In New York Cy, the meatpackg district of Greenwich Village is home to many LGBTQ muni and movements. The most notable landmark is the Stonewall Inn that led to a seri of rts 1969. On the wt si of Greenwich Village, however, was a lser known gay hotspot: an exclive, members-only BDSM sex club…
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- GAY HISTORY – NOVEMBER 7, 1985: NYC CLOS THE “NOTOR” MINESHAFT – READ THE NY TIM ARTICLE
- GAY HISTORY – NOVEMBER 7, 1985: NYC CLOS THE “NOTOR” MINESHAFT – READ THE NY TIM ARTICLE
GAY HISTORY – NOVEMBER 7, 1985: NYC CLOS THE “NOTOR” MINESHAFT – READ THE NY TIM ARTICLE
New York Cy yterday closed a bar equented by homosexuals, ntendg that permted ”high-risk sexual activy” lked to the spread of AIDS. The Me Shaft is a ”notor and well-known place,” the words of Richard Dunne, executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. * mine shaft gay bar *
Tal of New York Cy gay nightlife, before the 1980s HIV epimic and the wispread gentrifitn that transformed the cy, sound legendary to those of who weren’t around to wns . But a queer historian has given morn-day queers a close look at one of the most well-known gay leather bars of that era — the Mhaft. Frscher published the terview (and many others) his recently released book Profil Gay Courage: Leatherfolk, Arts, and Ias.
European travelers particular took advantage of low air far and favorable exchange rat to party gay New York Cy and e to the club, Wallace said. Wallace noted that the club gaed notoriety om the ntroversial and oh-so-hot 1980s gay slasher film Cisg. The club eventually hosted numero leather groups at the time, cludg the Fist F—ers of Ameri (FFA), the Total Ass Involvement League (TAIL), the Interchange (a biker club), and the Gay Men’s S&M Associatn (GMSMA).
He also said closeted actor Rock Hudson, Queen ontman Freddie Mercury, gay philosopher Michel Fouult, and Liza Melli’s father Vcente Mnelli were among the gay lumari who ma si the legendary club. He spected that a self-policg gay group wh the cy ernment who were ashamed of the gay leather scene helped anize s shutdown, though the Mafia’s shady tax algs wh the bar certaly didn’t help, he add.
GAY HISTORY – NOVEMBER 7, 1985: NYC CLOS THE “NOTOR” MINESHAFT – READ THE NY TIM ARTICLE
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New York Cy yterday closed a bar equented by homosexuals, ntendg that permted ”high-risk sexual activy” lked to the spread of AIDS. The Me Shaft is a ”notor and well-known place,” the words of Richard Dunne, executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. * mine shaft gay bar *
CITY CLOSES BAR FREQUENTED BY HOMOSEXUALS, CITING SEXUAL ACTIVITY LINKED TO AIDS. New York Cy yterday closed a bar equented by homosexuals, ntendg that permted ”high-risk sexual activy” lked to the spread of AIDS.
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The Me Shaft is a ”notor and well-known place, ” the words of Richard Dunne, executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Others, cludg homosexual activists, argued that closg the Me Shaft and plac like would have no impact on sexual activy, and suggted that by closg the bar, the cy had taken a step toward ernment regulatn of private behavr.
Dunne of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis said he did not believe that closg the bar would have a salutary effect on sexual behavr, or on the spread of acquired immune ficiency syndrome.
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