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By Kirsten Chuba. Events Editor. For more than 35 years, West Hollywood has been a Mecca for queer-owned businesses, housing dozens of gay bars and clubs along Santa Monica Boulevard. Flaming Saddles owner Jacqui Squatriglia, who announced the closure of the country western bar Aug. Her landlord, however, pressured her to reopen, and after she insisted on staying closed, the two made a verbal agreement to allow her to stay in the space and reopen at a safer date; shortly after, she says, he changed his mind and Flaming Saddles was out.

And after a half-decade of employing gay men from West Hollywood, she is worried about what comes next. Flaming Saddles was a safe space and I think that more than anything is important to the community there. While it has been able to open on and off throughout the year by offering outdoor dining on its large patio, it is now fully closed amid L.

Even in the liberal bubble that is Los Angeles, safe spaces are important. Outside of West Hollywood, Akbar has also struggled to stay afloat. But friends convinced them to launch an online campaign to save the bar, and their commitment to the LGBTQ community inspired them to keep fighting. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day.

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