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Contents:

• SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
• GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
• THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME
• GAY HOE MIC
• GAY HOE
• THE BETIFUL BLACK GAY HISTORY OF CHIGO HOE’S BIRTH
• GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
• GAY HOE MIC

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC

Hoe mic is gay mic.

It ially operated as a members-only club almost exclively equented by black and Lato gay men.

GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)

At the time, gay bars and clubs were the only safe spac for queer folk, pecially nsirg the nstant barrage of police raids, often whout warrants, that terrorized Chigo’s gay muny. Then, a strange move, which the future will be seen as a se study for reer sabotage, he wrote a homophobic rant on his Facebook page.

The post pared homosexuals to paedophil and referred to the LGBT muny as “another breed”. There might be gay characters Hollyoaks, but ’s not all rabows out there.

Electronic mic emerged om a scene that was alternative, diverse and mostly, very, very gay.

THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME

The unsung fluence of gay culture may not stem om nsc discrimatn, but when a major ntributn isn’t celebrated, that oversight n allow homophobia to flourish. In 1973 Vce Aletti wrote a piece for Rollg Stone documentg the vert scene of, “After-hours clubs and private lofts open on weekends to members only — a hard-re dance crowd — blacks, Lats, gays. When asked about dance mic culture, he sniffed: “The rave liftyle of Ibiza the late ‘80s was jt a vanilla versn of the New York gay liftyle of the ‘70s.

What many people don't know is that there was a heavg, largely gay y the pac basement every night! The largely gay, black and Hispanic crowd were totally off-their-ts — mostly on Quaalus (known as 'Lus). The Lift nodd towards New York’s dis palac, but s roots were South London’s largely black, illegal, gay hoe parti (or ‘Blu’ as they were known).

Jeremy Norman opened Heaven 1979 and by the early ‘80s, was at the top of s game, givg gay London an epic club that rivalled anythg New York (or the world) had to offer. “The mistake I ma was reuntg how the mastream gay scene kd of rejected — llg the ‘black sheep’. He agre that the gays were ravg long before had a name.

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“Pre acid hoe/rave culture, you’d hear hoe mic many gay clubs London.

As the Send Summer Of Love dawned '88, the UK gay scene was major crisis and London was the epicentre of this battle. HIV/AIDS was cuttg a swathe through our muny, stillg tabloid panic, a rise homophobia and wispread fear. Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988 prohibed lol thori England and Wal om “promotg” homosexualy.

It also labelled gay fay relatnships as “pretend”. The gays had been tegral to gettg the hoe party started, but by late ‘88, the muny’s foc had swched om MDMA to AZT and HIV. The club kids and olr gay men who’d led diss the ‘70s sudnly beme th on the ground.

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The energy that sparked the flam of hoe mic subversive gay clubs explod elsewhere as the Send Summer Of Love (1988-’89).

“More young gay people were lookg for somethg new and more vibrant, and had already equented fashn-orientated clubs that embraced the mixed msage, ” he rells. When I saw queens at the big, straight rav, I’d steer clear and spurn regnn — the dancg gay Judas wh dilated pupils.

Manchter boasted a boomg gay scene that was cky, hip and ready to ‘ave ‘til dawn. DJ Dave Kendricks explas the cy’s LGBT herage: “Manchter’s mil history is full of gay signifiers, om Pete Shelley sgg ‘Ever fallen love wh someone you shouldn’t have?

THE BETIFUL BLACK GAY HISTORY OF CHIGO HOE’S BIRTH

“That monthly gay night at The Haçienda was the greatt night I ever played.

Jt a few years before, Manchter’s chief of police Jam Anrton said the gay muny was ‘swimmg a csp of s own makg’ after he raid the gay club, Rocki. “Queer Natn was jt the mutated gay versn. “Garage tegrated gay and straight crowds and beme more about the mic and ls about the sex at the end of the night!

Entry wasn’t guaranteed, even if you were gay. The door policy was vague, but sturdy: “You don't have to be gay or a member to get , but your attu and look will unt. In orr to get round the Sunday licensg laws, an enormo buffet would greet the still-buzzg gay ravers as they trooped om Turnls.

GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)

Hearg Sk rap over Jo’s DJ set at the DTPM tent at Gay Pri Brockwell Park remas, for me, a gobsmackg and pivotal pot black girl power.

We set out to offer somethg unique, yet boutique; a forward-thkg space for women (of all sexual persuasns and their gay male iends as guts) who appreciated the harr si of dance mic and wanted a space whout gettg 'put on' by straight guys. A woman, promotg a gay fetish club, was a novelty self. The creative team behd FF also produced a satiril fanze (also lled FF) that was antly gay and so near the knuckle, eventually got shut down by a law su.

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You have to shout to be heard when you’re the mory, but that don’t mean the amazg gay nightlife culture cubated the Brish gay night-time isn’t worth shoutg about.

San Francis (Bt Hoe Gay Songs).

Mic Café, Gay Cocktail Bars. Copabana (Background Gay Mic Club).