Massachusetts communists condemn ‘MAGA Media’ Boston Globe for viral lesbian bar story

Published September 24, 2026 10:56pm ET | Updated September 24, 2026 11:07pm ET



A Massachusetts communist group slammed the Boston Globe for a viral story it published about a lesbian bar that recently removed a KN95 mask mandate for one night a week.

On Monday, the Boston-based newspaper published an article titled, “A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose.” The article went viral, garnering pushback from the LGBT community over how it was covered and more attention to the LGBT bar itself from conservative pundits, who questioned why the bar still had a mask mandate.

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