A look at the rise of electronic gay dance mic and s impact on the mic dtry and popular culture.
Contents:
- THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
- DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
- THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC GAY DANCE MIC
- SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
A circu party is a weekend long seri of events, attractg thoands of gay men, wh a huge fale party on Sunday afternoon. * gay rave culture *
Across Europe and North Ameri, numero clubs are known for tersectg LGBT nightlife wh the rave was London’s origal gay-only nightclub and is home to long-nng gay night G-A-Y.
Also known as the “Gay-rage”, this fluential distheque attracted a voted patronage of primarily black gay men. The circu—a loose global work of often weekend-long danceathons, where partygoers (almost all gay men) nvene om around the world to bond spirually, socially, sexually and milly—is one of the most unique phenomena to emerge om queer muni over the past few s.
DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
Undoubtedly, many younger gay men prefer smaller venu that "bask the bety and openns of queer culture.
" Plenty of olr gay men, too, fd the whole ethos of circu parti — glow sticks, remixed diva anthems, lor them, "body fascism"—to be tired figure out the state of the circu 2017, THUMP spoke wh Mickey Weems, a lecturer at the Universy of Hawai'i Manoa who has extensively studied circu parti (alongsi relig, anthropologil and folklore terts).
THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC GAY DANCE MIC
Weems spoke to their past, prent and potential future, explag what role the circu has played shapg queer and gay culture, and what s evolutn says about the same today. A gay circu party (Photo via)THUMP: Can you give me a psule history of the circu?
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE GAY DNA OF HOUSE MUSIC
When the Gay Activist Alliance was formed—the first gay rights group, born only six months after Stonewall—they had danc an old firehoe SoHo. And New York, thoands of men began gatherg at Downtown loft spac that began croppg started pourg , wh plac like Flamgo and Twelve Wt, two of the most proment gay male dance spac, full of sweaty men dancg all the same time, Fire Island beme the place for people who uld afford . The term "circu" me om beg the "need to know circu"—not only diss, but "--the-know" plac the gay muny that even clud, 1980, the Sat opened the East Village.