The History of Gay Nightlife New York Cy - Drag Ball Stonewall Inn Pri

Contents:

• GAY NEW YORK CY
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• THE HISTORY OF GAY NIGHTLIFE NEW YORK CY
• PRIVATE AND PUBLIC: GAY BARS NEW YORK CY BEFORE 1970S

GAY NEW YORK CY

The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village New York Cy. For stance, solicatn of same-sex relatns was illegal New York such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and socialize whout worry.

However, the New York State Liquor Authory penalized and shut down tablishments that served alhol to known or spected LGBT dividuals, argug that the mere gatherg of homosexuals was “disorrly. But engagg gay behavr public (holdg hands, kissg or dancg wh someone of the same sex) was still illegal, so police harassment of gay bars ntued and many bars still operated whout liquor licens— part bee they were owned by the Rights Before StonewallThe first documented U.

Police raids forced them to disband 1925, but not before they had published several issu of their newsletter, “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

In 1966, three years before Stonewall, members of The Mattache Society, an anizatn dited to gay rights, staged a “sip-” where they openly clared their sexualy at taverns, darg staff to turn them away and sug tablishments who did. When The Commissn on Human Rights led that gay dividuals had the right to be served bars, police raids were temporarily Stonewall Inn The crime syndite saw prof terg to shunned gay clientele, and by the mid-1960s, the Genove crime fay ntrolled most Greenwich Village gay bars. And was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed were still a fact of life, but ually rpt ps would tip off Mafia-n bars before they occurred, allowg owners to stash the alhol (sold whout a liquor license) and hi other illegal activi.

Stonewall's LegacyThough the Stonewall uprisg didn’t start the gay rights movement, was a galvanizg force for LGBT polil activism, leadg to numero gay rights anizatns, cludg the Gay Liberatn Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) the one-year anniversary of the rts on June 28, 1970, thoands of people marched the streets of Manhattan om the Stonewall Inn to Central Park what was then lled “Christopher Street Liberatn Day, ” Ameri’s first gay pri para. ”In 2016, then-Print Barack Obama signated the se of the rts—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surroundg streets and siwalks—a natnal monument regnn of the area’s ntributn to gay Gallery The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny. Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them.

As -founr of the Gay Liberatn Front, Rivera was known for participatg the Stonewall Rts and tablishg the polil anizatn STAR (Street Transvte Actn Revolutnari). After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village. " This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts.

THE HISTORY OF GAY NIGHTLIFE NEW YORK CY

”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971.

Fifty-two years ago, the Stonewall Inn Manhattan's Greenwich Village was an unrground gay bar where a police raid sparked a rebelln that fueled the morn LGBTQ rights movement. Over the ensug years, the space was divid and ed by a bagel shop, a Che rtrant and other tablishments, cludg a gay bar lled Stonewall that briefly operated at 51 Christopher the late 1980s. People gathered there to cheer when the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi 2015; to mourn the next year when a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub Florida; and to prott 2017 when Print Donald Tmp rcd guidance that enuraged lettg transgenr stunts e the bathrooms of their choice school.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC: GAY BARS NEW YORK CY BEFORE 1970S

While promotg the fictn podst "Sorry Charlie Miller, " the actor Zachary Quto talked about g out as gay and beg his thentic self amid a spate of suicis among young LGBTQ people. Former New York Cy Council speaker Christe Qun, who tried 2013 to bee the cy's first female and first openly gay mayor, remembers a rally at the Stonewall as a very meangful "moment about aspiratns and potential" a mpaign that end at the Democratic primary days later. The Gay Officers Actn League, which unts hundreds of active members the New York Police Department and other nearby law enforcement agenci, holds s monthly meetgs the Stonewall's upstairs room.

New York's Lost Gay BarsWe've known for many years that too many of our cherished gay bars and clubs are shutterg, fallg victim to risg rents and the ubiquy of apps like Grdr and Scff. One of New York’s first gay bars to open after the Stone Wall Rt of 1969, Ty’s has been gay owned and operated sce openg 1972, and ’s always been a “man’s” bar.