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BEASTIE BOYS’ ADAM HORIVZ’S SHOCKG GAY… APARTMENT BUILDG
Adam ”Ad-Rock” Horovz wrote a letter to Time Out New York publicly apologizg for the homophobic lyrics the tr’s first album, ”Licensed to Ill” (which was origally supposed to be tled ”Don’t Be a Faggot”). ”I would like to… formally apologize to the entire gay and lbian muny for the s—ty and ignorant thgs we said on our first rerd, ” Horovz wrote.
And then a miracle happened: The Beastie Boys heard cricisms about beg misogynistic, homophobic jerks and actually listened to them.
Activists and policians are workg to save a buildg New York’s Greenwich Village that was once owned by Beastie Boy Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovz, claimg ’s a landmark for the cy’s gay muny. “I stand on the shoulrs of legendary activists who lled this 1824 feral-style row hoe home, ” said New York State Senator Tom Duane, the first openly gay and openly HIV-posive elected official the New York Assembly, who attend meetgs at the hoe as a teenager. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #gayhistory #lgbthistory stori and more.