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WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
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“Gay Bars That Are Gone is a memory walk, ” says Michael Ryan, the tour’s creator. Post-tour, guts ually gather for a drk at Juli’ — a blast-om-the-past gay bar that only tak sh. After ncelg last year’s event, the cy’s gayborhood is ready to brg back their ghouls wh this year’s theme, Nightmare Prom.