Exclive Interview: Patric McCoy on pturg 1980s Black gay Chigo “the men wanted to be seen & documented the way they were” – The Queer Review

Contents:

• STUNNG PHOTOS DOCUMENT GAY, BLACK LIFE 1980S CHIGO
• SOUTH SI PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED GAY, BLACK MEN IN THE ’80S AMONG TR OF ARTISTS FEATURED AT WRIGHTWOOD 659
• RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
• EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: PATRIC MCCOY ON PTURG 1980S BLACK GAY CHIGO “THE MEN WANTED TO BE SEEN & DOCUMENTED THE WAY THEY WERE”
• MEET THE BADASS PHOTOGRAPHER WHO PTURED CHIGO’S 1976 GAY PRI PARA
• IN ‘AT LARGE’ PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG ISCHAR PTUR GAY CULTURE THE 1980S
• FD LGBTQ+ WEDDG VENDORS SEARCH WEDDG VENDORS BY TEGORY AND LOTN ATTIRE & ACCSORI BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY CAK, BAKERS, CUPK + MORE CATERG ELOPEMENTS FAVORS & DERATNS FLOWERS GAY DTATN WEDDGS GAY WEDDG INVATNS GAY WEDDG PHOTOGRAPHER GAY WEDDG VENUE GAY-FRIENDLY HONEYMOONS HAIR & MAKP LGBT OWNED BS MIC & ENTERTAMENT OFFICIANT MISTERS CELEBRANT PHOTOBOOTHS PLANNERS & STYLISTS RENTALS, LIGHTG, MARQUEE HIRE & TENTS RGS & JEWELRY UNIQUE LGBT WEDDGS VIOGRAPHY MEXI SWZERLAND UNED KGDOM UNED STAT QUTANA ROO CANCúN PLAYA L CARMEN ZURICH ZüRICH ENGLAND LONDON ALABAMA COOSADA ARIZONA APACHE JUNCTN MA PHOENIX STTSDALE TUCSON CALIFORNIA FAIRFIELD LONG BEACH LOS ANGEL PALM DERT PETALUMA REDDG SAN ANSELMO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCIS SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA CZ SANTA ROSA SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WAWONA WOODLAND COLORADO ALLENSPARK AURORA BOULR BRECKENRIDGE CASTLE ROCK CRTED BUTTE DENVER GOLN CONNECTICUT SOUTH WDSOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHGTON FLORIDA BAL HARBOUR CLEARWATER COA FORT LRDALE FORT WALTON BEACH HOLIDAY HOLLYWOOD HOMTEAD JACKSONVILLE KEY WT LARGO MIAMI ORLANDO SAT PETE BEACH SARASOTA TAMPA GEIA ATLANTA DETUR ELLIJAY SAVANNAH STOCKBRIDGE HAWAII HONOLULU KAILUA-KONA KALAHEO KEALAKEKUA LAHAA MAKAWAO WAIKOLOA VILLAGE ILLOIS CHIGO GLENVIEW OGLBY INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS IOWA INDIANOLA KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS MAE BRISTOL PORTLAND MARYLAND BALTIMORE KEYMAR NORTH EAST SPARROWS POT WTMSTER MASSACHETTS ANDOVER BEVERLY BOSTON BURLGTON HAVERHILL MASHPEE SHIRLEY MICHIGAN GRAND RAPIDS MASON MIDLAND ROYAL OAK SAT CLAIR SHOR MNOTA MNEAPOLIS MONKA SAT PL MONTANA MISSOULA WHEFISH NEBRASKA OMAHA NEVADA LAS VEGAS NEW JERSEY ATLANTIC CY MORRISTOWN WASHGTON TOWNSHIP NEW YORK BUFFALO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLA CHAPEL HILL CHARLOTTE DURHAM ELK RALEIGH OH BNSWICK CANTON COLUMB FAIRFIELD MENTOR MOUNT VERNON REYNOLDSBURG SEVEN HILLS OKLAHOMA EDMOND OREGON PORTLAND PENNSYLVANIA BRYN MAWR CHTER SPRGS HORSHAM LAFAYETTE HILL PHILALPHIA PTSBURGH SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP SPRGFIELD RHO ISLAND NEWPORT SOUTH CAROLA CHARLTON GREER TENNSEE NASHVILLE TEXAS AT DALLAS HARLGEN HOTON ROUND ROCK SAN ANTON UTAH SALT LAKE CY VERMONT SOMERSET VIRGIA ALEXANDRIA ROANOKE STAFFORD WASHGTON BELLEVUE MANSON MILTON PRTON SEATTLE WT VIRGIA CHARLTON WISNS COLUMB DELAVAN MADISON MILWKEE SHELL LAKE SEARCH NOW OR BROWSE FEATURED CATEGORI PRIZILLAS FREE COUPLE TOOLS

STUNNG PHOTOS DOCUMENT GAY, BLACK LIFE 1980S CHIGO

The imag offer a rare glimpse of gay Black life Chigo durg the 1980s, the pivotal perd when the AIDS epimic swept across the Uned Stat. The rult was a llectn of thoands of photographs – the fac of those he enuntered both on the streets and at the Rialto Tap, a bar tered to Black gay sgl and ed to be here near the “L” tracks at the rner of Wt Van Buren and State Streets. LINCOLN PARK — Wrightwood 659 kicked off s new season Friday wh exhibs showsg photographs of Black, gay Chigoans the ’80s; a cyberpunk, imagary world where past and future lli; and imag by a Banglashi art gallery, which was nverted om a four-story apartment buildg at 659 W.

