Reflectg on Queer Cema's Goln Age: The Gay '90s

Contents:

• NELSON MIL THEATRE PRENTS: A VERY GAY CABARET
• A (VERY) GAY CABARET IS UNRWAY
• A VERY GAY CABARET
• GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE
• MOLOTOV CKTAILS HURLED THROUGH WDOWS OF ONE OF AMERI’S OLST GAY BARS

NELSON MIL THEATRE PRENTS: A VERY GAY CABARET

Nelson Mil Theatre Prents: A Very Gay Cabaret | Nelson Mil Theatre | May 12, 2022. For three nights only, A Very Gay Cabaret will showse lol talent as they sweetly sg same-love duets, belt out genr bent rock classics, and dance out to all your favoure LGBT mil theatre numbers! A Very Gay Cabaret is an annual baret and variety night Nelson, celebratg and upliftg the LGBTQIA+ muny.

Come to see our fabulo (Very) Gay Cabaret, openg on the 12th May for 3 NIGHTS ONLY! NYC is a gay-iendly town wh a variety of neighbourhoods offerg pockets of queer culture and nightlife, each wh s own uy flavour.

The Wt Village – the hub of the morn gay movement, thanks to the 1969 rebelln at the Stonewall Inn – still bristl wh gay bars and drag clubs, mostly unaffected hangouts such as the appealg Piec, and The Monster, a two-floor nightlife emporium wh piano bar on top and dis down below. Chelsea (the gay mec the 90s) was bet by a mass exod as beme gentrified, though the long-nng Barracuda Lounge still provis booze and schmooze, and G Lounge never go away, thanks to s ambient mi-areas which to hang wh your clique. And Hell’s Kchen (or HK) is now the gay epicentre, where rents are a ltle more affordable, thereby attractg swarms of new arrivals who prowl the streets and look for fun on an obssive basis.

A (VERY) GAY CABARET IS UNRWAY

(On last unt, there were 14 gay bars the area, whout a p off sight. And even gays whout mcl have a chance at some fun. There are naked pictur the bathroom but this isn’t your typil over-the-top gay bar wh loud mic and ctomers.

It’s the gay Cheers – if you’re 70, lol, though there’s ually a mix, wh other typ stragglg . Women get cheaper, “homo cys dus” pay more, and “str8 cys dus” pay a lot more. Don’t go thkg you’re necsarily gog to see the bt show you’ve ever seen, but ’s fun as an Mm of Gay and Lbian ArtThe Public Theater is a great place to see theatre, and is mted to diversy.

But the show don’t jt break ground; digs up the memori that are buried there, both joyful and tragic, and airs them poignant and telligent Soho, Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art (admissn ee) is a small treasure that celebrat the work of queer artists past and prent.

A VERY GAY CABARET

The shows pay tribute to a different element of gay culture, high or low, every episo.

The birthday boy or girl go onstage and gets harassed by a drag queen, and that clus gay birthdays and other gay parti.

GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE

She’s got queer iends, queer fay, queer fans — the latter of which she urted while performg her alt-baret (alt as she’s been known to sg about butthol to a ulele-acpanied tune) at New York Cy gay bars. Among them are Joel (openly gay actor Jeff Hiller) and Fred Ro (Murray Hill, edian and NYC drag kg performer).

You got your start gay bars, right?

I was dog a lot of Murray’s shows [at] gay bars. And I felt special when I got to the gay bars and the gay clubs, and also, enuraged to ph even further. Two of my favore s were both gay.

MOLOTOV CKTAILS HURLED THROUGH WDOWS OF ONE OF AMERI’S OLST GAY BARS

HOMOlatteQueer baret is specified, rather than gay baret, bee…well, let’s face , gay baret is basilly rndant. HOMOlatte, which has been hosted by Stt Free for fifteen years at var venu around town, is a twice-monthly revue that foc specifilly on gay artists, gay art and gay issu.