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• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• WHAT IS WHACKG (WAACKG)? JSIE MADECEMBER 16, 2022READY TO START DANCG?REACH YOUR DANCE GOALS ON STEEZY WH 1500+ ONLE CLASS, PROGRAMS, AND MORE.GET STARTEDCOPIED TO CLIPBOARDBOOM. POW. WHACK.THE ENERGETIC SOUNDS AREN'T JT ONOMATOPOEIAS YOU’D FD A IC BOOK...THEY’RE THE SPIRATN FOR WHACKG (WAACKG) – A DANCE STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY STRIKG ARM MOVEMENTS, POS, AND FOOTWORK!WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ORIGS OF WHACKG? KEEP READG.THE HISTORY OF WHACKG (WAACKG)WHACKG FOUND S START THE 1970S GAY CLUBS OF LOS ANGEL WHERE HIGH-ENERGY FUNK AND DIS MIC DOMATED THE AIRWAV.IT WAS THE CLUBS THAT POOR BLACK, LATO, AND ASIAN MEN FOUND THE EEDOM TO EXPRS THEMSELV THROUGH MOVEMENT, SPE THE OPPRSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THEY FACED DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.ORIGALLY LLED “PUNKG, WHACKG EMERGED AS A STYLE THAT FOCED ON EMPOWERMENT AND STRENGTH.AND WHILE “PUNK” WAS ORIGALLY A ROGATORY TERM, THE GAY MUNY RECLAIMED AS A POSIVE ACTN VERB. "PUNKG MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHG YOUR B*TCH. INSTEAD OF BEG FEATED BY A PERSON OR THG OR SUATN, PUNKG IS HOW WE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT TO MAKE OUR OWN."– VIKTOR MANOELPUNKG IS THE ROOT OF WHACKG.THE MOV WERE FLUENCED BY THE GLAMOUR AND DRAMA OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTRS, THE OVER-THE-TOP ACTN OF 1960S IC BOOK HERO, AND THE SHARP, QUICK MOVEMENTS OF 1970S MARTIAL ARTS FILMS.IN MANY ROUT AND ETYL, YOU’LL SEE ARM ROLLS THAT ORIGATE THE SHOULR, ELBOW, OR WRIST THAT TRAVEL OVER THE HEAD AND BACK – DIRECTLY SPIRED BY THE E OF NUNCHUCKS. (VIKTOR MANOEL)WHACKG FOUND S WAY OUT OF THE LA GAY CLUB SCENE AND ONTO THE SOUL TRA DANCE FLOOR BY WAY OF A FEW ORIGAL PUNKS, ARTHUR, TKER, AND ANDREW. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980'S, MOST OF THE ORIGAL PUNKS PASSED AWAY OR WERE MURRED, LEAVG ONLY VIKTOR MANOEL AS THE LAST ORIGAL PUNK. THEN, THE STYLE FAD OUT OF THE MASTREAM THE 1980'S AND 1990'S.IT WASN’T UNTIL 2003, WHEN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BRIAN “FOOTWORK” GREEN BEGAN TEACHG WHACKG AS A FORMAL DANCE STYLE THAT A NEW GENERATN OF WHACKERS WAS BORN. AFTER BRIAN, MANY OTHER WHACKG ELRS STARTED SHARG THEIR KNOWLEDGE WH YOUNGER DANCERS, LEADG TO AN EXPLOSN THE WHACKG CHOREOGRAPHY MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH WHACKG IS NOW OFTEN SEEN CHOREOGRAPHY, S ORIGAL NTEXTS WERE ETYLE JAMS AND BATTL. BUT WHETHER WHACKG IS PART OF A ROUTE OR -THE-MOMENT EXPRSN, THE RE VALU OF CELEBRATG DIVIDUALY, SELF-EXPRSN, STORYTELLG, AND PERFORMANCE STILL REMA. WHAT IS THE WHACK/WAACK?THE BASIC “WHACK” (ORIGAL SPELLG) IS AN ARM MOVEMENT THAT CREAT A STRIKG MOTN.IT’S LERALLY LIKE YOU'RE HTG OR WHACKG SOMETHG!WATCH THIS VIO TO SEE HOW A BASIC WHACK IS EXECUTED:THIS NAME OM THE ONOMATOPOEIAS SPLASHED ACROSS CLASSIC IC BOOKS LIKE BATMAN AND ROB. WHILE “PUNKG” WAS THE OG TERM FOR THE STYLE, “WHACKG/WAACKG” BEME THE MOST POPULAR NAME WHEN THE STRAIGHT MUNY FELL LOVE WH THE DANCE STYLE, BUT DIDN’T WANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH THE TERM “PUNKG.” (THE DOUBLE “A” SPELLG OF WHACKG WAS ED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TERM OM THE NEGATIVE SLANG, “WACK”)ASI OM THE WHACK SELF, WHACKG TECHNIQUE ALSO CLUS HAIR BSH, EXTENSNS, POSG, AND FAST FOOTWORK – ALL WH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON MILY.WANNA LEARN THE WHACKG STYLE YOURSELF?TAKE LORENA VALENZUELA'S BEGNER WHACKG PROGRAM ON STEEZY STUD!SHE TEACH ALL THE SENTIALS OF WHACKG/WAACKG FOR BEGNERS. JT CLICK HERE TO START FOR EE.CULTURAL NTEXTS OF WHACKG THOUGH S HAVE PASSED SCE S CEPTN, THE TECHNIQUE AND CULTURAL NTEXT OF WHACKG HAS BEEN PRERVED BY S MUNI.TODAY, DANCERS NTUE TO VELOP NEW MEANS OF EXPRSN THROUGH WHACKG BY EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT TYP OF MIC AND ELEMENTS OF FLAIR.   AND WHILE THIS STYLE WAS ORIGALLY CREATED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE OF LOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, ’S GONE ON TO SPIRE YOUNGER GENERATNS OF DANCERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. ‍EDOR'S NOTE: FACTS THE ARTICLE WERE REARCHED BY THE THOR. ADDNAL RMATN ME OM TERVIEWS WH ORIGAL PUNK VIKTOR MANOEL.TAGS:WAACKG DANCE MOVWHACKG DANCE MOVWHAT IS WAACKG?LIKE OUR STORI?
• ARE YOUR HANDS GAY?
• PROUD 2016 (20 HOT GAY DANCE FAVOR)
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

