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Throughout the later 20th century, the LGBTQ muny took thgs to their own hands and created their own nighttime scene cludg gay bars and ballroom.

Throughout the later 20th century, the LGBTQ muny took thgs to their own hands and created their own night time scene cludg gay bars and ballroom.

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(Image source: Michael Nagle/For The Tim)What was gay club culture like? The small wareho (averagg around 3, 000 square feet) beme home to the the gay club scene at night.

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However, gay bars were still not fully accepted to societal norms and were kept very small wh bland ont opengs.

Gay bars have also been the startg se of many historil LGBTQ tragedi cludg the Black Cat Tavern, Stone Wall, and Pulse Night Club, all of which sparked revolutns for the rights of the LGBTQ club culture origated the early to mid-1900s but tly began to thrive and grow the ’70s and ’80s.

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