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Contents:
- THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
- FUN GAY TIME TEA DANCE
- SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
- THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
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History of the Gay Tea Danc – The were events anized on Sunday afternoons the homosexual muny, origatg New York the 1950s and 1960s.
SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
It was illegal through the mid-1960s for bars New York to sell alhol to people known to be gay, and New York Cy police would nduct raids on tablishments terg to them. Hence, gay men the area began to hold tea danc outsi the cy as an alternative venue for meetgs. As homosexualy beme more accepted and legally protected, the tea danc were subsumed to nighttime club events such as circu parti.
FUN GAY TIME 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. But to generatns of gay men ’s what we did, what we looked forward to, where we created Communy.
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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. 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. 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.