Bars such as The Prop House, or Bulldogs in Atlanta, Georgia, exist because a large number of gay blacks -- particularly those who date other blacks, and live in the black community -- do not feel a part of the larger gay movement.

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That will allow the protestants who live in a handful of streets on either side of one stretch of the Ardoyne Road alongside a much larger Catholic community to argue that they are suspending their protest because their concerns about their own safety are being addressed.

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