind the attack? Was she just sitting by the pool and the guy came up and attacked her? Did she do something to him first? There is always another side to the story and Queerty should research what that is before condemning this resort and reporting that a hate crime has been committed. Shouldn’t journalists give a fair and unbiased story?
Lek
I have to agree with Jon that more details, like the circumstances of the attack would have been helpful. (Not that I doubt Potter.) But some of this kind of feels like hearsay reporting. I’m all for a e-mail/letter protest if the staff refused to call police. Has there been a statement issued by the resort manager/owner.
stepen
The whole story is on 365gay.com
The man attacked her as her and her friends were on the beach AFTER they had been social with the very same men. The group of friends even bought the attacker and his friends drinks.
The resort did nothing to report this according to the actual police department who told between the lines news that the call from the attacked was the first one they had received.
Mr. B
What’s all this about needing more details? Vague reports of assaults of gay men happen all the time and no one questions it. But then when it happens to a dyke (with the possible exception of Josie from Top Chef), there’s all this murmur in the comments section about how implausible it is. What ever happened to queer solidarity? Oh…right.
Fags aren’t the only people who get attacked for no reason. And I say this as a fag who HAS been attacked for no reason. I wound up not pressing charges, by the way, because aside from the local PD being relatively unhelpful, the cop who took my statement repeatedly asked me what I did “to provoke” the assailant, including going so far as to suggest that I had propositioned him.
Maybe that’s why these mutterings of “bullshit” get my hackles up. Why the double standard?
Ron
I just have to say that it does not matter what the circumstances are. We are gays no matter what type of sex we are or prefer and should always back each other up as we all know you can get nothing done or changed in this country unless we fight back together and use all our brothers and sisters to fight back oh and cash is the next big thing we have to use in this country to change things. Im so glad i do not buy anything from that town and when i go up north now i will make sure to not stop in this town. I hope that they will learn from there mistakes. SHAME ON THE HOTEL AND THE STAFF. I realy have to say that i cant belive that any gay person would have chosen to saty in TAWAS as it is really a inbreed town with nothing to offer but inbreed religious freeks.