ABCNews:
Virginians’ Guidebooks to Minneapolis Returned to Publisher Due to Gay Nightlife Section

A campaign official for the Virginia Lieutenant Governor cancelled an order for 150 guidebooks to entertainment in Minneapolis-St. Paul after discovering they included a 6-8 page section for gay and lesbian nightclubs.

A campaign official for the Virginia Lieutenant Governor canceled an order for 150 guidebooks to entertainment in Minneapolis-St. Paul after discovering they included a 6-8 page section for gay and lesbian nightclubs.

(ABC)

“Having a section dedicated solely to GLBT will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can’t hand them out,” wrote the aide, Melissa Busse, in an email to the guidebook publisher, Rake Publishing, obtained by ABC affiliate KSTP.

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling said he was not aware of the decision by his aide and disagrees with it.

The books, intended as welcome gifts to members of the Virginia delegation, were called “Secrets of the City.”

Rake’s website features information and listings for an array of nightlife activities for gays and lesbians in the Minneapolis area, including “queer speed dating”, trivia night, and dildo bingo.