A downtown Los Angeles bar known as a haven for the gay community is warning it could soon shutter as it faces a costly legal fight with a former employee.

“We’re a couple of slow weekends away from having to close our doors,” owners of Precinct DTLA wrote Friday on Instagram .

“Like many small businesses, we’ve taken hit after hit — from COVID shutdowns and ICE raids to citywide curfews and the ongoing decline of nightlife. But what we’re facing now is even more devastating.”

In May, Jessica Gonzales sued the bar, its owner, manager and an employee, alleging she faced discrimination and harassment as a cisgender, heterosexual woman and was subjected to an unsafe work environment.

Gonzales, who worked at the bar on Broadway for eight years, claimed that when she reported employees

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