“Enriching the Coors family enriches the anti-gay movement in our country. “With the renewed effort to place Coors products in our establishments, we thought it necessary to remind our community of the Coors family’s anti-gay history,” said Art Johnston, co-owner of Sidetrack, one of Chicago’s largest and most popular gay establishments. Coors has faced gay and labor boycotts since the 1970s and has tried for years to place its products in Chicago’s gay and lesbian nightclubs. The signers charge that Coors family members are some of the biggest contributors to anti-gay organizations and initiatives. CHICAGO – Chicago’s three gay newspapers are carrying a March 19 open letter ad signed by almost two-dozen Chicago gay bar owners urging people not to buy Coors Company products.
