Written by In a show of civic and civil solidarity, town residents and tourists turned out en masse to celebrate Diversity at noon in Basin Spring Park on Saturday, August 4th. There were singles, couples, entire families with kids, dogs and even a pig. They stood shoulder to shoulder to mug for the camera with big, genuine [...]
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Summer 2007 Diversity Weekend
Because GLBT travelers can’t get enough of the place our favorite preacher calls “the most homosexual city in the South,” Eureka Springs cannot content itself with just one Gay Pride Day nor even a single Southern Decadence meltdown per year. Nooooooooo, we got to have ourselves four–count ‘em four–Diversity Weekends scattered throughout the 12-month calendar. [...]
READ MORE »Gay business owners unite to promote gay tourism
On the heels of a successful campaign to have the first municipal Domestic Partnership Registry in Arkansas, gay and lesbian business owners in Eureka Springs are now joining forces to create the first gay business association in the state. The goal, advocates say, is to bring more gay tourists to a resort town that has [...]
READ MORE »Bye-bye Hells Angels, hello you little devils
On the level you’re a little devil (but I’ll soon make an angel of you.)–Ragtime ditty, 1918 The Hells Angels left Eureka Springs on Sunday morning in a cloud of exhaust and badass attitude. Curtain call. Set change. Enter stage left: Simmering Summer Diversity revelers and their faithful, helpful saviors– the Jericho Riders– who will [...]
READ MORE »Local Gang Declares Truce In Turf War
We knew it was bound to happen. Choppers in the air, FBI with 12″ telephoto lenses cleverly concealed in black sedans and tall grass plus more State Police than flies at a July picnic. They were poised, ready, alert and on-guard en masse. For weeks they have been working with local law enforcement in surrounding [...]
READ MORE »Noah spotted leaving town, rainbow to follow
We found Noah on Highway 62 yesterday hauling beasts off the Ark one by one. We’re not sure if the animals pictured at right were destined for the burnt offering or if they’re busily replenishing the world’s stock of pink elephants by now. (We didn’t want to ask.) But Noah was last seen headed west [...]
READ MORE »Meanwhile back in Hell
This sign at Caribe Restaurante y Cantina says it all: The Hells Angels are here with their faithful companions and the town is excited–the vast majority of the town anyway. Regional TV stations did manage to dig deep enough to find somebody to complain on camera. But, when you actually drive down the highways in [...]
READ MORE »Welcome to Hell
The missionary disciples of the Gay News Independent Mini Cooper Ministry went out to cruise the multitudes today– where we observed a curious phenomenon: nearly every motel marquee on our official E/W village arterial (US Hwy 62) says, “Welcome Hells Angels.” That’s right. The Hells Angels are coming to town. They’re expected to rumble over [...]
READ MORE »Winners ‘n Sinners
NOAH? YOU CAN RETIRE NOW Sinner: “We don’t believe that a Rainbow is a symbol of perversion or an alternative lifestyle. We do believe it is our promise from God that the world will never be flooded again.”–Jericho Riders motorcycle ministry. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KIDS TODAY? Winner: “The culture shift is becoming more and [...]
READ MORE »Showdown at the Oh Gay! Corral: Holy Rollers VS. Wholly Homos at Basin Park August 4
Predictions that the Domestic Partnership Registry would doom faith-based tourism in Eureka Springs were, apparently, way off target. A Christian motorcycle group from Missouri says hundreds of its followers will join thousands of gay visitors to celebrate the city’s annual Summer Diversity Weekend, Aug. 3-5. Identifying itself as an “independent motorcycle ministry,” the Jericho Riders [...]
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