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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tioga Sequoia Brewing Company successful Downtown Fresno closed its doors connected Monday aft the brewery received backlash for taking its LGBTQ+ Pride emblem down.
"It's truly upsetting. If you cognize the community, a batch of radical present are LGBTQ," said Azul Lopez, who frequents Downtown Fresno.
"Why would you instrumentality it down successful the archetypal place, you know, if you enactment it, permission it up," she added.
Employees didn't privation to look connected camera, but they archer Action News a manager astatine the brewery decided to instrumentality the emblem down due to the fact that helium wanted to grow clientele.
After connection of the flag's removal circulated online connected Friday, sparking backlash, the pridefulness emblem was enactment backmost up.
Action News reached retired to Michael Cruz - the President of Tioga Sequoia Brewing Company.
He wasn't disposable for an on-camera interrogation but sent implicit a connection that says successful part:
"There was ne'er immoderate volition of removing the emblem to harm, disrespect, oregon alteration our stance connected that. We admit and consciousness remorse for this egregious misunderstanding."
Still radical are upset.
"There was a small spot of contention with however the concern was handled, I consciousness similar it could of been handled a small spot better,"
Kenneth Garcia, besides known arsenic KG559, is simply a section DJ.
He has hosted respective events astatine the brewery for the past fewer years.
On Friday, Garcia sent implicit an email expressing however upset helium was to perceive that the pridefulness emblem was taken down.
He said erstwhile helium didn't perceive backmost from management, helium decided to chopped ties with the brewery for aboriginal events.
"I conscionable consciousness similar that emblem symbolizes a harmless abstraction for america present successful Fresno. And that's thing that we worked hard to bring to for the past fewer years. For that, I consciousness similar that was benignant of ripped retired of our hands, it's crazy," said Garcia.
Cruz plans to conscionable with his unit connected Monday evening. He said helium wants to amended recognize what led to the removal of the emblem and to fig retired however to determination guardant with the community.
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