Tickets, which grant accs to all three exhibns, st $15 and n be bought on Wrightwood 659’s season’s exhibns:“Patric McCoy: Take My Picture, ” which featur 50 photos of Black, gay men the ’80s taken by the South Si native. “Shahidul Alam: Sged But Not Burnt, ” which featur photographs spanng four s of the renowned photojournalist, teacher, wrer and activist’s more about each exhibn:Cred: Provid/Patric McCoySouth Si native Patric McCoy’s photography of Black gay men the ’80s is on display “Take My Picture.

SOUTH SI PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED GAY, BLACK MEN IN THE ’80S AMONG TR OF ARTISTS FEATURED AT WRIGHTWOOD 659

The next day, he’d return them to his subjects, and the cycle ’s photos were a h at the Rialto Tap, a now-funct gay bar the South Loop that attracted all kds of men, om Downtown profsnals to drag queens, gangsters and unhoed people, he said.

RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS

"Around three years ago, I was workg on the layout of a book about physique photography wh photos om the 1950s, whose athetics and visual worlds were clearly tend to appeal to a gay dience. In the urse of this work, I asked myself: what would a book wh ntemporary gay and queer photography look like? "Around that time, I beme aware of the works of Matt Lambert and Florian Hetz, and I started to look for other gay and queer photographers.

Indulgg their sire for self-prentatn, affirmatn, and reflectn, many photographers portray male homosexualy particular as a private idyll. However, a number of documentary photographers provi evince that beg gay or lbian n still lead to margalizatn, isolatn, stigmatizatn, and vlence certa untri and muni.

Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told Michael Stto @ HoopsHype. Reportg on tra talks surroundg Jam Harn and how they uld affect Joel Embiid and PJ Tucker, not on the Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, and Mavericks, pl ee agency updat on Rudy Gay, Edmond Sumner, and more on @hoopshype. The Thunr officially sign Jack Whe and waive Rudy Gay: – 6:07 PM.

NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

Thunr officially signs Jack Whe, waiv Rudy Gay – 6:07 PM. Oklahoma Cy Thunr waived Rudy Gay sportando.

#YeaVsNayFlow Should the Sixers nsir signg Rudy Gay?

Rudy Gay is the first of several roster partur the Thunr will need to make (via @The_ThunrWire):. The Oklahoma Cy Thunr has signed forward Jack Whe to a multi-year ntract and waived forward Rudy Gay, was announced today by Executive Vice Print and General Manager Sam Prti. Shams Charania: The Oklahoma Cy Thunr have waived Rudy Gay, sourc tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: PATRIC MCCOY ON PTURG 1980S BLACK GAY CHIGO “THE MEN WANTED TO BE SEEN & DOCUMENTED THE WAY THEY WERE”

In a st-cuttg move, the Atlanta Hawks are tradg guard TyTy Washgton Jr., and forwards Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a future send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc told ESPN on Saturday. Born Havana June of 1942, Luis Meda was a Cuban-Amerin photographer based Chigo, whose work foced on the documentatn of margalized groups, such as the gay and Lato muni.

MEET THE BADASS PHOTOGRAPHER WHO PTURED CHIGO’S 1976 GAY PRI PARA

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The rts arose om a seri of vlent nontatns between police and LGBTQ rints, and has found s place history as the "start" of the gay liberatn movement. The curator and visg profsor of genr, sexualy and women's studi at Universy of Pennsylvania said Stonewall is a "nvenient begng" for the fight for gay rights, but there was a queer movement for many s before.

IN ‘AT LARGE’ PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG ISCHAR PTUR GAY CULTURE THE 1980S

And, he add, many see Stonewall as a symbol for separatg gay and straight culture, but the lears of the movement aimed to do the oppose. NBA Rumors: Jam Harn tra talks, Joel Embiid, PJ Tucker, Rudy Gay, Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, more.

Below is the latt tel gathered by HoopsHype on the Harn tra talks and how they uld affect Joel Embiid and PJ Tucker, ee agency updat on Rudy Gay, Edmond Sumner, and Nerlens Noel, along wh not on the Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, Mavericks, and more on HoopsHype. Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype. Gay was healthy last season m a fger jot spra that siled him for two weeks and a member of Utah’s rotatn through most of last season.

