Heaven, The Gay Ultradis - And The Story Of Terry Higgs | Londonist

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• HEAVEN, THE GAY ULTRADIS - AND THE STORY OF TERRY HIGGS
• G-A-Y @ HEAVENONE OF THE LONGT-NNG GAY DANCE VENU ANYWHERE EUROPE. TODAY 'S HOME TO G.A.Y WEEKLY PARTI.LONDONMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEHOTELS · BUDGETGUTHO & B&BSHOSTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASGAY SOHOMASSAGETHEATRECABARETSSHOPSGYMSCAF & RTRANTSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUITOURSGAY MAPUK EVENTSGAY WEDDGSG-A-Y @ HEAVEN
• THE CAFTAN CHRONICL SUBSCRIBESIGN {"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","URL":","MAENTYOFPAGE":","HEADLE":"IAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US \"SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME\"","SCRIPTN":"THE BRISH MIC OBSSIVE AND PRODUCER WASN'T AN EASY TERVIEW. BUT HE DID HAVE SOME SPICY STORI ABOUT PULLG HOT BOYS WHE SHORTS OFF THE DANCE FLOOR AND BRGG THEM UP TO HIS DJ BOOTH.","IMAGE":[{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":"}],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2023-01-17T15:00:38+00:00","DATEMODIFIED":"2023-01-17T15:00:38+00:00","ISACCSIBLEFORFREE":FALSE,"THOR":[{"@TYPE":"PERSON","NAME":"TIM MURPHY","URL":","SCRIPTN":"AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS CHRISTODORA AND CORRPONNTS (MAY 2019). LGBT, HIV/AIDS, CULTURE AND POLICS NTRIBUTOR FOR NYTIM, NYMAG, THE NATN, POZ, ETC.","INTIFIER":"ER:5275890","SAMEAS":["],"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}],"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"THE CAFTAN CHRONICL ","URL":","SCRIPTN":"DEEP TALKS WH NOTABLE GAY MEN \"OF A CERTA AGE\" ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHO WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOG...","TERACTNSTATISTIC":{"@TYPE":"INTERACTNCOUNTER","NAME":"SUBSCRIBERS","TERACTNTYPE":","ERINTERACTNCOUNT":100},"INTIFIER":"PUB:429772","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"SAMEAS":["]}}SHARE THIS POSTIAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US "SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME"COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHERIAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US "SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME"
• NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON

HEAVEN, THE GAY ULTRADIS - AND THE STORY OF TERRY HIGGS

Wele to Heaven, the 'gay ultradis nightclub' on Villiers Street.

G-A-Y @ HEAVENONE OF THE LONGT-NNG GAY DANCE VENU ANYWHERE EUROPE. TODAY 'S HOME TO G.A.Y WEEKLY PARTI.LONDONMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEHOTELS · BUDGETGUTHO & B&BSHOSTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASGAY SOHOMASSAGETHEATRECABARETSSHOPSGYMSCAF & RTRANTSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUITOURSGAY MAPUK EVENTSGAY WEDDGSG-A-Y @ HEAVEN

Wele to Heaven, the 'gay ultradis nightclub' on Villiers Street, a street so laced wh queer sctn is even named after Kg Jam I's lover, Gee Villiers, the 2nd De of Buckgham, the 17th century.

THE CAFTAN CHRONICL SUBSCRIBESIGN {"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","URL":","MAENTYOFPAGE":","HEADLE":"IAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US \"SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME\"","SCRIPTN":"THE BRISH MIC OBSSIVE AND PRODUCER WASN'T AN EASY TERVIEW. BUT HE DID HAVE SOME SPICY STORI ABOUT PULLG HOT BOYS WHE SHORTS OFF THE DANCE FLOOR AND BRGG THEM UP TO HIS DJ BOOTH.","IMAGE":[{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":"}],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2023-01-17T15:00:38+00:00","DATEMODIFIED":"2023-01-17T15:00:38+00:00","ISACCSIBLEFORFREE":FALSE,"THOR":[{"@TYPE":"PERSON","NAME":"TIM MURPHY","URL":","SCRIPTN":"AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS CHRISTODORA AND CORRPONNTS (MAY 2019). LGBT, HIV/AIDS, CULTURE AND POLICS NTRIBUTOR FOR NYTIM, NYMAG, THE NATN, POZ, ETC.","INTIFIER":"ER:5275890","SAMEAS":["],"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}],"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"THE CAFTAN CHRONICL ","URL":","SCRIPTN":"DEEP TALKS WH NOTABLE GAY MEN \"OF A CERTA AGE\" ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHO WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOG...","TERACTNSTATISTIC":{"@TYPE":"INTERACTNCOUNTER","NAME":"SUBSCRIBERS","TERACTNTYPE":","ERINTERACTNCOUNT":100},"INTIFIER":"PUB:429772","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"SAMEAS":["]}}SHARE THIS POSTIAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US "SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME"COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHERIAN LEVE WAS THE 1980S DJ AT HEAVEN, THE INIC LONDON GAY CLUB, AND ALSO GAVE US "SO MANY MEN, SO LTLE TIME"

Daytim were spent ntuo back-breakg meetgs, protts and the creatn of alternative spac to close the void of the ‘partial’ aspect of the law – the different age of sexual nsent for homosexuals, and the discrepanci of acceptance across the whole LGBTQIA+ muny. At the time of s openg, Heaven was the biggt gay club Europe. The Eveng Standard, reviewg Heaven's openg night, was clearly imprsed: "Heaven's biggt headache uld be terrg London's non-gay disphil who uld end up tryg to pass for gay to get past the elegant bouncers at the dis's equivalent of the Pearly Gat.

NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON

Gay dis and hi-energy beme the soundtrack to the parallel scen that took over Heaven and gay Earl's Court. The liberatn takg place on the dancefloor, however, didn't stop the tabloid prs om producg homophobic headl, which the News of the World nmned the place as 'more like hell' 1981.

"Prr to the arrival of Heaven, gay clubs were only found unrground pub cellars", rells Mark Elltt, current general manager, "Heaven was the only venue of s sle the last few years before the arrival of the AIDS epimic. There's a new VD, a venereal disease that is affectg people who are gay men Ameri, where you jt keep gettg flu and then you die.

Rupert was fully aware, and eply sred of what the few reports were referrg to as the 'Gay Cancer' which then beme known as 'Gay Related Immune Deficiency' or GRID. Casual homophobia of the time laid bare; there were no 'heterosexualy-related ndns' that affect primarily heterosexuals and there still aren't.