"Owner Corinna Sac tells the Northwest Herald that barring a 'miracle,' UpRising Bakery and Cafe in far suburban Lake in the Hills may be in its final days after eight months of attacks by anti-LGBTQ demonstrators. In June 2022, the business became a target for anti-LGBTQ threats and vandalism over plans for a 'very, very family friendly' all-ages drag show, with attackers frequently invoking dangerous far-right rhetoric that falsely links queer people to child abuse. Despite the arrest of a suspect and intervening months, Sac tells reporters that customers have all but disappeared but the intimidation has continued. '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,' she writes in a post on Facebook. 'Local customers no longer come here because of the perceived threat that tarnished our good name and the fears of their license plate [being] photographed [so] they are harassed.'" - Naomi Waxman
