Many gay men New York are lookg for alternative ways to socialize. A look at the surprisg revival of the kntg circle.
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TRADG THE NOISY GAY BAR SCENE FOR THE KNTG CIRCLE
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMany gay men New York are lookg for alternative ways to socialize. Boria tried to remember the name of a gay bar Hell’s Kchen and asked the seven men stg at the table wh him if they knew.
“The social teractn is pricels, ” he up wh awkward small talk and impersonal teractns at bars, some gay men New York are lookg for alternative ways to nnect. You uldn’t ll a kntg explosn, exactly, but small pockets — at yarn shops, apartments and gay bars throughout the cy — a new kd of kntg circle is emergg.
SF GAY HISTORY
The men have discsed their g out stori and their childhood experienc beg gay, topics that don’t tend to arise bars. The origal Toad Hall, a Castro neighborhood gay bar the 1970s.
THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
Toad Hall opened on May 28, 1971, Memorial Day weekend, by four gay men and a woman – Ron Est and David Monroe of the Ln’s Pub, a gay “sweater” bar at Sacramento and Divisaro that opened 1969, wh Tom Sanford and Sam Hall, along wh the fancial support of Marjorie Deremer, a well-off senr cizen who passed away 2000. It was one of four gay bars that year to jo the three other gay bars that already existed the Castro.