Details Magazine: MEET THE FEARSOME GAY GANGSTERS OF BASH BACK!

[Mari333]

They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re not going home until they kick some ass.
By David France

As instructed, I drive to the end of a dead-end street in Lansing, Michigan, past restless dogs and rusty cars on cinder blocks, then climb a fence and slide down a dirt embankment to the railroad tracks. It’s early evening, cold for April. In the distance I see an old concrete bunker, an artifact of the city’s boom years. Over the phone, Andy told me to look for him at “Frankenstein’s Castle,” so I head toward the bunker on a hunch. When he sees me coming, he steps to the doorway and opens a beer. He’s dressed from hood to boots in dark clothing except for this: Across his face, bandit-style, he has tied a pink bandanna. Three more figures emerge from the shadows, also behind pink masks. I was told not to inquire into their identities. “Here’s the deal: No information that can incriminate us,” Andy warned.

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It was not a happy homecoming. About 20 activists formed a picket line out front while a dozen others snuck inside to disrupt the service. One faction rose to chant, “Jesus was a homo,” while flinging pamphlets, glitter, and condoms into the air. Another dropped an 18-foot BASH BACK! banner from the balcony. As ushers scrambled to collect the condoms, two women moved toward the pulpit, where they launched into a lusty kiss.

The response was harsh from nearly all camps. The local paper described the protest as “boorish” and “self-defeating.” Chuck Norris, a well-known conservative, condemned it in a blog post, and Bill O’Reilly, who branded the group a mob of gay terrorists, called on Michigan attorney general Mike Cox to take a stand. Cox declined, but Bash Back!’s members remain wary of outsiders. It took me three months to arrange this meeting.











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[DainBramaged]

1. It's about time. Good on them.....