The Death of the Gay Bar - Boston Review

Contents:

• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• "PASSG OM GAY TO GRAVE"
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• CANADA TO MEMORIALIZE LGBT VICTIMS OF COLD WAR-ERA ‘GAY PURGE’
• THE DEATH OF THE GAY BAR

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

Once ed to intify gay men Nazi ncentratn mps, the pk triangle has been reclaimed as a symbol of LGBTQ pri, rilience, and ristance. Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Unr NazismBerl, GermanyThoands of gay men were imprisoned ncentratn mps Nazi Germany, where many died of disease, starvatn, torture, and targeted killgs. Travel tip: Don’t fet a trip to the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm) for an extensive look at Berl’s queer Legacy WalkChigo, Illois Stretchg half a e across the North Halsted rridor, the Legacy Walk is an outdoor history mm showsg signifint moments LGBTQ history.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Installed 2001 near the Sydney Jewish Mm, the pk-enameled exterr of the Gay and Lbian Holot Memorial is etched wh imag of victims om the Sachsenhsen Concentratn Camp Germany. ” Travel tip: In Febary and March, honor past and prent activists at the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras—the largt LGBTQ celebratn the Southern Triangle MonumentSg, SpaSg, a small astal town southwt of Barcelona, is well known for s betiful beach, world-class rtrants, and notable mms. The town has long been home to a flourishg LGBTQ muny, but 1996, the policg of beach at night, specifilly targetg gay men, sparked public outcry and subsequent rts.

To mark the 10th anniversary, the bright, verted Pk Triangle Monument—the first LGBTQ monument Spa—was erected 2006 wh the scriptn: “Sg agast homophobia—Never aga. HomomonumentAmsterdam, NetherlandsUnveiled 1987 and nsired the first public monument honorg the LGBTQ muny, the Homomonument is posed of three grane triangl loted the heart of Amsterdam. Travel tip: Plan your vis durg one of Homomonument’s open-air dance parti, which are schled throughout the year.

"PASSG OM GAY TO GRAVE"

Built 1994, the statue’s German scriptn reads: “Homosexual men and women were persecuted and murred durg Natnal Socialism.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

In honor of Valente's Day, I wanted to pop on the blog and tell the story of a pneerg gay in of Hollywood's Goln Age.

While 's hard to fd sourc that n nfirm he was openly gay durg the height of his stardom the 40s and 50s, has been said time and time aga that his sexualy was an open secret the dtry. His worker and my enemy (we'll get to this someday soon), Robert Wagner, stated that he knew Clifton was gay but he never h on him.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

Stty Bowers, the thor of Full Service, a book I have a lot of issu wh, said he arranged gay tricks for Webb, though I don't believe much of what Bowers wrote.

Rubbered Out (Killer Condom, 1996)More Troma than trma, ’s no surprise that Lloyd Kfman helped distribute this utterly bizarre German schlocker about a gay p, his tranny bf and a rnivoro ndom that puts a real dampener on safe sex. OffOnSatanists Perform 'Gay Rual' at Wtboro GraveSatanist Temple members celebrate gay love wh rual at grave of Fred Phelps' 18, 2013ExamedExamedWhat’s next for Rsia? A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

The mixture of vodka and soda water, long known rmally as “gay water” the LGBTQ muny, is the brachild of 30-year-old gay entreprenr Spencer Hodson. He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more.

Hodson, who is fancg Gay Water wh his own money pl backg om fay and iends, his brightly lored ns are leang to their gayns stead of avoidg .

CANADA TO MEMORIALIZE LGBT VICTIMS OF COLD WAR-ERA ‘GAY PURGE’

He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

A statement on the Gay Water webse not that the word “gay” appears barely any products outsi of Pri Month each June. Acrdg to the statement, the new cktail reclaims the ia that “gay means happy.

The headstone belongg to a gay Vietnam veteran still today remas a poignant remr of the homophobia faced by the LGBTQ+ muny on a daily basis.

THE DEATH OF THE GAY BAR

He arranged for his own burial at Congrsnal Cemetery, and signed his tombstone which reads: “A Gay Vietnam Veteran. Had Leonard Matlovich (1943–1988) never publicly admted his homosexualy to Air Force officials 1975 he might have retired om the ary and slipped quietly to oblivn. Instead, on March 6, 1975 wh 12 years of exemplary ary service, he wrote and livered a letter to his mandg officer which he openly admted his homosexualy.