Bakery that hosted drag event closes after hate groups made her work a “nightmare”

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A bakery will permanently close its doors after experiencing months of vicious harassment for hosting a drag show.

Uprising bakery & café is located in a Chicago suburb called Lake in the Hills and owned by Corinna Sac, who opened the bakery in 2021 as an inclusive space for all. A press release announcing the closing details Sac’s desire for the bakery to be a space where LGBTQ+ couples could come for wedding cakes.

“Her dream of an inclusive bakery has since become a nightmare no businessperson could have anticipated,” the release states.

“Closing our doors is the direct result of the horrific attacks, endless harassment, and unrelenting negative misinformation about our establishment in the last eight months,” Sac, who is bisexual, said in a statement. “From an award-winning bakery that donates to local organizations and supports diversity and inclusion, we have been rebranded by misinformation as ‘gay only’ and ‘pedophiles.’”

She added that the relentless protestors have caused…

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