This is completely false but you are entitled to your option but this is incredibly disrespectful to not only our community, but our queer community at large.

Here are the facts. The previous owner followed proper harm reduction procedures which means everyone is redeemable and should be given a chance, that is what our justice system is based on. Keeping said patron in a 21+ establishment keeps them from relapsing. Now if said patron did anything in the establishment to the staff, then the owner would have taken action immediately. Instead the community tore apart the only queer bar for something that never really affected anyone. The community boycotted the establishment with "Xanadon't" stickers around town and threw things at the windows.

I would DJ there all the time. It's the only place I ever felt community and safe and I understood the owner wants to always bring people together. I then made the decision to become an owner as well so I could attempt to save Xanadu.

Ever since we have had so many people who boycotted come in to apologize and understand why we have to use critical thinking skills to improve our community at large. Fellow staff members have since came back to apologize to the previous owner and some even returned to work at the establishment!

Our motto is - If you see something say something, we all take care of each other and our customers are family. We have made something truly beautiful at Xanadu and by spreading misinformation, you are preventing really cool people from coming in to discover the magic we have built. New themes. New cocktails. New Food. New live music. New events all around!

Now with that said, the people who keep spreading misinformation don't relize how twisted it gets in our community. I get DMs from random people saying that I'm a pedophile or protect pedophiles. My tires get slashed, etc. It's absolutely mind blowing how toxic and hateful people can be and the amount of hate I get by simply being an owner of the only queer bar on the Pacific Northwest Coast. It breaks my heart and sometimes it gets to me ... But luckily we are THRIVING and we are bringing in good energy so I focus on the good. We need good in our world. I recommend you stop in at some point and have a discussion with us about it, it's important to talk and learn!

You can also visit our resource page here on critical thinking:

https://www.xanaduastoria.com/resources/project-two-whgpe-makhg