SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC |

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• SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
• THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME
• THE BETIFUL BLACK GAY HISTORY OF CHIGO HOE’S BIRTH
• GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
• GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)
• GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2021 | MORN GAY ANTHEMS PUBLISHED JUNE 18, 2021 IN THE WAKE OF OUR 14TH GAY PRI ANNIVERSARY, PARTY FAVORZ PRENTS THE ANNUAL PILATN OF GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN WH THE BIGGT MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021, MERGG PAST INIC CLASSICS WH THE BOLD TUN OF TOMORROW’S LGBTQ+ MIC SCENE. CHER’S ANTHEMIC TRACK “BELIEVE” LEADS THE LIST WH S MORN TOUCH BY LIAM PFEIFER, REMDG TO KEEP FAH OURSELV AND OUR JOURNEY. RIHANNA’S “WE FOUND LOVE” SPIR TO HOLD ONTO HOPE, EVEN THE DARKT TIM. THE TRACKS EMBODY THE SENCE OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS BY OFFERG SOLACE, JOY, AND AN AVENUE FOR SELF-EXPRSN TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. CLASSICS LIKE ULTRA NATé’S “FREE,” AND WHNEY HOTON’S “I WANNA DANCE WH SOMEBODY,” GIVEN A H SP, ARE TIMELS ANTHEMS THAT UPLIFT THE SPIR, EMBOLNG DIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE THEIR INTY FEARLSLY. THEY ENPSULATE THE STGGL, TRIUMPHS, AND RILIENCE OF THE GAY MUNY, SERVG AS POWERFUL RALLYG CRI AT PRI PARAS AND CELEBRATNS. LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY,” REMIXED BY LIAM PFEIFER, ECHO THE MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-LOVE, RERCG S STAT AS A MORN GAY ANTHEM. SIARLY, ROBYN’S “DANCG ON MY OWN,” LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE,” EACH WH THEIR UNIQUE REMIX, REPRENT THE MUNY’S JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-EMPOWERMENT, CLIVY, AND LIBERATN. SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE LIST, LIKE “YMCA” BY VILLAGE PEOPLE, “WE ARE FAY” BY SISTER SLEDGE, AND “I WILL SURVIVE” BY GLORIA GAYNOR, HAVE BEEN PILLARS OF THE GAY MUNY FOR S. THE SONGS HAVE EVOLVED TO MORN GAY ANTHEMS, CELEBRATG THE DIVERSY AND UNY OF THE MUNY. MOREOVER, NEW ADDNS TO THE GAY ANTHEMS PANTHEON, LIKE DUA LIPA’S “LEVATG,” MILEY CYS’ “MIDNIGHT SKY,” AND AVA MAX’S “MY HEAD & MY HEART,” RPORATE NTEMPORARY SOUNDS AND THEM THAT RONATE WH YOUNGER LGBTQ+ GENERATNS. THEY RERCE THE CLIVY OF THE GAY MUNY, ENSURG S MIL HERAGE REMAS H AND RELEVANT. SONGS LIKE “DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY” BY THELMA HOTON AND “IT’S A S” BY YEARS & YEARS ADDRS THE PLEXI AND CHALLENG FACED BY THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, OFFERG SOLACE AND SOLIDARY. THEIR CLN THIS LIST ENSUR THE NARRATIV REMA CENTRAL TO THE DISURSE OF GAY ANTHEMS. IN NCLN, THE LLECTN OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021 BY PARTY FAVORZ IS A TTAMENT TO THE EVOLUTN OF GAY ANTHEMS. FROM NOSTALGIC CLASSICS REIMAGED TO NEW ANTHEMS WH THEIR FECT BEATS AND POWERFUL LYRICS, THEY UNRLE THE RILIENCE, DIVERSY, AND UNY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. MIC NTU TO PLAY AN STMENTAL ROLE THIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALY, WH EACH SONG OFFERG AN ECHO OF THE MUNY’S PAST, A SNAPSHOT OF S PRENT, AND A GLIMPSE OF S PROMISG FUTURE. H A P P Y   P R I D E   E V E R Y O N E!
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC

Hoe mic is gay mic. It ially operated as a members-only club almost exclively equented by black and Lato gay men.

