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• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• ‘RIGHTEO ANGER WAS A PART OF ’: THE SHOCKG STORY OF NEW YORK’S GAY BAR KILLER
• GAY/DRAG BAR/CLUB - NEW YORK CY FOM
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• PRIVATE AND PUBLIC: GAY BARS NEW YORK CY BEFORE 1970S
• NEW YORK CY GAY BARS

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

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‘RIGHTEO ANGER WAS A PART OF ’: THE SHOCKG STORY OF NEW YORK’S GAY BAR KILLER

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GAY/DRAG BAR/CLUB - NEW YORK CY FOM

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A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC: GAY BARS NEW YORK CY BEFORE 1970S

There are plenty of gay bars up and down 9th ave and there's no reason to spend money at a place that will treat you like total trash, threaten you, and be unnecsarily belligerent and make you feel unsafe jt bee they're on some kd of power trip. Whether you're celebratg NYC Pri late June, planng a future trip to the Big Apple, or a lol lookg for a new bar to check out, here is a prehensive list of nearly every gay and queer bar NYC.

The Eagle NYC, Chelsea: Perhaps the send-most cise-y of New York's gay bars, the multi-level Eagle ters almost exclively to gay men, and gets more bchero on each floor. Juli', Wt Village: Another Wt Village stutn, 1966, a "sip " was held by activists at the bar to challenge the New York State Liquor Authory's regulatn that barred the servg of homosexuals.

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Rz Bar & Lounge, Hell's Kchen: Smack dab the thick of the Theater District, multi-level Rz Bar & Lounge plays host to many good old-fashned dance parti, attractg a mostly younger gay crowd. The Toolbox Bar, Upper East Si: One of the few, if only, gay bars on the Upper East Si, this lorful, timate bar offers happy hour specials and regular live entertament. Hombr Lounge, Jackson Heights: Self-proclaimed as havg the most Manhattan vibe of all Queens gay bars, Hombr Lounge attracts a diverse, predomantly Lat crowd and offers up tasty bar food wh s cktail menu.

By viewg the Stonewall Inn Rt as the transnal event after which homosexual people spontaneoly walked out of the “closet” and llectively protted for their human rights, people today celebrate the rt every year, and is marked as an important annual event for queer muni (Humphreys, 1972, p. The answers to the qutns n be found by viewg multiple historil events sce 1900s New York Cy: the nstctn of homosexual enomic stutns, the performance of homosexual people (pecially gay men this discsn), the night life New York Cy, the distributn of police and Mafia, and the martn between public and private spac.

However, is difficult to study the perspective of homosexual muni and unrstand how dividuals om the LGBTQ muny have self-intified the past, bee the experienc were kept secret and supprsed for so long that they are virtually visible archiv.