Circu Ftival Barcelona 2022· Biggt ternatnal gay event · Augt 6 - 14
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THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
Pure, Pulse Poundg Actn when REFLEX associatn wh GAY ALMANAC celebrate 2 years wh DJ/Producer ALEXANDER & FLAVA returng pl Special Gut DJ JAY GARCIA 10pm-6am Saturday Night Augt 26th at LOS GLOBOS.
The circu—a loose global work of often weekend-long danceathons, where partygoers (almost all gay men) nvene om around the world to bond spirually, socially, sexually and milly—is one of the most unique phenomena to emerge om queer muni over the past few s. Undoubtedly, many younger gay men prefer smaller venu that "bask the bety and openns of queer culture. " Plenty of olr gay men, too, fd the whole ethos of circu parti — glow sticks, remixed diva anthems, lor them, "body fascism"—to be tired figure out the state of the circu 2017, THUMP spoke wh Mickey Weems, a lecturer at the Universy of Hawai'i Manoa who has extensively studied circu parti (alongsi relig, anthropologil and folklore terts).