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SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC

Hoe mic is gay mic. The sound emerged om the queer black and latx club cultur of New York and Chigo the ’80s. Strangely, the roots of the… * gay house music *

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

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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 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.

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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).

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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.

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“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. “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.

THE BETIFUL BLACK GAY HISTORY OF CHIGO HOE’S BIRTH

Hoe, style of high-tempo, electronic dance mic that origated Chigo the early 1980s and spread ternatnally. Born Chigo clubs that tered to gay, predomantly black and Lato patrons, hoe fed the symphonic sweep and soul diva vols of 1970s dis wh the ld futurism * gay house music *

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

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“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?

“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.

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“Garage tegrated gay and straight crowds and beme more about the mic and ls about the sex at the end of the night!

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