The Real Story Of The YMCA That Inspired The Village People's Gay Anthem - Gothamist

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• THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
•  THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MACHO MAN VICTOR WILLIS YMCA GAY ANTHEMS TMP RALLI GROUP UPDAT

THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM

The first public nfiguratn of the group clud Victor Willis, Felipe Rose, and Alexanr Briley, pl four dancers who reprented different archetyp of the gay club scene New York’s Greenwich Village. Whether the gay diss of New York and Los Angel, a Las Vegas show room, or a shoppg mall Middle Ameri, one thg was unniable: Village People had some of the tchit songs on the airwav.

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 THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MACHO MAN VICTOR WILLIS YMCA GAY ANTHEMS TMP RALLI GROUP UPDAT

In 2004, before gay marriage was legally regnized, he held a marriage ceremony wh his boyiend of 20 years, Will Grega, at a nightclub New York Cy. "Even as a ltle kid, I knew was gay. 99% of Ameri had NO FUCKING CLUE they were gay - most people found out about the 90' Anonymoreply 2July 22, 2015 12:32 AM.

99% of Ameri had NO FUCKING CLUE they were gay - most people found out about the 90' - nobody uld read between the l of songs like "YMCA, " "Go Wt, " or "Macho Man"? I love the fact that Batman and Rob had to be given girliends bee people protted about the "gay subtext" of the ics, but "YMCA" and "In the Navy" were wholome fun for the whole Anonymoreply 12July 22, 2015 3:59 AM. I was surprised when I found out they were gay.