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
Contents:
- SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
- GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
- WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY
- THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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… * house music is gay *
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. Hoe mic is gay mic. 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.
GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
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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.
WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY
Wdy Cy Tim News - Gay poser Stt Free n rattle off the nam of several documentari celebratg the Chigo origs of hoe mic. This style of electronic dance mic was pneered by Black DJs like Frankie Knuckl and Larry Heard * house music is 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.
THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME
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’.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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.