The downtown nightclub, loted at 18 E Universy Ave, beme Gaville’s first gay club after openg s doors more than 30 years ago. It’s wily regnized as the heart of Gaville’s LGBTQ+ nightlife.
Contents:
- ‘FALLY! A SPORT FOR GAY PEOPLE!’: HOW DRAG WENT MASTREAM
- FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI
‘FALLY! A SPORT FOR GAY PEOPLE!’: HOW DRAG WENT MASTREAM
* gay in drag *
To many, the stereotypil image of a drag queen is one of a gay man drsed exaggerated feme getup, oversized wigs and heavy makp.
Its performers are gay and straight. The term “homosexualy” me to greater circulatn the ’30s, Jefeys said, as did “pansy acts” – hyper-feme queens whose rout clud nuendos about same-sex sire.
FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI
To do drag is to drs up or prent yourself differently than your everyday genr, ually for exprsn or performance. Draggg is not an ditor of a person’s genr inty. A drag queen or drag kg is also distct om a trans person. Although most people who do drag are gay or lbian, drag performers n * gay in drag *
Police regularly raid gay bars the US – until the late ‘60s, Jefeys said, was illegal for bars New York to serve a drk to a “known homosexual.
Queens found their own drag ho – and chosen fai the procs; for many Black and Lato queer and trans people this was a reactn to the racism they faced wh the gay pageant scene.