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Contents:

• GAY DANCE
• THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG
• GAY PARTY
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DANCE? CHE GAY MEN EXPLORG SELV AND PRACTIC THROUGH THE TRADN OF DANCE PUBLIC SPAC
• MOSW GAY MAP

GAY DANCE

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THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

Chanc are, your first tentative steps out onto the London queer scene were ma or around Old Compton Street, the shg of London’s mastream gay culture. Csg a venue to ll out an expensive plummer bee you and your pals thought ’d be a great plan to smash up the toilet after your first h of gay gra gak isn’t exactly the pnacle of allyship.

GAY PARTY

A mere 30 years later, sectn 28 was passed - makg an offence to promote (talk about) homosexualy schools and only 5 years ago same sex marriag were not legal.

55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)

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MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DANCE? CHE GAY MEN EXPLORG SELV AND PRACTIC THROUGH THE TRADN OF DANCE PUBLIC SPAC

Durg s nearly 12-year tenure, the GCDC raised over $250, 000 to support the work of the AIDS Commtee of Toronto, Buddi Bad Tim Theatre, the Canadian Gay Archiv (now The ArQuiv), Gays and Lbians of the First Natns of Toronto (now 2 Spired People of the First Natns), Lbian Mothers’ Defence Fund, The Body Polic (a gay and lbian magaze) and ZAMI (one of the first anizatns Canada specifilly for lbian and gay people of lour).

MOSW GAY MAP

Durg a when lbian and gay muni experienced substantial harm the forms of homophobic vlence, the HIV/AIDS epimic, moralistic reprentatns of gay life and ernment agenci that were dismissive or explicly hostile, the group allowed LGBTQ2+ people to regnize a shared belongg and power. It’s no cince that the most famo rt queer history took place at The Stonewall Inn, one of the few gay bars New York Cy that allowed same-sex dancg to soul and funk mic — genr that embody experienc of rhythm and groove and feelgs of beg the moment, llectively, on the dance floor. It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.

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But the Onle Slang Dictnary c 1960s gay male culture as the earlit known source, particularly rtoonist Joe Johnson’s characters “Miss Thg” and “Big Dick”, which appeared early issu of The Advote.

Homosexualy remaed illegal across the Uned Stat the mid-twentieth century – that is, until Illois beme the first state to crimalize same-sex relatns 1962. In the 60s and 70s, gay men even had a “hanky ” – a system that volved wearg bandanas wh lors that signified whether you were a top, bottom, to BDSM, etc. In the 60s, Lesch was the print of a gay rights anizatn lled the Mattache Society and me up wh the “Sip-In” – a monstratn held at New York Cy bars that banned service to out gay people.

The drag fai beme a refuge for gay, trans, and genr non-nformg youth who were turned away by their own fai or experienced homelsns due to poverty.