“Glastonbury is really queer!”: behd the scen at NYC Downlow, the ftival's rint gay club

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Half a century after the Stonewall rts, this haven of after-hours partyg pays homage to a goln age of gay creativy

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“GLASTONBURY IS REALLY QUEER!”: BEHD THE SCEN AT NYC DOWNLOW, THE FTIVAL’S RINT GAY CLUB

Insi the ftival’s 15-year-old gay dis, suated Block9 at Glastonbury. * gay glastonbury festival *

Not that the inic band needs an troductn, but the duo – ma up of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – shot to fame the 1980’s wh major hs cludg It’s A S, which beme a gay anthem and reflected Neil’s time growg up Catholic.

Neil publicly me out 1994, and gaed a tremendo gay followg for both embracg LGBT+ visibily and, naturally, for their absolute bops. Recently, the star pated rabow lours on the streets of Warsaw to keep a promise to a Polish fan brand her native untry ‘the most homophobic I’ve ever seen’ and wished she uld see the pri lours there.

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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. “The Downlow aims to repolicise gays, ” Berger says.

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!

”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.

BT PHOTOS OF THE DAY: EID, GLASTONBURY AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS

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.

2016: A GAY BAR AT GLASTONBURY FTIVAL BEME THE UK’S BT CLUB

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.

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