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Contents:

• THE HISTORY OF GAY NIGHTLIFE NEW YORK CY
• THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL
• BT GAY BARS IN MNOTA
• PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
• EURO MEN'S CLUBPARISMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEHOTELS · BUDGETON TODAYBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASSHOPSMASSAGECAFéSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPTOURSEURO MEN'S CLUB
• DENVER GAY MAP
• THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS NEW YORK

THE HISTORY OF GAY NIGHTLIFE NEW YORK CY

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL

Durg the “Pansy Craze” om the 1920s until 1933, people the lbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) muny were performg on stag ci around the world, and New York Cy’s Greenwich Village, Tim Square and Harlem held some of the most world-renowned drag performanc of the time. All of this activy existed durg cultural time that, as historian Gee Chncey wr his book Gay New York, many people believe “is not supposed to have existed.

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Sudnly, when everyone was on the search for newly illegal alhol, black and whe gay and lbian life me to ntact wh one another and domant society.

The drag balls, some form, may have e om masquera balls bed wh gay nightlife of the late 1800s.

PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE

While the Haton Lodge Ball may have begun the 1860s or ‘70s, probably didn’t ga a predomantly gay and lbian prence until the 1920s.

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By the mid-30s, was the largt annual ball held New York, attractg spectators who were gay, lbian, straight, black and whe all at once.

” Chncey wr that even “the most “obv” gay men stood out ls Tim Square.

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In the ‘20s and early ‘30s, g out had to do wh makg a but to the gay and lbian world, and was rived om when wealthy women would “e out” formally to high society. “They didn’t see a nflict between not beg openly gay at work and sort of only beg gay durg their leisure time, ” says Heap, addg that a person’s class was likely ditive of how you might participate gay and lbian culture at the time.

“The were moments when workg class gay men and women uld more eely explore their sexualy, sir, and terts cross drsg, but probably no doctor or lawyer is gog to drs up drag at the events, out of risk of beg exposed.

THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS

” Most middle and upper class gay men and lbians sat the upper booths at drag events among straight people, g the populary as a ver. Sex-crime panic grew, and gay men and lbians were seen as dangero to society. Prohibn was repealed, and the New York State Liquor laws were updated to serve alhol only plac that were “orrly”, which didn’t apparently clu gay and lbian nightclubs.

“To e the morn idm, ” Chncey wr, “the state built a closet the 1930s and forced gay people to hi .

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS NEW YORK

” In the mid ‘30s, productn s were put to effect that rtricted and prevented performanc of openly gay characters film or theater, and the followg s, thoands of LGBTQ people were arrted post WWII for equentg their own clubs. It wasn’t until the 1970s and 80s that historians examed this part of gay and lbian life. Twenty-five years ago, this famo cult documentary ptured the liv and culture of Ain Amerin, Lato, gay, and transgenr muni volved New York Cy drag balls.

As the secret of the balls spread wh the gay muny, they beme a safe place for gay men to ngregate. What were once known as Masquera and Civic Balls were dubbed "Faggots Balls" by the general public after beme well known that the spectacl were equented by gay, lbian, and transgenr people.