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Provincetown: A Bad Place to Hold the Breeder's Cup

July 17, 2006 at 12:17 PM | 0 Comments

One of the things that is most striking for visitors to Provincetown, especially straight men and women, is a "flip the script" feeling. Suddenly, gay culture is the dominant one, and it makes Ptown a fascinating place to visit, even for those who come from places where gay culture is thriving, like New York or San Francisco.

According to the Boston Globe, Ptown is struggling with the flip side of the usual discrimination problems as well; gay residents are accused of slurring straight residents by calling them "breeders" and accosting them for signing an anti-gay marriage petition. The names of the 43 Ptown residents who signed were published online by knowthyneighbor.com.

This was the cause of a fracas between Ptown local Yvonne Cabral and Provincetown Magazine publisher Rick Hines last Friday. Before we give you possibly the best description of the lead-up to a fight ever, let's just say that we think everyone should get along, regardless of sexual orientation, and perhaps a vacation town is a good place to start relaxing about life in general.

Anyway, the Globe set the scene before Hines accosted Cabral:

All parties involved agree that Cabral was shopping and Hines was buying a hotdog when Hines told Cabral that she was a bigot.

Shouldn't tasty street food help us overcome our differences?

[Image via darlingdee79/Flickr]

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