SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC |

Contents:

• DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
• SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
• IT TAK A VILLAGE, PEOPLE: PRERVG SAN FRANCIS'S GAY DIS HISTORY

DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC

” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” the ’70s to Christa Aguilera’s “Betiful, ” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and Scissor Sisters’ “Let’s Have a Kiki” the 21st century, mic has helped LGBTQ people to both survive and thrive. LGBTQ Pri is a time for celebratg inty, visibily, and activism for human rights and for rellectg on s roots – om the first march orchtrated by activist Brenda Howard 1970, exactly a year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to early anizatns such as Gay Liberatn Front, STAR (found by Marsha P.

Stt eventually held a rincy at Better Days, also buildg his system at the club due to a bar-level sound system and the owner’s lack of vtment newer equipment, and beme a centric part of the gay club’s muny. And that godmother also reigned Detro’s gay club scene, shadowg Ken Collier to bee a proment part of the next generatn of Motor Cy DJs fg the techno and warehoe scen.

In a Huffgton Post story 2017, GRiZ scribed intifyg as gay llege, the procs of g out to the public, and how has helped him love himself:. Her highly emotive sets have been self-scribed as basic, but show off each rerd’s story while implementg her LGBTQ advocy and rallyg agast homophobia as well as genr equaly wh the dtry, such as when she staged a “kiss-” wh same-sex upl at her 2013 Boiler Room set, an ia by her wife and fellow DJ, Lakuti. Spac like Paradise Garage, The Warehoe, Mic Box and Heaven were stmental the scene's rise, while the gay BIPOC rint DJs, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckl, Ron Hardy and Ken Collier, rpectively, tly fed the genre's sound.

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC

Thankfully there has been a great al of progrs over the past battg this erasure: LGBTQ+ reprentatn media has been steadily on the rise across almost all forms, and studi show that Gen Z is poised to be the gayt generatn yet wh almost one three intifyg as queer. Photography: Jason SiegelWhen I was growg up as a fan of electronic dance mic, I stggled to fd any role mols or reprentatn of gay people the scene. But the two DJs own their own rners of this cy's unrground queer scene, and e om entirely plac both milly and personally—so maybe that's why teamg them up for a b2b headlg set at "Night People, " a party that memorat the 35th anniversary of legendary gay club the Sat, is such an trigug Whe and Na Aviance have spent s turng out masterful sets for their voted followgs New York and beyond.

But the two DJs own their own rners of this cy's unrground queer scene, and e om entirely plac both milly and personally—so maybe that's why teamg them up for a b2b headlg set at "Night People, " a party that memorat the 35th anniversary of legendary gay club the Sat, is such an trigug the Sat opened 1980 New York's East Village, owner Bce Mailman spared no expense transformg the former rock ncert hall Fillmore East to the ultimate nightclub.

Whe beme the first woman to make big on New York's club scene—and she is the only DJ wh the braggg rights to say that she's spun at both the Sat and Paradise Garage, the other predomantly gay club lg over the cy at the Na Aviance arrived New York Cy the late-90s om Rochter for llege, he began performg as a dancer wh the Hoe of Aviance, one of the major ho the cy's ballroom and vogue scene.

IT TAK A VILLAGE, PEOPLE: PRERVG SAN FRANCIS'S GAY DIS HISTORY

” When asked if Migos’ seemgly homophobic remarks affected their rotatn LGBTQ bars, Ta st their words as harmls: “I don’t thk that matters unls ’s somethg really ser where ’s jt downright gradg to our muny. ” He “nced” that hip-hop’s lyricism n be problematic for the LGBTQ muny, but argued that gay people are still a part of the hip-hop movement, as they are able to relate to a central feelg of opprsn. On the ia of “fun party mic, ” DJ Erol believ “a lot of people nscly or subnscly choose to ignore [a rap song’s ocsnal homophobia] bee they [simply] like the beat or hook of a song.

DJ Montell was ank her explanatn: “We’re the bs to make money and a lot of tim if you only play gay artists, you might not make a lot of money. DJ Arnold — who is also the creator of the remix team Dirty Dis — says gay anthems should “spire” and “take you on a journey that stirs emotns.

Durg her terview, DJ Montell beme upset when discsg a lack of regard for gay anthem classics such as Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and Sylvter’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real). ” Montell believ there is also a cle the gay anthems of today — somethg she didn’t expect would happen when she started DJg 35 years ago.