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Contents:
- THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
- ICEMAN GO TO A GAY BAR & MEETS A DANGERO LOVE INTERT 'ALL-NEW X-MEN #13'
- GAY DETRO
THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
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(Courty Kristen Porter/Hurley Event Photography)The se of so much gay history Boston is pretty borg om the outsi, jt a squat gray buildg that stretch a whole block on Boylston near Fenway Park. But until jt before quarante — when Mache Nightclub and bar Ramrod officially closed — past the ont door and the blacked-out wdows at 1254 Boylston St., si was, the leather and Levis gay bar, moved to the first floor 1981 wh Mache rvg out a separate gay nightclub downstairs 1998.
ICEMAN GO TO A GAY BAR & MEETS A DANGERO LOVE INTERT 'ALL-NEW X-MEN #13'
Both spots had that kd of slightly dgy, lived- feel of a well-loved gay hangout, the cigarette smell that seemed to hang the air long after Boston banned smokg doors, the dim rners here and there for makg out. (Courty Helix Peb Photos)The gay scene Boston is still domated by whe guys, but at least for many, Mache was a hub for a more diverse crowd. The spot hosted Dyke Nights and at least one gay weddg receptn.
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(Courty Donald Smh)But, oh, the gay scene.
GAY DETRO
Followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969, more gay bars opened throughout the untry and by the 1970s and 1980s, you uld h up multiple gay bars all wh a few blocks of each other Fenway. “It was one of the few gay bars where you uld see Black people gog , and Black queer people, and straight people, ” Krone says. Blame the ter for the ath of gay spac Fenway and beyond if you want, but the real reason perhaps isn’t that tidy.
El, an eveng gay bar for Black patrons, operated briefly Roxbury om 1970 to 1973. “The gay bars Boston never have e back after AIDS. ”Mark KroneBis gentrifitn, Krone has another theory about the cle of the gay bar Boston.