The Posse’s declaration of wanting to bomb “queer” bars—there were two gay bars/bathhouses in Colorado Springs at the time, the Hide N Seek Room Tavern (512 W. Colorado Avenue) and the Exit 21 Cocktail Lounge—did not strike Ken as alarming or in any way unusual, in spite of his personal affirmation as the local Klan leader that they were a nonviolent organization and did not condone such acts today as their forefathers had in the past.
