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YOTEL New York responds to gay bashing, says mistakes were made

Yotel responds to Gay Bashing Allegations

After reporting that a bias attack took place over the weekend at a bar located inside YOTEL New York, GaySocialites.com spoke exclusively with a representative authorized to speak on behalf of the hotel who said his organization is committed to supporting the LGBT community, especially considering that many members of his organization fit into that demographic.

Although Geoffrey Mills, Yotel’s Managing Director, wasn’t present when the incident occurred, he was briefed on the sequence of events by reviewing the surveillance video shot on cameras placed throughout the bar and taking testimony from staff members working that night.  He also said he has been in contact with those involved in the incident to gather their side of the story and regain their loyalty as customers.

Mills, however, admits the incident didn’t exactly unfold without flaws.

“I think mistakes were made by several people,” he said.

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Liza Minnelli among Daniel Nardicio's star-studded Fire Island rundown for Summer 2012

Daniel Nardicio bringing Liza Minnelli to Fire Island

GaySocialites.com can exclusively report that Liza Minnelli is coming to Fire Island this summer as a part of promoter Daniel Nardicio’s star-studded rundown planned for Cherry Grove this season.

“My summer plans: LIZA MINNELLI!” Nardicio told GaySocialites.com exclusively.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fire Island Pines not for sale despite reports

FIP Ventures not selling Fire Island Pines resort

FIP Partners Matthew Blesso, Seth Weissman and Andrew Kirtzman

GaySocialites.com can EXCLUSIVELY report that FIP Ventures is not selling their holdings in the Fire Island Pines, and the three partners will remain in control of the properties.  As such, please consider this a retraction (something we rarely d0) to the previously published article in which we cited a blogger who seems to have published a completely inaccurate story.

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EXCLUSIVE: XL Nightclub in NYC is getting a new Thursday night weekly party

Earlier this morning, GaySocialites.com told you about the changes already taking place at New York City’s newest nightlife attraction, XL Nightclub.  In “I Heard…”, you learned of a new Thursday night event.  Now, GaySocialites.com can exclusively report the details of this new weekly party and take a look at the controversies that may lie ahead.

GaySocialites.com has learned that the new Thursday night at XL Nightclub will be called “20Something”, and the guys behind it are already familiar names if you party on Thursday nights in Chelsea.  ”20 Something” is the brainchild of Justin Luke and Steve Sidewalk who currently work at Splash for Campus Thursdays, a long-running twinky affair brought to you by Alan Picus and BoiParty.com.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Huntsman for Vice-President?

Jon Huntsman surprised many Republican voters on Monday when he withdrew from the race to become the GOP nominee for President. While doing so, Huntsman endorsed front-runner Mitt Romney calling him the “best equipped” to stop Barack Obama’s bid for re-election in November’s general election. Now, Republican fundraisers tell GaySocialites.com exclusively that Huntsman might top Romney’s short-list of choices to run on his ticket as Vice-President.

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