The couple behind Rumours Cabaret want their new space to be a hot spot for drag queen and king performances, live music and dancing, with community space for meetings.
Gerald McCowan, right, and his husband Jose Chiu, owners and operators of Rumours Cabaret , pose in the soon-to-open "gay, trans, women safe space" in Halifax on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese.As a closeted gay teenager walking through downtown Halifax in the early 1980s, Daniel MacKay drew hope from the bright lights, giggles and thumping bass coming from a boisterous bar called The Turret on Barrington Street.
“I could see the bright lights flashing in the turret, that’s where the DJ booth was — right inside the turret — and I’d be thinking to myself, ‘Wow, there are actual gay people and they are having fun in there.'” McCowan, who was in the military before working in hospitality, said homophobic harassment from his peers left a lasting impact on him and helped inspire him to open a queer space.Halifax woman battling cancer scammed out of $5K: ‘She has no money left’“I was gay in the military before you were allowed to be gay … I was living in the barracks and had people knocking on my door at all hours calling me a f-g. It wasn’t fun. So I wanted to do this because we really need a safe space again.
“Our Pride weeks were crazy. We did retro night, which always attracted a huge women population, though we always welcomed men as well … we hosted women’s songwriting circles and we’d show old queer films,” she said.
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