Nick Adams Victim of Gay Discrimination ?

[MarkK]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 10:41am

Per The Advocate, Nick Adams claims to be a victim of Gay discrimination

Broadway star Nick Adams -- who is as well known for his extensive theater resume as he is for last year's tabloid-concocted tiff with A Chorus Line costar Mario Lopez over who had the better bod -- took to his Twitter and Facebook page over the weekend after he and his boyfriend were turned away from a predominantly straight Manhattan bar.


"Adams tweeted that he and his boyfriend were denied entry to the Turtle Bay Grill and Lounge by a bouncer who claimed their white T-shirts were in violation of the bar's dress code. Adams says he and his boyfriend were holding hands, something he says the bouncer took notice of and, with a laugh, turned them away."

Legit complaint, or PR stunt for his upcoming Birdland show?


The Advocate Updated On: 8/1/09 at 10:41 AM

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 10:46am

The dress code clearly states "No plain white T-shirts." If that's what they were wearing, the bouncer has ever right to say they cannot enter.

http://www.turtlebaynyc.com/

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 10:56am

Broadway star???

[Soliantu]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 10:58am

I'm not famiar with the place, but if the dress code soes indeed say no plain white T-Shirts.. then the bouncer was just doing his job.. he should've checked that after the incident before playing the discrimination card.

[fgreene1938]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:01am

There is a dress code at Turtle Bay and it doesn't allow white t-shirts. And if bouncers in NY made a habit of denying entrance to gay men, most bars and restaurants would go out of business. Gay discrimination is a very serious issue and having Narcicisstic Nick trivialize it in this way is sickening. The most shocking thing about this story is that Nick Adams was wearing a shirt at all. I thought he had a clothing allergy.
Updated On: 7/31/09 at 11:01 AM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:12am

No, just a fashion victim.

I agree with fgreene. This is a case of crying wolf if I ever saw one.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:13am

If you read the full article, it APPEARS to a discrimination . . . . other men in white t-shirts going to the club with women were allowed in. Personally, I think he handled himself well and I hope Turtle Bay takes him up on a donation to Equity Fights AIDS, a public apology to him and the gay community, and a suggestion to the bouncer that he look for employment elsewhere.

[MarkK]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:14am

fgreene1938- You have expressed my thoughts exactly. discrimination whether by race, gender,or sexuality is very serious accusation to make against a person or a restaurant for that matter, and it should not be taken lightly. And, I'm not sure if this is actually Gay discrimination.

If it's true, then Nick has every right to make his case. If not, he is potentailly destroying someone's reputation and business becasue his feelings got hurt when he was not admitted into a bar for wearing a t-shirt.

We are also only hearing one side of the story here.




Updated On: 8/2/09 at 11:14 AM

[Soliantu]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:18am

Agreed. But if the above poster is right in the fact that there were other people walking in with white T-shirts, whom were with women, then yes I would agree that there was discimination happening.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:29am

Quite the intense dress code!


Nick Adams should go away.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:49am

I guess I would need to see proof that they let other guys in white t-shirts inside. If you read the article, he's the one claiming it, so basically it's his word against theirs.

Updated On: 7/31/09 at 11:49 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:51am

Interesting that he says they were holding hands. In his blog - where someone hilariously nails him as having Narcissistic Personality Disorder - he doesn't mention that part.

Posted: 7/31/09 at 11:56am

I think a night out at a bar is an occasion- if you don't dress up you are showing disrespect to the bartender, DJ and all the bar backs. I hate when I am enjoying a bar and fellow patrons are sloppily dressed or (worse yet) texting while a bartender is mixing their drink or a DJ is spinning. I salute the usher's refusal to let them enter and I wish more bars did the same.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:00pm

I can't comment as to whether or not this incident was discrimination.

But some New York bars/restaurants have dress code policies they enforce arbitrarily.

I remember someone trying to go to The Campbell Apartment wearing a leg cast without a shoe. "No shoe, no entry, no exceptions." The Campbell also bans sneakers... unless you're a recognizable celebrity, in that case welcome aboard.

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:36pm

The key word in Mr. Adams' case: Recognizable.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:38pm

When will he go away??

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:38pm

What about those of us who suffer from gay discrimination at bars all the time because we don't look like Nick Adams? Does he care about that? NO.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:51pm

Gee-God... he took this incident to The Advocate?

He REALLY needs to get a grip on his 'celebrity'. It was impressive and admirable how he was creating his own press via the internet but all this 'Nick Adams' press crap (the gay magazines coverage, etc.) is really starting to get to his own head.

Poor guy... he's still a chorus dancer in real-life but a Broadway Superstar in his head and to his fan base.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:55pm

He has a fan base?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 12:55pm

I doubt that he is all that recognizable outside the theater community.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 1:02pm

Who is his bf?

[fgreene1938]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 1:05pm

The Advocate referred to him as a Broadway star. He was a chorus replacement in Chicago, had ten lines as a replacement in A Chorus Line, and was a chorus boy in Pirate Queen and Guys and Dolls, both of which flopped. But he does a lot of gay press, frequently shirtless, and they go ga-ga over him. That's why the Advocate jumped at this, and made a big deal of the incident and him. Sorry, but the gay community has more serious issues to concern itself with than the whiny affrontery of a self-involved chorus boy.

And I just can't believe Nick would risk his fan-base by admitting he was wearing a shirt. Scandalous.
Updated On: 7/31/09 at 01:05 PM

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 1:17pm

He has said that he wants to keep the bf's identity private.

I am really surprised by all the hate for Nick here. This is a pretty clear case of discrimination, but because it's Nick, whom many of you dislike so much, it isn't important? Yes, the TB has a dress code, and it does include "Plain white t-shirts", but regardless of whether you believe Nick that others in white t-shirts were allowed in after he was refused, all you have to do is look at their own website (if they haven't deleted the images by now). White t-shirts a-plenty.

You don't get to decide whether or not it's discrimination based on whether or not you like the guy being discriminated against.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 1:18pm

No, it's a case of one person's word against another's.

[MarkK]

Posted: 7/31/09 at 1:29pm

It's not a "clear case of discrimination" it's open to debate on if it was, or if he overreacted, or if he is trying to drum up press for his Birdland performance.

The Advocate has this article listed under their Gay Activism section

And the last line of the article is, " Adams is gearing up for his solo cabaret show debut at New York's famed Birdland on August 17. For more information visit BirdlandJazz.com or Adams's official website"

I guess he wasn't traumatized enough to forget to plug his show.