In the late 1980s and early 1990s, LGBT advocacy organizations attempted to convince members of the Virginia General Assembly to rescind the regulations, but those efforts did not gain wide support from lawmakers.
[3] In May 1991, an Alexandria business owner, Murray Greenberg, was seeking to open a new gay bar and restaurant in the city called the French Quarter Cafe.
"[3] Due to Glasgow's complaint, the French Quarter Cafe was visited by three officials with the Virginia ABC who told Greenberg that they might "reluctantly have to" enforce the 1934 laws.
[3] On August 28, 1991, Greenberg, in his capacity at the owner of the French Quarter Cafe, filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Alexandria against the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and its members.
During the lawsuit, Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder refused to comment on the case or take a position on the ABC regulations, a move that was criticized by LGBT groups in the state.