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
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
IT TAK A VILLAGE, PEOPLE: PRERVG SAN FRANCIS'S GAY DIS HISTORY
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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
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She is the queen of Gay Pri. “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here” has drama — and gays like drama.
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
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