"Malcolm Gage, a prominent local gay businessman, alleges that an off-duty Dallas police officer working security denied his group access to W Hotel when they tried to visit a friend who was staying there," reports Dallas Voice. "Gage said he believes the officer had an issue with the hotel’s LGBT clients. Gage also said that this same officer choked Derrick Brown, chairman of the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce. Both Gage and Brown are black." READ MORE