In Memoriam: 17 Defunct Gay Bars D.C., Chigo, Miami

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Ken Felts didn't e out as gay until he was 90. He told his dghter about havg to abandon his first real love the 1950s. His story went global on Facebook. Now, at 93, he's found a hband.

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LOST AND FOUND: THE LBIAN AND GAY PRENCE AT THE ARCHIV OF AMERIN ART

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RIP Gay BarsCi around the untry and globe have seen many of their most beloved gay and lbian waterg hol close down — often after the area's queer populatn dispers or the owner simply gets priced out. [RELATED: 26 Dead (Or Dyg) Gay Bars NYC, L.

It took nearly three years of learng how to dance at the club off South Capol Street for the baby-faced Short to ga the self-assurance to tell his fay he's gay.

He was already meetg gays elsewhere the cy and said he no longer need to be at the nightclub to feel special. But the past month, he and others have started g back to mark the fal days of a place that for most of the past 15 years was a hub for many the area's gay muny.

LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER

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And never before had so many gays and straights, women and men, blacks and wh, met unr one roof to dance. The club's rise and mise reflect the expansn of social life for gay men and lbians the cy. Gay magaze that foc on arts and entertament.

Only a handful of gay dance clubs existed the District, and a few bars set a small space asi for dancg. Fridays and Saturdays were primarily whe gay men.

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