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Contents:
- AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
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GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
The 80s put the gay man ont and centre of pop. Then me the Aids crisis – and three s of monisatn, disrd and displacement. Now, wh Troye Sivan leadg a new wave of gay stars, has change tly arrived? * 80s gay club *
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The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the media…and polics…and the arts…).
For example, the US, the Court of Appeal led that there was no ‘fundamental right’ to be gay. In the UK, the Thatcher ernment created Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act, makg illegal for lol thori to support anythg that might promote homosexual relatnships as a viable alternative to heterosexual ‘fay life’.
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In 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anisatns.
And even the US Army, who had clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service” 1982, were forced to adm 1989 that gay recs were “jt as good or better” than heterosexuals. 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. There's a walkg tour New York to memorate beloved gay bars and clubs that have closed down.
The 1980s era saw a major shift society towards more morn global gay culture.
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However, there were still storms ahead for the battle of equaly seen amongst gay rights. The tholic church ntued their attack on the gays and legislatn plac like the UK and US surely didn’t help.
For example, the UK’s ernment add Sectn 28 to their Lol Government Act that ma illegal for lol thori to support anythg that promoted homosexual relatnships as an alternative to a heterosexual “fay life”. Furthermore, 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled beg gay as “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anizatns. Even the US army 1982, clared that homosexualy was “patible wh ary service”.