The flamboyant electronic sound of San Francis’s dancefloors soundtracked gay liberatn the '70s and '80s, even as s muny faced cimatn as a rult of the the AIDS crisis. Marke Bichke tak a ep dive to the efforts beg ma to prerve ephemera of the cy's pneerg scene, and speaks to the San Francis Dis Prervatn Society, Dark Entri' Josh Cheon and milogist Louis Neibur about his prehensive new book, Menergy: San Francis’s Gay Dis Sound
Contents:
- IT TAK A VILLAGE, PEOPLE: PRERVG SAN FRANCIS'S GAY DIS HISTORY
- ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
IT TAK A VILLAGE, PEOPLE: PRERVG SAN FRANCIS'S GAY DIS HISTORY
They’ve been overlooked, unrpaid and told they uldn’t mix. Now, however, female DJs are headg for the history books. We talk to them about a lifetime on the cks – and fdg a home gay clubs * gay female djs *
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ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
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