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THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
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“We n not let Denver bee known as a haven for homosexuals, ”[1] said a Denver cy uncilman 1965, acrdg to The Denver Post. Prostutn, venereal disease, gamblg, and homosexualy were targeted by the DMB as cinc ntued to rise, spe their bt efforts to change laws, n prostut unrground, and elimate any trace of a homosexual subculture. Throughout the postwar era, Denver, Colorado experienced nontatns between cy officials and members of gay culture regardg public displays of sexual activy.
Denver officials ed relign and notns of moraly to gui public policy, leadg to tensns wh the cy’s burgeong gay culture. Earlier Denver’s history, as other gay muni, sexual acts between men routely took place cy parks or bathrooms. In 1960 the homosexual bar scene was jt begng to velop.
In rponse to men’s sexual acts wh men public spac, middle and upper class gay whe men began to advote for sexual enunters private or semi-private spac. They aimed to disnnect homosexualy om notns of perversn and prostutn. They wanted to prent homosexualy as a normal relatnship between nsentg adults.
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Denver’s ele gay men hoped to move the natnal nversatn on homosexualy away om sexual acts alone. The “privatizg” of sexual acts—movg them away om ee, outdoor spac—ma more difficult for law enforcement agents to succsfully entrap and harass homosexual men.
In 1971, gay journalist Terry Mangan, terviewed a young man wh the ials A. “R” as Mangan referred to him, was no stranger to Denver’s burgeong gay subculture. “R” had ma equent viss to the cy’s gay sex spots throughout his llege reer, and stayed at the YMCA.
Bars were jt begng to open to an exclively gay clientele and the YMCA was known as a meetg place for homosexuals visg and livg the “Mile High Cy. Homosexual activy wh semi-private meet up plac such as the Denver Y was mon knowledge among members of Denver’s gay culture.
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As some Y patrons creasgly plaed about homosexual acts the operators felt they had to act. Transients, hobo, and homosexuals ed the YMCA as a meetg place for sexual timacy throughout the twentieth century. [3] Denver’s YMCA eventually oted the majory of transients, but cince of homosexual acts persisted.