Keep history of Whackg (Waackg)Whackg found s start the 1970s gay clubs of Los Angel where high-energy funk and dis mic domated the was the clubs that poor Black, Lato, and Asian men found the eedom to exprs themselv through movement, spe the opprsive environments they faced day-to-day life. Origally lled “Punkg, Whackg emerged as a style that foced on empowerment and while “Punk” was origally a rogatory term, the gay muny reclaimed as a posive actn verb.

(Viktor Manoel)Whackg found s way out of the LA gay club scene and onto the Soul Tra dance floor by way of a few origal Punks, Arthur, Tker, and Andrew. Meanwhile, among the male tws, the bisexual or gay brothers had more "male-typil" hands than the straight on—ntrary to what the rearchers expected—although the difference was not signifint.

"Rearch suggts that our sexualy is termed the womb and is pennt on the amount of male hormone we are exposed to or the way our dividual bodi react to that hormone, wh those exposed to higher levels of ttosterone beg more likely to be bisexual or homosexual, " the thors wrote. However, is important to strs, that the evince is currently not strong enough to accurately predict whether someone is gay, straight or bisexual by lookg at the rat between their fgers.

WHAT IS WHACKG (WAACKG)? JSIE MADECEMBER 16, 2022READY TO START DANCG?REACH YOUR DANCE GOALS ON STEEZY WH 1500+ ONLE CLASS, PROGRAMS, AND MORE.GET STARTEDCOPIED TO CLIPBOARDBOOM. POW. WHACK.THE ENERGETIC SOUNDS AREN'T JT ONOMATOPOEIAS YOU’D FD A IC BOOK...THEY’RE THE SPIRATN FOR WHACKG (WAACKG) – A DANCE STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY STRIKG ARM MOVEMENTS, POS, AND FOOTWORK!WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ORIGS OF WHACKG? KEEP READG.THE HISTORY OF WHACKG (WAACKG)WHACKG FOUND S START THE 1970S GAY CLUBS OF LOS ANGEL WHERE HIGH-ENERGY FUNK AND DIS MIC DOMATED THE AIRWAV.IT WAS THE CLUBS THAT POOR BLACK, LATO, AND ASIAN MEN FOUND THE EEDOM TO EXPRS THEMSELV THROUGH MOVEMENT, SPE THE OPPRSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THEY FACED DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.ORIGALLY LLED “PUNKG, WHACKG EMERGED AS A STYLE THAT FOCED ON EMPOWERMENT AND STRENGTH.AND WHILE “PUNK” WAS ORIGALLY A ROGATORY TERM, THE GAY MUNY RECLAIMED AS A POSIVE ACTN VERB. "PUNKG MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHG YOUR B*TCH. INSTEAD OF BEG FEATED BY A PERSON OR THG OR SUATN, PUNKG IS HOW WE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT TO MAKE OUR OWN."– VIKTOR MANOELPUNKG IS THE ROOT OF WHACKG.THE MOV WERE FLUENCED BY THE GLAMOUR AND DRAMA OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTRS, THE OVER-THE-TOP ACTN OF 1960S IC BOOK HERO, AND THE SHARP, QUICK MOVEMENTS OF 1970S MARTIAL ARTS FILMS.IN MANY ROUT AND ETYL, YOU’LL SEE ARM ROLLS THAT ORIGATE THE SHOULR, ELBOW, OR WRIST THAT TRAVEL OVER THE HEAD AND BACK – DIRECTLY SPIRED BY THE E OF NUNCHUCKS. (VIKTOR MANOEL)WHACKG FOUND S WAY OUT OF THE LA GAY CLUB SCENE AND ONTO THE SOUL TRA DANCE FLOOR BY WAY OF A FEW ORIGAL PUNKS, ARTHUR, TKER, AND ANDREW. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980'S, MOST OF THE ORIGAL PUNKS PASSED AWAY OR WERE MURRED, LEAVG ONLY VIKTOR MANOEL AS THE LAST ORIGAL PUNK. THEN, THE STYLE FAD OUT OF THE MASTREAM THE 1980'S AND 1990'S.IT WASN’T UNTIL 2003, WHEN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BRIAN “FOOTWORK” GREEN BEGAN TEACHG WHACKG AS A FORMAL DANCE STYLE THAT A NEW GENERATN OF WHACKERS WAS BORN. AFTER BRIAN, MANY OTHER WHACKG ELRS STARTED SHARG THEIR KNOWLEDGE WH YOUNGER DANCERS, LEADG TO AN EXPLOSN THE WHACKG CHOREOGRAPHY MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH WHACKG IS NOW OFTEN SEEN CHOREOGRAPHY, S ORIGAL NTEXTS WERE ETYLE JAMS AND BATTL. BUT WHETHER WHACKG IS PART OF A ROUTE OR -THE-MOMENT EXPRSN, THE RE VALU OF CELEBRATG DIVIDUALY, SELF-EXPRSN, STORYTELLG, AND PERFORMANCE STILL REMA. WHAT IS THE WHACK/WAACK?THE BASIC “WHACK” (ORIGAL SPELLG) IS AN ARM MOVEMENT THAT CREAT A STRIKG MOTN.IT’S LERALLY LIKE YOU'RE HTG OR WHACKG SOMETHG!WATCH THIS VIO TO SEE HOW A BASIC WHACK IS EXECUTED:THIS NAME OM THE ONOMATOPOEIAS SPLASHED ACROSS CLASSIC IC BOOKS LIKE BATMAN AND ROB. WHILE “PUNKG” WAS THE OG TERM FOR THE STYLE, “WHACKG/WAACKG” BEME THE MOST POPULAR NAME WHEN THE STRAIGHT MUNY FELL LOVE WH THE DANCE STYLE, BUT DIDN’T WANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH THE TERM “PUNKG.” (THE DOUBLE “A” SPELLG OF WHACKG WAS ED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TERM OM THE NEGATIVE SLANG, “WACK”)ASI OM THE WHACK SELF, WHACKG TECHNIQUE ALSO CLUS HAIR BSH, EXTENSNS, POSG, AND FAST FOOTWORK – ALL WH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON MILY.WANNA LEARN THE WHACKG STYLE YOURSELF?TAKE LORENA VALENZUELA'S BEGNER WHACKG PROGRAM ON STEEZY STUD!SHE TEACH ALL THE SENTIALS OF WHACKG/WAACKG FOR BEGNERS. JT CLICK HERE TO START FOR EE.CULTURAL NTEXTS OF WHACKG THOUGH S HAVE PASSED SCE S CEPTN, THE TECHNIQUE AND CULTURAL NTEXT OF WHACKG HAS BEEN PRERVED BY S MUNI.TODAY, DANCERS NTUE TO VELOP NEW MEANS OF EXPRSN THROUGH WHACKG BY EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT TYP OF MIC AND ELEMENTS OF FLAIR.   AND WHILE THIS STYLE WAS ORIGALLY CREATED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE OF LOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, ’S GONE ON TO SPIRE YOUNGER GENERATNS OF DANCERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. ‍EDOR'S NOTE: FACTS THE ARTICLE WERE REARCHED BY THE THOR. ADDNAL RMATN ME OM TERVIEWS WH ORIGAL PUNK VIKTOR MANOEL.TAGS:WAACKG DANCE MOVWHACKG DANCE MOVWHAT IS WAACKG?LIKE OUR STORI?

