Eric McGill, a Canadian swgg trapeze artist the UK, has worked barets, big tops & ftivals - now, he's lvg to how to make circ more gay
Contents:
- HOW TO MAKE THE CIRC MORE GAY (AND WHY WE HAVEN’T ALREADY)–A VIO EXPLORATN
- CIRC BOY: ACROBATIC GAY PARENTG DOCUMENTARY
- THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
- WHAT TOOK TO CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY ART MM
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- ILLUSTRATORS GIVE A GAY CIRCUS BALL; MASKED ARTISTS AS CLOWNS AND FREAKS FROLIC A TENT AT THE OLD BREVOORT. CONFETTI BATTLE FOUGHT MRS. LOUISE CLOSSER HALE APPEARS AS A "BEARD LADY" AND MRS. A. KIMBALL AS A BIRD CAGE.
- THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
HOW TO MAKE THE CIRC MORE GAY (AND WHY WE HAVEN’T ALREADY)–A VIO EXPLORATN
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CIRC BOY: ACROBATIC GAY PARENTG DOCUMENTARY
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THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * gay circus arts *
Wh his swgg trapeze and aerial straps acts he has worked barets, big tented shows and large outdoor ftivals around the world cludg Germany, Mexi, Atralia, Canada, and the UK, and he jt released a 20-mute vio that cheerfully lv to the topic of how to make circ more artist Eric McGillWhy do he advote for more reprentatn and normalizatn of gay inti circ acts and shows? ”McGill further explas the impet for his vio project, “I have been workg on a special vio documentary talkg about gay reprentatn the circ.
WHAT TOOK TO CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY ART MM
A three-storey mosque and Islamic centre, named 'Picdilly Prayer Space,' is set to be tablished wh the Troro, a historic entertament plex London's entertament quarter. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. * gay circus arts *
“We talk about the creative procs behd buildg romance to an act, and the challeng one fac when tryg to reprent gay romance on stage a way that is both palatable and not too subtle to be read.
The story follows Thomas, a gay man Canada who's raisg a teenage boy named Ethan wh his hband Michael.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
They're beg a gay uple is a plete non-issue to him. 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). Weems spoke to their past, prent and potential future, explag what role the circu has played shapg queer and gay culture, and what s evolutn says about the same today.
ILLUSTRATORS GIVE A GAY CIRCUS BALL; MASKED ARTISTS AS CLOWNS AND FREAKS FROLIC A TENT AT THE OLD BREVOORT. CONFETTI BATTLE FOUGHT MRS. LOUISE CLOSSER HALE APPEARS AS A "BEARD LADY" AND MRS. A. KIMBALL AS A BIRD CAGE.
A gay circu party (Photo via)THUMP: Can you give me a psule history of the circu?
When the Gay Activist Alliance was formed—the first gay rights group, born only six months after Stonewall—they had danc an old firehoe SoHo. And New York, thoands of men began gatherg at Downtown loft spac that began croppg started pourg , wh plac like Flamgo and Twelve Wt, two of the most proment gay male dance spac, full of sweaty men dancg all the same time, Fire Island beme the place for people who uld afford . The term "circu" me om beg the "need to know circu"—not only diss, but "--the-know" plac the gay muny that even clud, 1980, the Sat opened the East Village.
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THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
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