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HOW THE MOB HELPED ESTABLISH NYC’S GAY BAR SCENE

But between New York’s LGBT muny the 1960s beg forced to live on the outskirts of society and the Mafia’s disregard for the law, the two ma a profable, if uneasy, the gay muny blossomed New York Cy the 1960s, members had few plac to gather publicly.

At the time, was still illegal to serve gay patrons alhol, to display homosexualy public or for two gay people to dance together.

Unr the guise of New York State’s liquor laws that barred “disorrly” premis, the State Liquor Authory and the New York Police Department regularly raid bars that tered to gay the law saw viance, however, the Mafia saw a goln bs opportuny. “Fat Tony, ” purchased the Stonewall Inn 1966 and transformed om a bar and rtrant that attracted straight clientele to a gay bar and nightclub.

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Dpe s ls-than-ial ndns, Stonewall quickly beme a popular statn the gay muny—even somethg of an stutn. It was the only place where gay people uld openly dance close together, and for relatively ltle money, drag queens (who received a bter receptn at other bars), naways, homels LGBT youths and others uld be off the streets as long as the bar was open.

To operate s gay bars, the Mafia greased the palms of the NYPD. “Fat Tony, ” for one, paid New York’s 6th Precct approximately $1, 200 a week, exchange for the police agreeg to turn a bld eye to the “cent nduct” occurrg behd closed Photo<em>An NYPD officer grabs someone by their hair as another officer clubs a young man durg a nontatn Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march New York, 1970.

David Carter explas his book Stonewall: The Rts That Sparked the Gay Revolutn, that durg a typil raid, bar owners would change the lights om blue to whe, warng ctomers to stop dancg and drkg. Sometim the ps even went to the extreme measure of sendg female officers to the bathroom to verify people’s get around laws that prohibed servg alhol to LGBT patrons, many gay bars—cludg the Stonewall—operated ostensibly as “bottle bars, ” private clubs where members would brg their own alhol.

HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?

His book, The Mafia and the Gays, the mob also plied the gay flh tra, wh bouncers “pimpg out” patrons.

Apparently, too many high-powered dividuals—cludg Mafia members, police officers and big Hollywood nam—were implited as 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. At the time, homosexual acts remaed illegal every state except Illois, and bars and rtrants uld get shut down for havg gay employe or servg gay patrons. 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.

