My Vis to the Gay Sex Club – 3:AM Magaze

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• MY VIS TO THE GAY SEX CLUB
• RUALBARCELONAMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASLBIAN BARSGAY BEACHGYMSSHOPSMASSAGERTRANTSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPSPA EVENTSTOURSRUAL

MY VIS TO THE GAY SEX CLUB

“I always feel terrible when I talk to young guys who have no ia what The Sat was like, ” says San Tomk, former assistant to the ultimate gay dis’s prcipal owner Bce Mailman.

” The Tim Smh Collectn about The Sat at the Fal Library / NYU From September 1980 to May 1988, The Sat fed gay nightlife New York durg s most tumultuo and lerally plagued .

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Before the club opened, vatns were sent to Fire Island P hom owned by A-list gays who typilly danced at Flamgo, The Sat’s siarly exclive Manhattan precsor. In the earlit ’80s, was hip NYC to be homo, and Sat dancers ranked among Manhattan’s handsomt, most talented and well-nnected.

This was the fal and most extreme eratn of the “clone” era, when gay men ma themselv intifiable to each other by a of mascule prentatn – close-cropped hair, trim mtach, tight T-shirts, fad Levi’s 501s, leather vts or harns. The gay club gnoscenti knew what to take and when to take , and the night’s mic both reflected and rerced their llective trips. The synchronized tribal r were created by the first openly gay generatn one of the few ci which they were possible.

“For those of who nstcted gay culture the 1970s, there was no blueprt or manual, ” explas Felice Pino, one of the ’s most endurg gay wrers.