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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kathryn Post

Queer bars offer sacred space for LGBTQ community

Leah Epling

When actor Daniel Franzese visited Jerusalem in November, he looked for God in all the usual places.

But it wasn’t at the Western Wall or Mount of Olives where he encountered the divine, but in a hole-in-the-wall ’80s-style gay bar that was hosting a “David and Jonathan” theme night for religious queer people.

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