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BEE IS NOT GAY ENOUGH!
* gay design *
For years, swaths of the dtry were assigned the public nscns to gay men.
Ially, this rerd will Pri Month begs, 's enlighteng to look back, so that all of —gay, straight, bi, trans, nonbary, qutng—have a better unrstandg not jt of the past but of where we are today. Via Getty Imag1846: The buildg that would bee the Stonewall Inn, flashpot of the morn gay rights movement, ris New York Cy as a pair of stabl. The space will bee a rtrant 1934, a gay bar 1967, the se of gay-rights rts 1969, and a natnal landmark 2016.
FAMO GAY DIGNERS WHO CHANGED HOW WE DRS
1888: Ralph Adams Cram, the foremost Gothic revivalist who is now believed to have been gay, acrdg to thor Douglas Shand-Tucci Boston Bohemia, 1881–1900: Ralph Adams Cram: Life and Archecture, among others, opens an archecture office. His illtratns and hundreds of magaze vers are among the first homoerotic imag pop culture; they spire Norman Rockwell's style (if not his foc) "Arrow Collars & Shirts" advertisg poster by J.
But s sleek look be so associated wh gay male hom that be a joke 1989's Steel Magnolias: "All gay men have track lightg, and all gay men are named Mark, Rick, or Steve. 1969: Postmorn novator Charl Moore—the gay head of the Yale School of Archecture—has his New Haven hoe featured Playboy magaze as the ultimate bachelor pad. 1970: Graphic signer Tom Doerr troduc the Greek lambda to reprent the gay liberatn movement—the first wily accepted LGBT symbol.
1970s: The brgs the rise of gay neighborhoods. Chigo's New Town acquir the nickname Boys Town; Wt Hollywood be a gay enclave, as do San Francis's Castro and New York Cy's Wt Village and Chelsea (which were on the scene s earlier) elevated view of actrs Bette Midler's SoHo loft 1981, which was signed by Alan Buchsbm. 1980: The Sat, the first gay superclub, opens New York Cy.