LGBT Center Indirectly Benefits from Church Militant Noel Stunt

When the Church Militant, an alt-right group, hosted a “Noel Night,” Go Comedy took the high road and hosted a truly festive holiday time across the street. On Wednesday, Dec 20, the owner of the Ferndale improv theater, PJ Jacokes, threw a pop-up dance party in the theater’s parking lot, drawing a far larger crowd than the alt-right, anti-feminist, anti-LGBT group’s sparsely attended fete. According to the Oakland County Times, while there were about sixty people protesting the obviously Grinchy Noel Night, only thirty or so Church Militant members turned out for the Christmas stunt. Meanwhile, Jacokes and his staff hosted revelers throwing down to music by Madonna, NSYNC and Wham! among others.

“We wanted to host our parking lot dance party as a counter-offering to the group across the street, because we wanted to give everyone the chance to celebrate the things they love, rather than just be angry at the agents of hate,” Jacokes told the Times. “There’s enough anger out there already, and, while our mission is fundamentally the opposite of theirs on seemingly every level, we’d rather bring more joy to the world than anger and this seemed like a good way to do it. Plus, you know, who doesn’t love Wham?”

Go Comedy continues to put on a full range of improv and will have holiday-theme shows through Dec 23. Love Wins raised $500 and will donate the funds to Affirmations LGBT Community Center.

Read full coverage of this story in the Oakland County Times.

Photo via Downtown Ferndale.