Bars ban Jeffrey Dahmer costumes for Halloween weekend

In the run-up to Halloween, some bars in Milwaukee are warning customers that one costume is not allowed. DIX at Walker’s Point and This Is It downtown posted on Facebook ahead of their Halloween parties and costume contests that Jeffrey Dahmer costumes would be banned from their venues. This Is It shared the following statement with WISN 12 News: “Even though Dahmer was not a This is It! customer, the bar has been receiving phone calls since the Netflix series aired because we are the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Milwaukee and that, combined with the series’ popularity and people on social media toying with the idea that somehow dressing up as this evil person would be a good idea, led the bar to make a statement that such hateful and disrespectful costumes would not be allowed in. into our space. Netflix recently released a 10-episode limited series about Dahmer. DIX said it would not allow the suits inside because they could re-traumatize members of the LGBTQ+ community who survived Dahmer’s horror. “We understand that there is a generation that has not lived in this situation, they may not understand the seriousness of how this affected the community,” said Eric Hamilton, one of the managers of the DIX Milwaukee bar. “We don’t want to put visitors in a situation where they have to see or re-experience what they really had to experience. It’s not a costume. It’s not a costume.” Dahmer killed 17 men and boys, most of them in Milwaukee. Authorities said he met many of his victims at gay bars in Walkers Point. Hamilton said. “We are not here to tell you what is appropriate or to be authoritarian towards you, but in the end, we will politely ask you to either remove part of your costume so that it does not affect anyone, or to politely tell you to go to another bar. eBay also banned the sale of Dahmer’s Halloween costumes, saying it violated its violence policy and criminal liability.

In the run-up to Halloween, some bars in Milwaukee are warning customers that one costume is not allowed.

DIX to Walker Point and This is it downtown, both posted on Facebook ahead of their Halloween parties and costume contests that Jeffrey Dahmer costumes would be banned from their establishments.

This Is It shared the following statement with WISN 12 News:

“Even though Dahmer was not a This is It! customer, the bar has been receiving phone calls since the Netflix series aired because we are the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Milwaukee and the Midwest. This, combined with the popularity of the bar’s series and people on social media toying with the idea that somehow dressing up as this evil person would be a good idea, prompted the bar to make a statement that such hateful and disrespectful costumes would not be allowed in our space.”

Netflix recently released a 10-episode limited series about Dahmer.

DIX said it would not allow the suits inside because they could re-traumatize members of the LGBTQ+ community who survived Dahmer’s horror.

“We understand that there is a generation that has not lived in this situation, they may not understand the seriousness of how this affected the community,” said Eric Hamilton, one of the managers of the DIX Milwaukee bar. “We don’t want to put visitors in a situation where they have to see or re-experience what they really had to experience. This is not a suit. It’s not a suit.”

Dahmer killed 17 men and boys, most of them in Milwaukee. Authorities said he met many of his victims at gay bars in Walker Point.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if someone is (putting on a Dahmer suit) just out of their own naivety, but our way of handling the situation is showing respect,” Hamilton said. “We are not here to tell you what is appropriate or to be authoritarian towards you, but in the end, we will politely ask you to either remove part of your costume so that it does not affect anyone, or to politely tell you to go to another bar.

eBay also banned the sale of Dahmer’s Halloween costumes, saying it violated its violence policy and criminal liability.