June is Pri month, where lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LBGT) people e together to celebrate their sexual inty. In the Uned Stat and abroad people celebrate Pri by hostg events, ftivals, and paras. Consirg the history of dance mic, early dis and hoe happened at the same time as the movement toward gay rights. […]
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- GAY BLACK MEN HELPED CREATE EDM. WHY DO STRAIGHT WHE MEN DOMATE IT?
- SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
GAY BLACK MEN HELPED CREATE EDM. WHY DO STRAIGHT WHE MEN DOMATE IT?
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In April 2016, Kaytranada released an exclive article wh the onle magaze The Far where he announced that he is gay. Worra, who openly intifi herself as gay, me out publicly about four years ago and has been a vol advote for liftg up LGBTQ+ voic the mic dtry, and tablishg a safe and open platform for up-and-g LGBTQ artists. June is Pri month, where lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LBGT) people e together to celebrate their sexual inty.
Consirg the history of dance mic, early dis and hoe happened at the same time as the movement toward gay rights. 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.
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.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
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.