Poor Ian Reisner. He just can’t catch a break. We almost feel sorry for him now.
This weekend, the gay hotelier found himself the target of yet another protest when the gay rights group Queer Nation flew private plane over Fire Island trailing a banner promoting the boycott of the millionaire’s businesses there.
Boycott Hi/Lo Tea! Fight For Full LGBT Rights! the sign read.
The stunt accrued during “High Tea” and “Low Tea” cocktail hours held at the Pavilion, a popular Fire Island night club owned by Reisner. He also owns Botel, Bistro, Sip-N-Twirl, Blue Whale, Pines Pizza and the Cultured Elephant.
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In a press release, Queer Nation said: “We can get married on Sunday and then evicted or fired on Monday in many states in this country. Yet two gay business owners are making money off of the LGBT community at a world-famous gay vacation spot and then giving that money to outspoken anti-LGBT politicians who would keep us from winning those rights.”
“Is doing without a cocktail at Tea such a sacrifice to make in our struggle for true equality?”
Reisner’s problems hardly stop there. A Facebook group also organized a protest, delivering postcards to every home in the Pines and plastering the island with hundreds of posters alerting people about Reisner’s political shenanigans.
On top of all that, Reisner is also facing a lawsuit filed by four current and former Out Hotel employees who say were denied overtime wages and suffered discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
The moral of the story: Don’t screw over your own people.
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h/t: Gay City News
ingyaom
“The stunt accrued”? Accrued what, frequent flyer miles?
Glenn Wentzel
Not only is this guy rude and obnoxious (I’ve seen him on last season’s Million Dollar Listings NY), but he’s a terrible business man if he can’t get gays to spend money.
Avery Alvarez
He looks like a lizard. NO wonder he has to use drugs to coerce young men into whatever it is he wants them to do.
I know it’s not an argument to attack his looks, but I think all that needs to be said about this character has already been said. Until the redux, anyway, where we find out he’s donated to many more anti-gay nazis and has been doing it for a while.
onthemark
One of his competitors should sell CHEAP AND ENTITLED T-shirts on Fire Island, they’d be a hit!
Kangol
Another Reisner T-shirt:
HE HATES GAYS,
ONLY WANTS YOUR $$$
or:
REISNER’S IN CRUZ’S POCKET,
KEEP HIM OUT OF YOURS!
Giancarlo85
Shitty right wing business man who ran a successful piece of real estate, in a high profit area, into the ground.
Desert Boy
Ian Reisner: a pox on your house.
jwtraveler
Call e cnic but ietF Island 1% queens car moreabo ther middcoctais than about housing and employment discrimination in the less progressive states.
you’re posting my commentstoo slow. Speed up.
Harley
Yep. Saw him on Million Dollar Listing and the guy is a complete asshole. Wanting to steal the commission right out from under the realtor. Expects other people to do the hard work while he rakes in all the profit. ASSHOLIO big time.
Sluggo2007
@Harley: Typical New York Jew.
shane15235
any friend of ted cruz is no friend of mine, and i don’t want him to get a dime of my money. we also need to send a message to other similarly inclined anti-gay-gays that we won’t give our money to those who oppose equality.
Cam
@Harley:
I love how he pretends that he is also so wealthy and yet he was trying to steal a commission??
Kangol
@Sluggo2007: Can we please not make r@cist, anti-Semitic statements on this site? Please? You can criticize Reisner, even call out his Zionism, without hateful statements against millions of people.
1EqualityUSA
Usually, I like the photos accompanying the articles, but this one disturbs me. I don’t like the line near his head. I appears to be aerial assault alright. I hope it was unintentional.
If he supports anti-equality politicians, then we should ignore him and his businesses.
Sluggo2007
@Kangol: It is what it is, Kangol, even if you can’t accept the truth.