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Contents:
- SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
- THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
- GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE
- TEA DANC (GAY EVENT)
- NEW YORK CY GAY SNAS AND BATHHO
SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
Have you ever attend a gay tea dance party and want to throw your own? Click through to learn more about which brews, spic, and sugars have to make onto your menu! * gay tea dance *
To gay lennials the ia of gog to a bar while light out is unheard of; fact, gog to a gay bar to meet new people and socialize is almost unheard of.
THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
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But to generatns of gay men ’s what we did, what we looked forward to, where we created Communy.
GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE
Here's to the Sunday afternoon Tea Dance phenomenon, a gay tradn which is slowly gay men unr the age of 30 today are totally cluels of almost lost tradn of the Sunday Tea Dance. (A tradn that really mt be brought back.) So here’s a ltle history primer on the tradn of the “Sunday… * gay tea dance *
Sadly tea danc, once an tegral part of the Gay Communy, have all but died out.
Our iends at recently posted a terrific article by Will Kohler*, “The Very Gay History of the Almost Lost Tradn of the Sunday Tea Dance. “Gay people, of urse, were still largely unrground the 50s, but was the discreet speakeasi that social (nonpartnered) dancg was evolvg.
TEA DANC (GAY EVENT)
In the event of a raid, gay men and lbian women would quickly change partners to mixed-upl. By the late 60s, gay men had tablished the Fire Island Cherry Grove and also the more subdued and “closeted” P (off of Long Island, New York) as a summer rort of sorts.
NEW YORK CY GAY SNAS AND BATHHO
It was illegal at that time for bars to ‘knowgly sell alhol to homosexuals’ and bis many of the venu there were not licensed as ‘night clubs’ or to sell alhol. *Will Kohler is a noted LGBT historian, wrer, blogger and owner of A longtime gay activist, Will fought on the ont l of the AIDS epimic wh ACT-UP and ntu fightg today for LGBT acceptance and full equaly. It has had ti to the gay muny sce the early 20th century when was home to artist loni and experimental theater.
It’s also home to Atlantic Hoe, which is reported to be the olst gay bar the Uned Stat.