Citibank Shuts Down Gay Entrepreneur’s Bank Account Over Blog’s Content

I hope Citibank hangs itself. They've been nothing but discriminatory from the word go, and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I hope Mr. Goldberg sues the pants off of them and wins. The latter is indecent exposure we ALL would like to see!

I find war objectionable. I also find religious institutions that impose their will on those outside their faith objectionable. Will Citi stop funding them?

People need to move their money out of Citi Bank. They need to fail to wake up Wall Street. People have to stop being afraid of Citi Bank…….it's still your money.

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sue their asses!!!

Shakespeare was wrong it should be “Kill all bankers”

nice to know citi has such high moral standards… /sarcasim

So in other words, not only is Citi homophobic, but sexist as well. Since the isms go together, does that infer they have a problem with racism too?

Everyone with a gay child should move their money out of Citi Bank and make sure they know why you are moving your money.

fascists.

Are there any additional instances where Citi has made these types of decisions before based on blog content? Also, when did the one compliance officer become three?

As a progressive, I have to approve. If the business was geared towards gay men, Citi was correct in closing the account, as the business was discriminating against people based on gender and sexual preference. We can't tolerate bigotry in a progressive society.

Unbelievable! Since when did the bank become the morality police? Hopefully all people who are tired of dicrimination will take their money out of Citi. They are the modern day equivilent of MCP's.

So, now Sarah Palin is going by the alias 'Erich Von Freemason?'

Citibank has a long history of suddenly freezing the accounts of companies whose products can be seen as explicit/erotic, openly sexual, or even simply sex-positive. I was involved years ago with a company called LinkTank (I was a very occasional contractor, and my girlfriend was a full-time employee) that ran two adult/erotic review sites: Eroscan (originally an offshoot from Blowfish) and NerveLink (the outsourced link pages of Nerve.com). At some point in 1998/99, my girlfriend called Citibank with some question about the account (as I recall, the other, founding employee had left without properly executing all transfers of authority, and there'd subsequently been some sort of foul-up with the payroll processor — or something to that effect). While she was on the phone, the bank representative she reached suddenly put her on-hold, returning after a few minutes to say she needed to do some research and would call back.

The next day, my girlfriend received a call from the branch manager saying the company did not meet with the bank's standards, and the account had been frozen; furthermore, in order to access the now-frozen funds, my girlfriend would have to provide a statement from the company's board of directors authorizing their disbursement, at which point a check made out to LinkTank would be issued — and subsequently would need to be deposited in a valid corporate account at another bank. Since the company was in the process of being wound down, and since the value of the frozen funds was barely greater than the cost to open another corporate account, in the end they were simply abandoned.

For another Citibank horror story, check http://literateperversions.com/?p=490 .

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Did they get any TARP money or any other federal assistance? If so, I'm pretty sure they're in violation of some laws. ..

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Man, if only citibank had put this much due diligence into the home loans they underwrote, they might not have needed a fucking bailout.

Man, if only citibank had put this much due diligence into the home loans they underwrote, they might not have needed a fucking bailout.

Good for Citi. It's about time someone stands up for what is right.

The biggest 'welfare queen” in the world complaining that some of its customers are “queens?” How precious. (Pardon the archaic epithets but they were impossible to resist.)

My wife already closed all our accounts at Citi but I surely would if I could.

Queer lover!

Sounds like you know “bigotry” and “discriminating” very well. “Progressive,” not so much…

Yeah! Then they can start closing the accounts of all the other untermenschen…

It is looking more and more like the Federal Government should have let CITI go down the toilet.

It is time that companies step up to what is right, instead of being allowing these type of group to use threats and extortion. This diversity Crap is slowly destroying this nation, and until we start taking a real stand on this, we are destined to go down the drain. Evil have become good, and good has become evil.

In response to Erich Von Freemason
“As a progressive, I have to approve.”
Your attitude is absolutelly not “progressive”.
I find you attitued disgusting, the same as is Citi's

these corporations and banks are a scourge on the earth.

BBQ a banker.

You approve of a business (Fabulis) that discriminates based on gender and sexual preference? That's a violation of Civil Rights laws. Any business that is intolerant of diversity should be shunned. And the Feds should go after them for their bigoted business model and use the force of law to make them more inclusive.

You approve of a business (Fabulis) that discriminates based on gender and sexual preference? That's a violation of Civil Rights laws. Are you George Bush posting under an alias?

And here we have another closet Republican bigot who thinks that the 1964 Civil Rights Act should be repealed and businesses (in this case, Fabulis) should be allowed to discriminate against people based on their gender or sexual preference. Why don't you all move to Alabama, and leave the rest of us to build a progressive society where businesses cater to the needs of all, and are not allowed to treat some as second-class citizens? The future belongs to we progressives, and there is no place in it for you backwards, intolerant bigots.

So the NAACP should be closed? How About NOW? What about all churches that discriminate against homosexuals? Should CITI refuse to do business with them?

Just an american? More like, Just another stupid american…

Do you have any evidence that they discriminated against anybody, or are you talking out of a different orifice? Targeting a specific audience is not the same as discrimination. Perhaps you don't understand the difference?

YES! Gooooooo discrimination! Ra Ra Ra

How hateful! We should all boycott this homophobic bank! I am going to vote with my feet!

YES! Gooooooo discrimination! Ra Ra Ra

How hateful! We should all boycott this homophobic bank! I am going to vote with my feet!

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i wish citi would go out of business already… they have consistently been defrauding the american people and government, but what gives? why the f are they still around? any small business owner pulling the same crap would've been in jail years ago…

Thats messed up what happened to freedom of speech. I heard he used blog posting software to make it go viral all over. http://internet-pro-tools.com/the-best-blog-posting-software-online-period

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I would take my business to another bank. It is only a matter of time before someone at Citi finds something “inappropriate”.

Taking your business elsewhere should be only the 1st step. The 2nd step should be sueing them for all they've got. This unacceptable in the 21st century. The account was closed because he way gay… this sounds so nice… for a big lawsuit…
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