'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

Contents:

• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• GAY DANCE CLUBS ON THE WANE THE AGE OF GRDR

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

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GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

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GAY DANCE CLUBS ON THE WANE THE AGE OF GRDR

Seemgly overnight, New York Cy has bee a real-life “Footloose” — at least for dance-happy gay men who feel as if they have nowhere to boogie the days. While smaller gay bars abound (there are at least 17 Hell’s Kchen alone, by my unt), the number of large gay clubs and weekly dance parti has waned recent years. Brandon Voss, 36, a club promoter and -producer of several gay parti cludg Zoo, which end last year, said that the mand for dance parti has cled.