At the time, gay bars and clubs were the only safe spac for queer folk, pecially nsirg the nstant barrage of police raids, often whout warrants, that terrorized Chigo’s gay muny.

THE WAREHOE: THE GAY CLUB WHERE HOE MIC GOT S NAME

Then, a strange move, which the future will be seen as a se study for reer sabotage, he wrote a homophobic rant on his Facebook page. The post pared homosexuals to paedophil and referred to the LGBT muny as “another breed”. There might be gay characters Hollyoaks, but ’s not all rabows out there.

Electronic mic emerged om a scene that was alternative, diverse and mostly, very, very gay. The unsung fluence of gay culture may not stem om nsc discrimatn, but when a major ntributn isn’t celebrated, that oversight n allow homophobia to flourish. In 1973 Vce Aletti wrote a piece for Rollg Stone documentg the vert scene of, “After-hours clubs and private lofts open on weekends to members only — a hard-re dance crowd — blacks, Lats, gays.

THE BETIFUL BLACK GAY HISTORY OF CHIGO HOE’S BIRTH

When asked about dance mic culture, he sniffed: “The rave liftyle of Ibiza the late ‘80s was jt a vanilla versn of the New York gay liftyle of the ‘70s. What many people don't know is that there was a heavg, largely gay y the pac basement every night!

The largely gay, black and Hispanic crowd were totally off-their-ts — mostly on Quaalus (known as 'Lus). The Lift nodd towards New York’s dis palac, but s roots were South London’s largely black, illegal, gay hoe parti (or ‘Blu’ as they were known).

GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)

Jeremy Norman opened Heaven 1979 and by the early ‘80s, was at the top of s game, givg gay London an epic club that rivalled anythg New York (or the world) had to offer. “The mistake I ma was reuntg how the mastream gay scene kd of rejected — llg the ‘black sheep’. He agre that the gays were ravg long before had a name.

GAY MIC: HOE PARTY MIC (BT HOE GAY SONGS)

“Pre acid hoe/rave culture, you’d hear hoe mic many gay clubs London. As the Send Summer Of Love dawned '88, the UK gay scene was major crisis and London was the epicentre of this battle. HIV/AIDS was cuttg a swathe through our muny, stillg tabloid panic, a rise homophobia and wispread fear.

GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2021 | MORN GAY ANTHEMS PUBLISHED JUNE 18, 2021 IN THE WAKE OF OUR 14TH GAY PRI ANNIVERSARY, PARTY FAVORZ PRENTS THE ANNUAL PILATN OF GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN WH THE BIGGT MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021, MERGG PAST INIC CLASSICS WH THE BOLD TUN OF TOMORROW’S LGBTQ+ MIC SCENE. CHER’S ANTHEMIC TRACK “BELIEVE” LEADS THE LIST WH S MORN TOUCH BY LIAM PFEIFER, REMDG TO KEEP FAH OURSELV AND OUR JOURNEY. RIHANNA’S “WE FOUND LOVE” SPIR TO HOLD ONTO HOPE, EVEN THE DARKT TIM. THE TRACKS EMBODY THE SENCE OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS BY OFFERG SOLACE, JOY, AND AN AVENUE FOR SELF-EXPRSN TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. CLASSICS LIKE ULTRA NATé’S “FREE,” AND WHNEY HOTON’S “I WANNA DANCE WH SOMEBODY,” GIVEN A H SP, ARE TIMELS ANTHEMS THAT UPLIFT THE SPIR, EMBOLNG DIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE THEIR INTY FEARLSLY. THEY ENPSULATE THE STGGL, TRIUMPHS, AND RILIENCE OF THE GAY MUNY, SERVG AS POWERFUL RALLYG CRI AT PRI PARAS AND CELEBRATNS. LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY,” REMIXED BY LIAM PFEIFER, ECHO THE MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-LOVE, RERCG S STAT AS A MORN GAY ANTHEM. SIARLY, ROBYN’S “DANCG ON MY OWN,” LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE,” EACH WH THEIR UNIQUE REMIX, REPRENT THE MUNY’S JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-EMPOWERMENT, CLIVY, AND LIBERATN. SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE LIST, LIKE “YMCA” BY VILLAGE PEOPLE, “WE ARE FAY” BY SISTER SLEDGE, AND “I WILL SURVIVE” BY GLORIA GAYNOR, HAVE BEEN PILLARS OF THE GAY MUNY FOR S. THE SONGS HAVE EVOLVED TO MORN GAY ANTHEMS, CELEBRATG THE DIVERSY AND UNY OF THE MUNY. MOREOVER, NEW ADDNS TO THE GAY ANTHEMS PANTHEON, LIKE DUA LIPA’S “LEVATG,” MILEY CYS’ “MIDNIGHT SKY,” AND AVA MAX’S “MY HEAD & MY HEART,” RPORATE NTEMPORARY SOUNDS AND THEM THAT RONATE WH YOUNGER LGBTQ+ GENERATNS. THEY RERCE THE CLIVY OF THE GAY MUNY, ENSURG S MIL HERAGE REMAS H AND RELEVANT. SONGS LIKE “DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY” BY THELMA HOTON AND “IT’S A S” BY YEARS & YEARS ADDRS THE PLEXI AND CHALLENG FACED BY THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, OFFERG SOLACE AND SOLIDARY. THEIR CLN THIS LIST ENSUR THE NARRATIV REMA CENTRAL TO THE DISURSE OF GAY ANTHEMS. IN NCLN, THE LLECTN OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021 BY PARTY FAVORZ IS A TTAMENT TO THE EVOLUTN OF GAY ANTHEMS. FROM NOSTALGIC CLASSICS REIMAGED TO NEW ANTHEMS WH THEIR FECT BEATS AND POWERFUL LYRICS, THEY UNRLE THE RILIENCE, DIVERSY, AND UNY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. MIC NTU TO PLAY AN STMENTAL ROLE THIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALY, WH EACH SONG OFFERG AN ECHO OF THE MUNY’S PAST, A SNAPSHOT OF S PRENT, AND A GLIMPSE OF S PROMISG FUTURE. H A P P Y   P R I D E   E V E R Y O N E!

Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988 prohibed lol thori England and Wal om “promotg” homosexualy. It also labelled gay fay relatnships as “pretend”.

The gays had been tegral to gettg the hoe party started, but by late ‘88, the muny’s foc had swched om MDMA to AZT and HIV. The club kids and olr gay men who’d led diss the ‘70s sudnly beme th on the ground.

The energy that sparked the flam of hoe mic subversive gay clubs explod elsewhere as the Send Summer Of Love (1988-’89).

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

“More young gay people were lookg for somethg new and more vibrant, and had already equented fashn-orientated clubs that embraced the mixed msage, ” he rells. When I saw queens at the big, straight rav, I’d steer clear and spurn regnn — the dancg gay Judas wh dilated pupils.

Manchter boasted a boomg gay scene that was cky, hip and ready to ‘ave ‘til dawn. DJ Dave Kendricks explas the cy’s LGBT herage: “Manchter’s mil history is full of gay signifiers, om Pete Shelley sgg ‘Ever fallen love wh someone you shouldn’t have?

“That monthly gay night at The Haçienda was the greatt night I ever played. Jt a few years before, Manchter’s chief of police Jam Anrton said the gay muny was ‘swimmg a csp of s own makg’ after he raid the gay club, Rocki.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

“Queer Natn was jt the mutated gay versn. “Garage tegrated gay and straight crowds and beme more about the mic and ls about the sex at the end of the night! Entry wasn’t guaranteed, even if you were gay.