"Some work has shown that gay men have more "male-typil" rats than straight men; other work has shown the oppose pattern; and still further work has shown no difference at all. As such, is not clear whether there is any real difference the level of ttosterone exposure between straight and gay men or how ttosterone exposure might map on to sexual orientatn differenc.

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ARE YOUR HANDS GAY?

Perhaps was growg up at a time where homosexualy wasn’t talked about. I was still very much the closet — only a few close iends knew that I was gay. I remember feelg relief and excement about my future as a gay man which motivated me to live openly and thentic.

PROUD 2016 (20 HOT GAY DANCE FAVOR)

I never really felt danger until after gay marriage was legalized. Once that happened, people were a lot more open about their homophobia and we toned our public affectn down even further. There are several gay bars, and throughout June, many bs here have a rabow flag schoolyard excement of fad quickly to fear, as I glanced up and saw two men.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

Promotg Gay Square Dancg Canada. Ok, But Why GAY Square Dancg?

The tablishment of the Internatnal Associatn of Gay Square Dance Clubs and the 50+ clubs they support across North Ameri has offered a more acceptg environment for LGBTQ* people, and their alli, to exprs themselv whout fear of shame or faster pace, higher energy and stylized dance mov that are typil of gay square dance clubs are an excellent opportuny for personal growth and acceptance and this is why is so important to help promote and advance this important e. There are numero plac where we get volved to help promote our activy cludg at the club level, workg wh the Ottawa Date Squar, the Toronto Triangle Squar and the Squar Across the Borr group also offer fancial assistance to new dancers so that they n attend their first square dance nventn or fly- at a rced st and we help fund the Gay Caller’s Associatn to make learng to ll a more affordable optn. Here's 35 l of navigatg a gay leather bar.