Dpe dance mic’s roots gay subculture, the island’s superclubs are overwhelmgly straight. Enter Glterbox: a rt of bare buttocks, trans go-go dancers and, y, glter
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INSI THE FASCATG HISTORY OF GLTER AND GAY CULTURE
* is glitterbox gay *
TeTe Bang, The Mx F and Lucy Fizz talk to GAY TIMES about Glterbox’s “over-the-top” experience and why the “high mp nfetti” event is so important for LGBTQ+ clubbers. “I know that I would never be where I am today if I wasn’t the prence of people om the muny who have challenged my thoughts about genr, about inty, about sexual orientatn and about also jt not havg to put a label on who we are or who we like, ” she tells GAY TIMES, emphasisg the power behd beg able to “te” an dience that is mostly ma up of straight, cis, whe people. “When they e to a party, they n’t ignore the fact that you’ve got trans, lbian, gay, non-bary and pansexual people on stage om all ethnici, lerally om all rners of the world and we have a polil msage.
I loved Madonna, I knew about gay culture, I knew that there was somethg out there that you uld fd and you uld belong to. So when I first me to London, was as simple as gog to the clost gay bar to me, which happened to be the Black Cap Camn – RIP – and I really jt went out. THE MX FIT: Growg up on a very homophobic island, Martique, I spent a lot of my time reprsg who I was.