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Weekend Surprises 1: Guerrilla Queer Bar

What surprised me about … The Guerrilla Queer Bar 100th happy hour at Green Pastures on Friday: The lack of status tension one notes in most gay bars. Richard MacKinnon and friends initiated the Austin version of this national phenomenon — sort of like an early flash mob — in which gay men descend at the last minute on a straight establishment for the evening, instantly diversifying the crowd and delighting the owners, who benefit from dozens, sometimes hundreds of fresh customers. “Guys tell me they’ve been to so many more places than they would have otherwise,” says MacKinnon. “Most of them just end up at Oilcan Harry’s.”

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Adam Toguchi, Bruce Weatherford

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Scott Quinn, Steve Olivares, Frank Genco

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Richard MacKinnon, David Byers

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Jay Velgos, Chris Vojczuk, Sean McGrath (Mace Welch, outside the frame, alas, closed his eyes)

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