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THE STAFF WAS IENDLY AND THE SPACE WAS FASCATG (THE BASEMENT GO DOWN TWO FLOORS). THE PATRONS WERE TYPIL BEARS… FUN!READ MOREWRTEN JULY 3, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DAVID RNEW YORK CY, NY1 NTRIBUTN0INSULTGDEC 2022 • SOLOTHIS PLACE IS NO LONGER A GAY BAR, MUCH LS A BEAR BAR. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY. I HOPE THEY GO OUT OF BS SOON.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 1, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.TERRY DNEW YORK CY, NY325 NTRIBUTNS2SUPER IENDLY, EVEN IF I’M AMERINSEP 2021 • SOLOI TRAVEL A LOT AND ALWAYS VIS LOL GAY CLUBS. I’VE NEVER BEEN TO A IENDLIER PLACE EVER. THE CROWD IS HOT, THE BEER IS LD AND WAS REALLY FUN HANGG OUT THERE. I ALSO MET SOMEONE AND HAD THE BT, QUICKT ROMANCE THAT LASTED THE THREE DAYS I WAS THERE. PARIS AND BEAR’S DEN. A GREAT BO!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 6, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DOUG W8 NTRIBUTNS3WELG BAR PARISNOV 2019I HAVE BEEN TO MANY BARS, DIV, PARTI AND OTHER TYP OF CLUBS PARIS BUT BEAR'S DEN IS MY FAVORE. THE LOL CROWD SEEMS MORE ACCEPTG OF OBVLY TRAVELERS AND NEW FAC. AT SOME BARS, LIKE AT HOME, THERE IS A SORT OF CLIQUISH ATMOSPHERE. OVER THE YEARS I FOUND THE STAFF AND CLIENTELE TO BE WARM AND IENDLY, AND ENJOYED MY LAST NOVEMBER. I'M THE MATURE CROWD, BUT THERE WERE MEN, REAL MEN, OF ALL AG AND TYP THERE. THE PLACE WAS PACKED EARLY EVENG AND NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 16, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.YVAM PCHSY, FRANCE26 NTRIBUTNS3SO, SOAPR 2019I WOULD REMA SEPTILY, ON THIS TYPE OF TABLISHMENT, 'S A BAR ... FOR BEARS (WELL THIS TEGORY), FOR OTHERS IS NECSARY TO HANGGG TO HIS DRK BEE THE HUNGRY AND "VENGEFUL" FEELS GOOD IF YOU ARE NOT THEIR SIZE. WHEN THE SMELL OF CLOAKROOM, YOU MT LOVE, FEELS THAT THE CLASS IS RATHER DIRT. AVOID TIM OF HEAT, THE MIX OF SWEAT AND "JEAN PL GTIER", WILL GIVE YOU BAD FOR AN STUTN SUCH AS THIS ONE, NOT TO GO OUT OF THE GAY SEE WHILE PASSG, ONT, OM THERE TO STOP ...READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 10, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.JO GPARIS, FRANCE4 NTRIBUTNS2LBIANS DO BEARS APR 2019 • FRIENDSI HAVE WALKED PASSED THIS PLACE A FEW TIM SCE MOVG HERE 5 MONTHS AGO AND LAST NIGHT I WENT . I WAS WH A LBIAN IEND, WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE KARAOKE AND THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE A TRY. IT WAS A SEA OF BIG BEARDY MEN! AND WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL. WHEN I ASKED IF WE WERE ALLOWED , WE WERE GREETED TO A VERY WARM “OF URSE! WELE!” (I’VE NOT HAD SUCH A WELE MY LBIAN BARS SADLY!!) THE NIGHT WAS GREAT! THE GUYS WERE SUPER IENDLY, FUN AND ENTICED TO GET UP AND SG. “I’M SHY!” FELL ON AF EARS. MICROPHONE HAND AND A LOVELY SG ALONG! WE WERE GIVEN DRKS, THE GUYS AND STAFF WERE A SUPER IENDLY AND WE HAD THE MOST UNEXPECTED FUN NIGHT. HIGHLY REMEND THIS PLACE!! IT’S BEEN THE IENDLIT BAR I’VE BEEN TO SCE I MOVED HERE 5 MONTHS AGO. READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 5, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.TIBERIU CAPUANMADRID, SPA429 NTRIBUTNS1THE IENDLIT BEARS' BAR PARISSEP 2018I'VE ENTERED THE BEARS' DEN FOR THE FIRST TIME JULY 2005 AND 'S BY FAR MY MOST FAVOURE BAR PARIS. FRIENDLY OWNERS AND STAFF... GREAT CROWD. I LOVE . I JT FEEL AT HOME THERE. READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 19, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.BOBKUBUFFALO, NY170 NTRIBUTNS4HAD TWO AWOME EVENGS AT THE BEAR'S DENJUN 2018 • COUPLWE HAD RECEIVED A REMENDATN TO E HER OM A PATRON OF SPUIJKERS AMSTERDAM AND HE SCRIBED THE FUN WE'D HAVE TO A T. LOVED THIS PLACE. GREAT AMBIANCE, SUPER HELPFUL AND IENDLY BARTENRS (PECIALLY PL - I HOPE I HAVE HIS NAME RIGHT) AND VERY IENDLY PATRONS. EVEN WALKG THERE OM OUR VATN RENTAL LE MARAIS WAS FUN - SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOYG THE WARM EVENG THE BETIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE TALKED TO PEOPLE OM ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT UNTRI (SOMETIM THEIR OWN LANGUAGE! BEARS ARE BEARS WORLDWI SEEMS!) AND REALLY ENJOYED THE PAT AND THE STANDG AREA ACROSS THE STREET. THE BAR IS SMALL, BUT WE WERE ALLOWED AFTER CLOSG HOURS. HIGHLY REMEND FOR THE BEAR CROWD, THOSE LOOKG FOR A IENDLY CHANGE OF SCENE, PEOPLE LOOKG FOR GOOD BEER AND THOSE LOOKG TO MEET SOME OL NEW PEOPLE OM ALL OVER. WISH I WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND!!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 16, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.JONATHANMOTTLONDON, UK2 NTRIBUTNS4BEARS DEN - BAREBACKAUG 2018 • FRIENDSI WAS ONLY WALKG PAST AND I GOT EYE BANGED BY TWO 50 SOMETHG BALD MEN LYCRA. VERY TIMIDATG.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 26, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.STT RRICHMOND, VA77 NTRIBUTNS4NICE PLACEJUN 2017 • SOLOI'M AN OLR GUY WHO WAS LOOKG FOR A PLACE WHERE I'D FEEL FORTABLE.PARIS HAS LOTS OF BARS FOR YOUNG TRENDI, BUT NOT SO MANY FOR OLDI, SEEMS.SO I WENT TO THIS PLACE THE MARAIS, AND WAS JT LOVELY!IT'S TY, FOR SURE.THE BAR IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY TY ONEBR APARTMENT, SO MOST GUYS DRK ON THE STREET OUTSI.I PHED MY WAY AND TRIED TO ORR A BEER FRENCH ("UNE PRSN, S'IL VO PLA"), AND THANKFULLY THE BARTENRS PICK UP ON BAD ACCENTS AND STILL HELP YOU.LOVE THE BARTENRS THERE. THEY WERE SO NICE TO ME, EVEN WH MY BAD FRENCH.SO KD AND SO SWEET.THE CROWD WASN'T AS IENDLY, BUT I'VE READ THAT PARIS MOST GUYS GO OUT WH OR MEET UP WH IENDS BARS, SO BARS AREN'T REALLY PLAC TO MEET NEW IENDS. OH WELL.STILL, I'D GO AGA SCE THE BARTENRS ARE SO NICE, PECIALLY THE TALL BALD GUY WH BEARD.READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 30, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. 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Here, protters monstrate outsi the New York gay bar, Christopher's the early hours of June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raid by police wh no warng. They are pictured at a 1973 rally for gay rights New York P.

