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Followg the Stonewall uprisg of 1969, three members of New York’s gay Lato muny beme terted openg a nightclub. La Escuela’s populary stemmed om s blend of the typil practic of Lat Amerin nightclubs wh those of Amerin gay bars. The clientele were primarily gay or bisexual Lato and Black men and trans women of lor.
Two days ago, DaGrapeve lled "Tly The End Of An Era For The New York Cy Unrground Gay Night Club Scene... "In papers filed Manhattan Supreme Court, Escuela charg the SLA is cuttg rners a bid to take away their license, a move the club charg is clearly aimed at clearg gay, lbian, transgenrs and mori out of the gentrifyg area.
For s, Escuela was an important part of the queer scene the cy, providg a space for drag performers like Lady Bunny, and-- the words of 60by80--for "fierce tranni, homo thugs, papichulos and voqueg pier queens om all 5 boroughs. A list to which New York adds, "Dieled-out hip-hop gays, sweet a go-go boys, and a handful of blanquos, all of whom stick around for the tly fierce after-midnight drag petn. Others say the mastream acceptance of LGBTQ+ people has ma queer spac iends meet for drks at The Bh BhwickLaila Annmarie Stevens for GothamistThe closure of Mattson’s favore gay bar Cleveland 2013 prompted him to vis more than 250 LGBTQ+ venu natnwi search of answers to the qutn posed by the tle of his new book: “Who Needs Gay Bars?