LA Strippers Win Approval to Unionize Netflix Drops LGBTQ Tag on ‘Dahmer’ Series After Criticism

An official from the National Labor Relations Board gave strippers at a Los Angeles club approval to unionize earlier this month.

Mori Rubin, the regional director of NLRB, scheduled a mail ballot for exotic dancers and disc jockeys at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar to be mailed by Oct. 14 and counted on Nov. 7, according to Bloomberg News.

The order setting an election for the dancers to possibly select Actors’ Equity Association as the bargaining representative is a step forward to

Queer Icon Dies,

From page 6 honey, I’m fine. I don’t have COVID,’” Jordan joked in one of the videos. “I don’t know how I did it because now I scramble for content.... Every day, I’m thinking, ‘Oh, my God! I need to post. What should I come up with?’”

A statement from David Shaul, Jordan’s representative, was made in his honor.

“The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan,” Shaul said. “Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times. What he lacked in height he made up for in generosity and greatness as a son, brother, artist, making Star Garden the first unionized strop club since 1996, according to Bloomberg. that he has left the world at the height of both his professional and personal life is the only solace one can have today.”

Union campaigns are taking off among retail and service industries, including the most recent at Starbucks Corp. coffee shops, Apple Inc. retail stores and Trader Joes grocery stores. Bloomberg reported that while employment classification is a heavily litigated issue in the exotic dancing industry, a Trump-era NLRB decision found dancers to be employees under the NLRA.

Star Garden’s attorneys were not immediately responsive to request for comments to Bloomberg.

Tributes from Hollywood mounted over social media for the star, strongly about his representation of the LGBTQ community.

Sarah Kate Ellis, president and chief executive of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said Jordan “was a multi-talented entertainer who charmed audiences for decades with heartfelt characters on-screen and passionate LGBTQ advocacy off-screen.” The advocacy group called him “a loyal friend to so many LGBTQ organizations including GLAAD,” who also “made it a priority to help increase visibility for LGBTQ for people in the South.”

By Susan Payne

While Netflix’s recently released “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has shocked viewers, the streaming platform has taken fire for initially categorizing it as an LGBTQ show.

Here are a series of the complaints:

“If I need to stay in my lane absolutely tell me but anyone else think it’s pretty gross of @netflix to list Dahmer under #LGBTQ, especially when the True Crime tag would have worked?,” tweeted writer Frances Danger on the series premier date.

“Nah Netflix wrong for filing dahmer under LGBTQ,” said another Twitter user.

“Hey hi @netflix I IMPLORE you please reconsider having Dahmer with the LGBTQ tag, especially as one of its tags right when you open the app,” said @Sinuzaki.

On Tiktok, one user said although the label is “technically true,” the context is “not the representation we’re looking for.”

Netflix gave the series other labels such as “Crime TV Shows” and :Social Issue Drama,” but it’s unclear when Netflix dropped the “LGBTQ” label, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Before the show was released, the trailor sparked controversary as well.

“Idk about some of y’all but I don’t think the murders of black, gay men should be used for entertainment or profit,” one Twitter user said.

“Do serial killers really need this much screen time?” said another Twitter user.

A relative of one of Dahmer’s victims tweeted that the series is making his family relive the murder of Errol Lindsey’s murder and the trauma his sister Rita Isbell faced, according to the LA Times.

“I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge rn, but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show,” he said in a Tweet. “It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/ shows/documentaries do we need?”