If you ever felt like owning a piece of LGBTQ leather history — or perhaps one day, once we get past these miserable times of COVID-19, operate your own iconic leather bar — the legendary DC Eagle could be yours for the right price. (Scroll to the bottom of the article for our daily “Eagle Bid Watch.”)
The trade name and logo of the onetime venerable leather, kink, and BDSM bar are currently for sale at Rasmus Auctions, a D.C.-based business that handles estate and business liquidations. The DC Eagle listing reads as follows:
“Rights & Title to the famous DC Eagle Bar includes tradename [sic], logo, domain name, website, facebook [sic] page and other social media acces [sic]. By order of The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.”
Throughout its 48-year history, the DC Eagle served as a go-to destination and gathering place for members of the leather, Levi, kink, fetish, and BDSM communities. Its importance to the community cannot be underestimated. Among other notable facts, it had the longest-running leather title contest of any bar in the country.
The bar relocated five times, and frequently changed ownership throughout its history, first opening in 1971 at 904 9th St. NW, in the city’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. Its most recent location at Benning Road opened in 2015. Due to the persistence of various owners to keep the valuable brand alive, the DC Eagle was seen by many as indestructible. A sale of the building in 2019 for a reported $1.5 million, followed by alleged mismanagement of funds, eventually brought the mighty bird down.
The auction for the trade name and logo closes on October 16, 2020 at 3:04 p.m. Those with an interest in bidding can apply here.
We will be monitoring the auction daily and updating the ongoing total below. Feel free to bookmark this page and visit anytime to see where the current bidding for the name and rights to the DC Eagle.
A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, found a local man guilty of threatening to kill former U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Following a two-day trial, the jury found Frank Stanzione, 53, of Boynton Beach, guilty of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to kidnap or injure another person for leaving an expletive-laden message on the voicemail of the former congressman's Washington office.
According to prosecutors, Stanzione called the office from his home on January 29, 2023, and began recording a message in which he called Santos, a "fat fucking piece of shit fucker."
Pride flags are officially banned from flying above U.S. embassies.
The provision, part of a larger $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending bill to keep the government funded through September 30, was signed into law by President Biden on March 23.
Under the provision, no government funds may be used to fly or display any flag over any State Department facilities, unless that flag is the United States flag, a state or tribal government flag, an official agency flag, the POW/MIA flag, the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, or -- as in the case of embassies -- the sovereign flag of other countries, reports NBC News.
The Virginia Department of Health has reported a recent increase in mpox infections in the state.
According to Health Department data, there have been 14 reported cases of mpox since January 1. Four of these required patients to be hospitalized.
The number of cases of mpox in 2024 has already surpassed the total number of cases reported last year. Of the 2024 cases, six occurred in individuals co-infected with HIV, and all cases occurred among individuals that were not vaccinated against mpox.
The cases are spread over four separate health regions: the Northern region, which includes the D.C. suburbs; the Northwest region, including the far-out exurbs of D.C. and the Northern Shenandoah Valley; the Central region, including Greater Richmond and Southside Virginia; and Eastern Virginia, including the Northern Neck, Hampton Roads, and the Eastern Shore regions.
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