At least two LGBT hangout spots in Milwaukee have banned patrons from showing up dressed as Jeffrey Dahmer for their weekend Halloween costume parties, which should be kind of a no-brainer given that Dahmer’s main source of victims was the local gay nightlife scene, having killed at least 17 men he lured to his apartment during his early 90s reign of terror, WISN reports.

“Even though Dahmer was not a customer at This is It!, the bar has been getting phone calls ever since the Netflix series aired because we are the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Milwaukee, and in the Midwest,” ownership of a downtown LGBT bar called This Is It! said in a statement to WISN. “This, coupled with the popularity of the series and people on social media toying with the idea that somehow dressing up like this evil person would be a good idea, led the bar to make a statement that such hateful and disrespectful costumes will not be allowed in our space.”

Eric Hamilton, a manager at DIX in Walker’s Point, echoed the sentiment. “We understand there’s a generation out there that did not live this situation, they may not understand the severity of how it affected the community. We don’t want to put patrons in the situation where they would have to see or relive something that they had to truly experience. That’s not a costume. It’s not a costume,” said Hamilton. “I wouldn’t be surprised if someone [dress up as Dahmer] just on their own naivety, but our way of handling the situation is out of respect. We’re not here to tell you what’s appropriate or get authoritarian on you, but at the end of the day, we will politely ask you that you either remove part of your costume so it will not affect anyone, or politely tell you to go to another bar.”