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THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME

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In this chronologil list of semal events and selected theatril landmarks, you’ll fd a wi variety of gay, lbian and transgenr characters and stori – om gay men New York stgglg wh self-loathg The Boys the Band to a young lbian North Carola proudly facg her fay The Cake. Subsequently ma to a feature film wh the origal st, The Boys the Band was sthg and unapologetic s ank portrayal of gay men New York. 1969, June 28-July 3: Stonewall Uprisg – Transgenr, gay and lbian patrons of the Stonewall Inn Greenwich Village, NYC, fight back when police raid the tablishment.

1975: The Rz by Terrence McNally(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3f, 14m) Terrence McNally managed to be both a tradnalist and a pneer wh this uproar 1975 Broadway h; he set his tradnal door-slammg farce a gay bathhoe.

Post-Stonewall but pre-AIDS, The Rz celebrated the ee spir of early “Gay Lib” wh joy and high-speed hilary.

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1978: Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierste(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 4m)In 1978, gay “clone culture” was on the rise; many gay Amerins tried to assiate by appearg more “straight, ” and Amerins beme more faiar wh imag of butch gay men.

) “At the height of the post-Stonewall clone era, ” wrote playwright Charl Bch a 2002 article for The Advote, “Harvey [Fierste] challenged both gay and straight dienc to champn an effemate gay man’s longgs for love and fay.

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