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Drag Queens Suing Rockefeller Center
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John Del Signore
Published Aug 1, 2008
Modified Aug 1, 2008
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A fierce group of drag queens are suing Rockefeller Center, alleging that security guards tried to stop them from taking photos outside in the plaza and ordered them to disperse. WCBS reports that the festively dressed transvestites were having a gay old time taking photos of themselves when security guards approached and said they were not allowed to take pictures in the plaza.
A YouTube video (also after the jump) shows the chaotic scene, with lots of yelling in Spanish and sour-faced security personal trying to shoo away the increasingly incensed drag queens. One of them tells the Post, “They wouldn't give us a reason for why we couldn't be there, but we're pretty sure it's because of how we were dressed.” After a lot of booing, the group was finally allowed to stay, but they’ve filed discrimination complaints with the state Division of Human Rights.
A Rockefeller Center spokeswoman said, "Rockefeller Center is visited and loved each year by millions of people of all cultures and backgrounds. We do not discriminate."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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