FD LGBTQ+ WEDDG VENDORS SEARCH WEDDG VENDORS BY TEGORY AND LOTN ATTIRE & ACCSORI BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY CAK, BAKERS, CUPK + MORE CATERG ELOPEMENTS FAVORS & DERATNS FLOWERS GAY DTATN WEDDGS GAY WEDDG INVATNS GAY WEDDG PHOTOGRAPHER GAY WEDDG VENUE GAY-FRIENDLY HONEYMOONS HAIR & MAKP LGBT OWNED BS MIC & ENTERTAMENT OFFICIANT MISTERS CELEBRANT PHOTOBOOTHS PLANNERS & STYLISTS RENTALS, LIGHTG, MARQUEE HIRE & TENTS RGS & JEWELRY UNIQUE LGBT WEDDGS VIOGRAPHY MEXI SWZERLAND UNED KGDOM UNED STAT QUTANA ROO CANCúN PLAYA L CARMEN ZURICH ZüRICH ENGLAND LONDON ALABAMA COOSADA ARIZONA APACHE JUNCTN MA PHOENIX STTSDALE TUCSON CALIFORNIA FAIRFIELD LONG BEACH LOS ANGEL PALM DERT PETALUMA REDDG SAN ANSELMO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCIS SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA CZ SANTA ROSA SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WAWONA WOODLAND COLORADO ALLENSPARK AURORA BOULR BRECKENRIDGE CASTLE ROCK CRTED BUTTE DENVER GOLN CONNECTICUT SOUTH WDSOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHGTON FLORIDA BAL HARBOUR CLEARWATER COA FORT LRDALE FORT WALTON BEACH HOLIDAY HOLLYWOOD HOMTEAD JACKSONVILLE KEY WT LARGO MIAMI ORLANDO SAT PETE BEACH SARASOTA TAMPA GEIA ATLANTA DETUR ELLIJAY SAVANNAH STOCKBRIDGE HAWAII HONOLULU KAILUA-KONA KALAHEO KEALAKEKUA LAHAA MAKAWAO WAIKOLOA VILLAGE ILLOIS CHIGO GLENVIEW OGLBY INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS IOWA INDIANOLA KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS MAE BRISTOL PORTLAND MARYLAND BALTIMORE KEYMAR NORTH EAST SPARROWS POT WTMSTER MASSACHETTS ANDOVER BEVERLY BOSTON BURLGTON HAVERHILL MASHPEE SHIRLEY MICHIGAN GRAND RAPIDS MASON MIDLAND ROYAL OAK SAT CLAIR SHOR MNOTA MNEAPOLIS MONKA SAT PL MONTANA MISSOULA WHEFISH NEBRASKA OMAHA NEVADA LAS VEGAS NEW JERSEY ATLANTIC CY MORRISTOWN WASHGTON TOWNSHIP NEW YORK BUFFALO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLA CHAPEL HILL CHARLOTTE DURHAM ELK RALEIGH OH BNSWICK CANTON COLUMB FAIRFIELD MENTOR MOUNT VERNON REYNOLDSBURG SEVEN HILLS OKLAHOMA EDMOND OREGON PORTLAND PENNSYLVANIA BRYN MAWR CHTER SPRGS HORSHAM LAFAYETTE HILL PHILALPHIA PTSBURGH SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP SPRGFIELD RHO ISLAND NEWPORT SOUTH CAROLA CHARLTON GREER TENNSEE NASHVILLE TEXAS AT DALLAS HARLGEN HOTON ROUND ROCK SAN ANTON UTAH SALT LAKE CY VERMONT SOMERSET VIRGIA ALEXANDRIA ROANOKE STAFFORD WASHGTON BELLEVUE MANSON MILTON PRTON SEATTLE WT VIRGIA CHARLTON WISNS COLUMB DELAVAN MADISON MILWKEE SHELL LAKE SEARCH NOW OR BROWSE FEATURED CATEGORI PRIZILLAS FREE COUPLE TOOLS

Four s on, the llectn of thoands of photographs that McCoy took the 1980s while on his bicycle mute across Chigo, and and around the clubs and bars that he equented, prents a rich document of the cy’s Black gay life and street culture of the era. Though as McCoy—now a retired environmental scientist and avid art llector—not, at that time the majory of his subjects would have seen themselv as “same genr lovg”, rather than embracg the term gay.

Ahead of the openg, Patric McCoy spoke exclively wh The Queer Review’s edor Jam Klemann about his memori of the cy’s Black gay venu of the 1980s, how he went about takg the photographs, and how he feels lookg back on them now. Photographer Patric McCoy on pturg 1980s Black gay Chigo #lgbtq.

The reason I say same genr lovg is bee gay had e to existence wh Stonewall and slowly got to the Black muny, but was not somethg that was embraced. They would say, ‘I’m not gay’, even though they were dog everythg!