Despite saMAN‘s obvious affections for LezLo and her recent MySpace Sarah Palin rant, the DJ turned down an offer to spin at a benefit to save West Village’s lesbian institution Rubyfruit.
The 15-year-old bar was named after Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle. Serving as a lesbian landmark in New York, Rubyfruit has hosted the likes of dykon Martina Navratilova and Tammy Lynn Michaels, who later declared her commitment to Melissa Etheridge.
Recently, however, escalating rent and declining business threatened to shut the place down. A wealthy benefactor came to the bar’s rescue and it will close temporarily for remodeling and reopening as the RF Lounge.
saMAN would have DJed at the opening benefit party.
Owner Debra Fiero said that plans were running smoothly with saMAN until the DJ learned that the Rubyfruit is a gay and lesbian bar. Then she reportedly dropped out because she doesn’t do “those kinds of venues.”
Oh, we see – “those kinds.”
saMAN’s spokesman, Brandon Phelps, claims otherwise, saying that they were never approached by the bar.
Denial seems to be a running theme with saMAN, especially considering her “friendship” with LezLo.
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