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Long Beach - Cinemark at the Pike Rally

Event Details

Time: December 12, 2008 at 7pm
Location: Cinemark at the Pike
Street: 99 S Pine Ave
City/Town: Long Beach
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f…
Event Type: Rally
Organized By: 8Accountability.org
Latest Activity: Oct. 8, 2009

Event Description

Long Beach Cinemark Protest

Friday December 12th 7:00 PM
99 S Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802

Punch and Pie

As reported by by Dan Aiello at Edge:

Gays begin boycott of Cinemark
The co-founders of the gay men’s social group will begin a boycott today (Thursday, November 20) of a national movie chain because they learned its CEO donated nearly $10,000 in support of Proposition 8.

The group, Movie Bears, is made up of mostly hirsute men who gather together to watch movies at local theaters. Movie Bears started in San Francisco four years ago and has since grown to include chapters in other cities.

The boycott against theaters owned by Cinemark Holdings Inc., was announced in an e-mail to members after Movie Bears co-founders Dave Hayes and Drew Galleni learned that its CEO, Alan Stock, a Mormon, donated $9,999 to the campaign supporting Prop 8.

Cinemark is based in Plano, Texas.

The boycott marks one of the few times members of the bear community have become actively involved in a political issue, the men said.

"We decided to boycott the Cinemark Theatres based on the current leadership of the company, Alan W. Stock, CEO, and his recent political decision to support homophobia in California through his support of Proposition 8," said Galleni in an e-mail to the Bay Area Reporter.