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- ‘LAST CALL’ TE STORY: HBO DOC IS ABOUT THE SERIAL KILLER RICHARD ROGERS, WHO TARGETED MANHATTAN’S GAY BARS
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- GAY/DRAG BAR/CLUB - NEW YORK CY FOM
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‘LAST CALL’ TE STORY: HBO DOC IS ABOUT THE SERIAL KILLER RICHARD ROGERS, WHO TARGETED MANHATTAN’S GAY BARS
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The four-part seri vtigat the stori surroundg a serial killer who targeted gay men a seri of btal murrs and dismemberments the 1990s. "Like his victims, who were bisexual and gay, Rogers is a gay man, per his trial ’s book go over some of his bgraphil tails: Rogers was the elst of five children born to a fay Plymouth, had had n-s wh the law before for siarly morbid allegatns.
A total of four murrs were brought up at his trial, but he was only charged Thomas Mulhy and Anthony Marrero’s four victims were middle-aged, gay or bisexual men, last seen at gay bars Manhattan. In July 1993, Michael Sakara, a gay man his 50s, left Five Oaks Piano Bar, where he was a regular, wh Rogers and was never seen aga. Gay men?
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” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic.
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And so are homosexualy, bisexualy and beg ’s been an objective crease the number of visible L. This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily. Tal of New York Cy gay nightlife, before the 1980s HIV epimic and the wispread gentrifitn that transformed the cy, sound legendary to those of who weren’t around to wns .
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But a queer historian has given morn-day queers a close look at one of the most well-known gay leather bars of that era — the Mhaft.
Frscher published the terview (and many others) his recently released book Profil Gay Courage: Leatherfolk, Arts, and Ias.
European travelers particular took advantage of low air far and favorable exchange rat to party gay New York Cy and e to the club, Wallace said. Wallace noted that the club gaed notoriety om the ntroversial and oh-so-hot 1980s gay slasher film Cisg.
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The club eventually hosted numero leather groups at the time, cludg the Fist F—ers of Ameri (FFA), the Total Ass Involvement League (TAIL), the Interchange (a biker club), and the Gay Men’s S&M Associatn (GMSMA).
He also said closeted actor Rock Hudson, Queen ontman Freddie Mercury, gay philosopher Michel Fouult, and Liza Melli’s father Vcente Mnelli were among the gay lumari who ma si the legendary club. He spected that a self-policg gay group wh the cy ernment who were ashamed of the gay leather scene helped anize s shutdown, though the Mafia’s shady tax algs wh the bar certaly didn’t help, he add.