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Contents:
- “GLASTONBURY IS REALLY QUEER!”: BEHD THE SCEN AT NYC DOWNLOW, THE FTIVAL’S RINT GAY CLUB
- GLASTONBURY FTIVAL 2023: SPECIAL PL O'GRADY TRIBUTE TO BE STAGED AT GAY CLUB NYC DOWNLOWTHE SHOW WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 30 DRAG QUEENSSOMERSETLIVEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYTOMAS MALLOYREPORTER11:57, 26 MAY 2023BOOKMARKA SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO PL O'GRADY (SET) WILL TAKE PLACE AT GLASTONBURY FTIVAL'S NYC DOWNLOWSIGN UP HERE FOR SOMERSET LIVE'S LATT VERAGE OM WORTHY FARMMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP HERE FOR SOMERSET LIVE'S LATT VERAGE OM WORTHY FARMINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- BATH BKER TURNED GLASTONBURY FTIVAL-PERFORMER TALKS 'GAY EXORCISM', LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM AND VAMPIRTHIS 27-YEAR-OLD HAS AN CREDIBLE STORY TO TELLSOMERSETLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYRICHARD MILLSBRIGHTON & HOVE ALBN RRPONNT05:00, 2 DEC 2018UPDATED08:28, 3 DEC 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT TO RECEIVE THE LATT TOP STORI OM AROUND BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT TO RECEIVE THE LATT TOP STORI OM AROUND BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- BT PHOTOS OF THE DAY: EID, GLASTONBURY AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS
- 2016: A GAY BAR AT GLASTONBURY FTIVAL BEME THE UK’S BT CLUB
“GLASTONBURY IS REALLY QUEER!”: BEHD THE SCEN AT NYC DOWNLOW, THE FTIVAL’S RINT GAY CLUB
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It is 50 years sce the Stonewall rts, when the boozers at a New York gay bar cid that they had been hassled one too many tim. That night sparked the morn LGBT rights movement – which some may say took a while to arrive at wasn’t until 2007 that gay culture found full-throated exprsn, the shape of the NYC Downlow, a meticulo recreatn of a sleazy 70s gay club, plete wh drag queens, go-go dancers and even a darkroom round the back of the speakers, for those who would like an timate moment soundtracked by pulverisg hoe mic served up by DJs cludg Midland and Eric Morillo. ”The retro ambience pays homage to a goln age of gay creativy, but also serv as a remr of more reprsive tim.
GLASTONBURY FTIVAL 2023: SPECIAL PL O'GRADY TRIBUTE TO BE STAGED AT GAY CLUB NYC DOWNLOWTHE SHOW WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 30 DRAG QUEENSSOMERSETLIVEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYTOMAS MALLOYREPORTER11:57, 26 MAY 2023BOOKMARKA SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO PL O'GRADY (SET) WILL TAKE PLACE AT GLASTONBURY FTIVAL'S NYC DOWNLOWSIGN UP HERE FOR SOMERSET LIVE'S LATT VERAGE OM WORTHY FARMMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP HERE FOR SOMERSET LIVE'S LATT VERAGE OM WORTHY FARMINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Half a century after the Stonewall rts, this haven of after-hours partyg pays homage to a goln age of gay creativy * gay glastonbury festival *
“The Downlow aims to repolicise gays, ” Berger says. ”It is also a remr that, as well as good tim, nightspots have provid refuge and muny to gay people gog right back to Stonewall self – safe spac that are more necsary than ever, wh backlash agast the gas of the LGBT movement never far away. Now that the Worthy Farm ftival is done for another year, here’s a look back at some of the biggt and bt gay moments.
Alongsi nng through the greatt hs of his 50-pl-year reer, the gay pop rock legend weled special guts to the stage, cludg pansexual sger Ra Sawayama and The Killers’ ontman Brandon Flowers.
BATH BKER TURNED GLASTONBURY FTIVAL-PERFORMER TALKS 'GAY EXORCISM', LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM AND VAMPIRTHIS 27-YEAR-OLD HAS AN CREDIBLE STORY TO TELLSOMERSETLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYRICHARD MILLSBRIGHTON & HOVE ALBN RRPONNT05:00, 2 DEC 2018UPDATED08:28, 3 DEC 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT TO RECEIVE THE LATT TOP STORI OM AROUND BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT TO RECEIVE THE LATT TOP STORI OM AROUND BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Jake Shears recently said that he don’t re about tentnally makg his mic queer, as is, by nature, a big old gay romp. As such, she’s always first le to support the muny, whether that’s takg on anti-drag laws the US by vg RuPl’s Drag Race queens on stage wh her durg her tour, or simply by wrg a song lled “Everybody’s Gay”.
The pansexual pop prcs dazzled the roarg crowd wh a n-through of her queer anthems, cludg her mpy 2022 sgle “This Hell” and gay club fever dream “Lucid”. On Sunday, she even joed Elton for a special rendn of “Don’t Go Breakg My Heart” and, hontly, don’t get much gayer than that.
BT PHOTOS OF THE DAY: EID, GLASTONBURY AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS
” So says drag superstar Jonny Woo, backstage at NYC Downlow, Glastonbury’s rint gay club, molled on New York’s meatpackg district the ‘80s. 2019 marks 50 years sce Stonewall, the anti-homophobia rts held New York. From the giant dystopian head of the IICON stage to the ever-popular gay club NYC Downlow - 's the place to be when the sun go down.
Amid a antic hive of activy the Block9 fields jt days before the ftival gat open, creative director Stephen Gallagher spoke to Somerset Live about everythg om creatg the first gay venue at Glastonbury to flyg massive DJs om the US for this year's ftival and why you should grow a motache for this year's party. "We wanted to get volved and start Glastonbury's first gay venue, as Gion felt that was somethg missg om the ftival experience.
NYC Downlow has been a rnerstone of Glastonbury nightlife ever sce then and has been brand as one of the bt gay party venu on the pla by some. Always full of talented gay and queer performers, the club enurag dience participatn and experimentatn as part of the experience.
2016: A GAY BAR AT GLASTONBURY FTIVAL BEME THE UK’S BT CLUB
The show will take place at Glastonbury's gay nightclub NYC Downlow. Hot, dark and sweaty, The Meat Rack featur the ultimate sleazy, homo-centric le-up. ” Add a gay exorcism and performg at Glastonbury Ftival, and you have the gredients for another fascatg Bath character.
LGBTQ+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, ) Activist and Eastern Orthodox Theologian Nik, who was born Bath but his fay are om Serbia, realised at the age of 11 he was gay.