Fifty years after Stonewall, Felipe Rose—“The Indian” om the Village People—remembers New York Cy’s Greenwich Village as the gay rights movement took hold.
Contents:
- A GAY IN REMEMBERS LIFE THE VILLAGE, AND THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
- THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
- GAY RIGHTS
A GAY IN REMEMBERS LIFE THE VILLAGE, AND THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
* were the village gay *
The Village People are part of New York Cy history, formed by nizens of the Big Apple's thrivg, unrground gay club scene of the 1970s.
THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
Hugh' look was one of the group's many nods to New York's gay muny, which flew right over the heads of lns of fans the 70s, when homosexualy was not wily acknowledged, discsed, or accepted.
He saw Felipe Rose dancg tradnal Native Amerin clothg at a New York club and cid to form a group around him, placg newspaper ads seekg "gay sgers and dancers, very good-lookg and wh mtach. " As this was the relatively more nservative 1970s, homosexualy wasn't much discsed or acknowledged.
Morali built a group out of New York's gay muny and club scene and wrote and produced songs laced wh gay issu that lns of naive listeners at the time didn't even notice.
GAY RIGHTS
Where young gay men uld secretly uple up. "We were keen of dog somethg for [LGBT culture] bee Jacqu was gay, and I was feelg that an jtice was done to the gay muny, " he told Red Bull Mic Amy. A Gay In Remembers Life the Village, and the Village PeopleFifty years after Stonewall, Felipe Rose—“The Indian” om the Village People—remembers New York Cy’s Greenwich Village as the gay rights movement took Rose, origal member of the Village People, was high school New York Cy when the Stonewall Rebelln happened 1969.
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