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GAY HISTORY – APRIL 26, 1977: STUD 54 OPENS NEW YORK CY
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It was a time, post-Stonewall, when “the gay populatn were settg the absolute cultural standard this town.
” And he and Rubell went to gay clubs bee he thought straight on “felt ntrived, and I always felt unfortable, ” he says. “I would go to the gay nightclubs and there was this vibe: There was sex everywhere.
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Schrager’s ecstatic memori of gay life the ’70s are one of the odr thgs about him, given that he is heterosexual (married twice, both tim to ballet dancers, wh five kids). Stud, and the publicy around , helped take gay culture, or at least a gltery image of , to the mastream.