One gay bar that wasn't participating in the boycott was the XES Lounge on 24th Street and 7th Avenue. Other bars participating in the boycott include Ty’s, Boots & Saddle, Elmo’s, Posh, Barracuda, Ninth Avenue Saloon, Gym sports bar, and G lounge, and the Eagle NYC. On Sunday most of the Russian booze was in storage, he said. There were large empty spaces on the top shelves where it used to be prominently displayed. “Russian vodka isn’t the only type of vodka.”īoxer is the largest LGBT seller of Stoli in the city, Garcia said.
“This is a small retaliation that we hope is going to pick up,” Mike Garcia, 21, manager at the Boxer Sports Bar in West Village. New York City gay bars joined bars in Chicago and Los Angeles in refusing to sell Russian spirits, including the popular vodka, Stolichnaya. The boycott is a response to Russia’s anti-gay laws, which forbid gay parents from adopting children and allow police officers to arrest people spreading 'gay propaganda.' WEST VILLAGE - A group of gay bars are standing up for their LGBT Russian comrades by dumping Russian vodka.