Sylvia Rivera was a Lata-Amerin drag queen who beme one of the most radil gay and transgenr activists of the 1960s and '70s.

GROUNDBREAKG BOOK DETAILS WHEN MAFIA CONTROLLED GAY BARS

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).

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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 reportg the events, The New York Daily News rorted to homophobic slurs s tailed verage, nng the headle: “Homo Nt Raid, Queen Be Are Stgg Mad.

More and more supporters gathered outsi the bar, chantg slogans like “gay power” and “we shall overe. ”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.

VO MARZANO WS FIRST BATTLE AGAST GAY BEAR BAR HE SAYS IS BIASED AGAST EFFEMATE MEN

The Gay Liberatn Front was formed the years after the rts. They are pictured here marchg Tim Square,, Sylvia Ray Rivera (ont) and Arthur Bell are seen at a gay liberatn monstratn, New York Universy, 1970 Marsha P. 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.

1 / 14: RxSome scholars have argued the famo Stonewall rts that sparked the natnwi LGBT movement were as much a ristance agast the mob’s exploatn of the gay muny as they were a stggle agast police harassment and discrimatory laws. Ined, a handwrten msage chalk on a board-up wdow of the Stonewall Inn after the 1969 rts read, “Gay Prohibn Copt$ Cop$ Feed$ Mafia. ” Two of the ma gay-rights anizatns that me out of the rts, the Gay Activists Alliance and Gay Liberatn Front, actively champned gettg anized crime out of gay Mafia’s stranglehold on New York Cy’s nightlife bs took a huge h wh a seri of high-profile prosecutns the 1980s.

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