The Unsung History of Circu Parti, Where Gay Men Seek Sex and Freedom

Contents:

• THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
• I AM SEOUL 2018 | KOREA’S HOTTT GAY CIRCU FTIVAL
• CIRCU TRAG: 5 CIRCU PARTI TO GEAR UP FORNEW YORK'S WORLD PRI AND CIRCU FTIVAL MIAMI WILL BOTH BE HELD FOR THE FIRST {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORRAUGT 1, 2018/3:17 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:854PX;WIDTH:1280PX;}PHOTO URTY OF CIRCU FTIVALBY BRYAN VAN GORRAUGT 1, 2018 / 3:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CIRCU TRAG: 5 CIRCU PARTI TO GEAR UP FOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-01T19:17:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-01T19:17:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MORN-DAY GAY CIRCU PARTY N LIKELY TRACE S EARLY ORIGS BACK TO THE 1970S GAY DIS PARTI THAT TOOK PLACE LARGE-SLE VENU, BUT WERE TYPILLY LIMED TO A SGLE NIGHT. HOWEVER, IS THE OPENG OF THE SAT NIGHTCLUB NEW YORK CY 1980 THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY CED AS THE GENIS OF THE CIRCU PARTY AS WE KNOW THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOTED THE EAST VILLAGE, THE SAT WAS A MALE MEMBERS-ONLY CLUB THAT QUICKLY BEME MOST WILY KNOWN FOR MONTHLY THEMED EVENTS LIKE THE "BLACK PARTY" AND THE "WHE PARTY" THAT ATTRACTED CELEBRI AND GAY MEN OM AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THEIR HEYDAY THE 1990S, CIRCU PARTI HAD BEE HIGHLY PRODUCED, MULTI-DAY DANCE EVENTS THAT ATTRACTED THOANDS OF (MOSTLY) GAY MEN WH THEIR ELABORATE STAGE SHOWS, CELEBRY PERFORMERS, AND STAR DJS. HOWEVER, AFTER A SIGNIFINT OF CLE THAT BEGAN 2000, THE CIRCU PARTY HAS BEGUN TO SEE A B OF A RURGENCE THIS WH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW POWERHOE EVENTS HAPPENG CI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, FIVE OF THE MOST NOTABLE U.S. CIRCU PARTI ON THE HORIZON:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTHERN DENCE, NEW ORLEANSPHOTO URTY OF SOUTHERN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW ORLEANS'S LARGT GAY EVENT, WHICH TAK PLACE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND, TURNS 47 THIS YEAR AND, ONCE AGA, WILL DOMATE THE FRENCH QUARTER WH PARTI LIKE THE WELE PARTY AND BIG DICK CONTT; THE AFTER DARK PARTY THAT NS OM 9PM UNTIL DAWN AND FEATUR HEADLERS DEBORAH COX AND JENNIFER HOLLIDAY; AND THE BOYS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIRCU FTIVAL, MIAMI BEACHPHOTO URTY OF CIRCU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS YEAR, THE NEW WORLD HAS ONE MORE THG TO BE THANKFUL FOR: BARCELONA’S CIRCU FTIVAL, THE LARGT TERNATNAL GAY EVENT THAT HAS BEEN GOG STRONG SCE 2008, HEADS TO MIAMI BEACH WH A FOUR NIGHT/ THREE-DAY PARTY OVER THANKSGIVG WEEKEND. THE FTIVI BEG ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (AKA THANKSGIVG NIGHT) WH A CKTAIL RECEPTN ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE HOST HOTEL, THE CLEVELANR, FOLLOWED BY AN OPENG NIGHT PARTY WH DJS MAIKAL VENEK AND ANA PLA. OTHER EVENTS CLU MATEE'S PERVERT PARTY AT CLUB SPACE; AN AMERIN FOOTBALL-THEMED MATEE CHAMPNS PARTY AT SOHO STUDS; AND, THE LA LECHE BEACH PARTY FEATURG MEN SPEEDOS AS FAR AS THE EYE N {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHE PARTY, PALM SPRGSPHOTO BY TIBRA HOBSON/GETTY IMAGPALM SPRINGS, CA - APRIL 29: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGALLY ENHANCED.) A GENERAL VIEW AT THE AT JEFEY SANKER'S 2018 WHE PARTY ON APRIL 28, 2018 PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WHE PARTY CELEBRAT S 30TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR. THE ANNUAL EVENT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL 26-29, 2019, ATTRACTS MORE THAN 30,000 LGBTQ ATTEN TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SERT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BIGGT HEADLERS THE BS, CLUDG LADY GAGA, ARIANA GRAN, JENNIFER LOPEZ, KHA, MARY J. BLIGE, AND MOST RECENTLY, KYLIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLUB SKIRTS DAH SHORE WEEKEND, PALM SPRGS PHOTO BY BECK STARR/FILMMAGICPALM SPRINGS, CA - MARCH 31: SGER CHAKA KHAN PERFORMS AT 2012 CLUB SKIRTS DAH SHORE WEEKEND AT PALM SPRGS CONVENTN CENTER ON MARCH 31, 2012 PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DAH, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGT EVENTS FOR QUEER WOMEN, RAMPED THGS UP THIS YEAR WH A PROGRAM THAT CLUD FILM SCREENGS, TALKBACKS AND MEET-AND-GREETS, ADDN TO A PACKED ROSTER OF DANCE PARTI AND LIVE MIC ACTS. WE EXPECT NO LS OM THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD PRI, NEW YORKPHOTO URTY OF CIRCU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT YEAR, NEW YORK WILL BE THE FIRST U.S. CY TO HOST WORLD PRI AND, TO CELEBRATE, THE BIG APPLE WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THREE OF S FAVORE EVENTS—M.E.A.T., MATéE AND LUVBOAT—WH BARCELONA'S CIRCU ALSO BEG ADD FOR GOOD MEASURE. WORLD PRI WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM

Sce s ceptn 2007, the Circu Ftival has tablished self as the most important ternatnal gay event dited to mic and leisure. However, Barcelona's is still the largt edn of the year, both at the level of atten, as well as the duratn and number of rtel la ca barcelona tá formado por los DJs y productor más renocidos la cena gay, todos ellos rint los prcipal eventos dirigidos a te lectivo. Entre los artistas que pondrán la banda sonora en el Circu Ftival 2018 tarán Sagi Kariv, Phil Romano, Tom Stephan, Pagano, Ala Jacksky, Micky Friedmann, Plo y hasta 25 má poster of the Barcelona event is ma up of the most renowned DJs and producers of the gay scene, all of them rints of the ma events aimed at this group.

For the first time, Circu Ftival Barcelona - the world's biggt ternatnal gay event - jos forc wh Miami's biggt and most well-known party producers, who llectively were rponsible for major events at Wter Party Ftival and the famo Whe Party Week as well as the Matee Miami New Year's Party and Miami's own ternatnally known party brand, URGE, to produce the first and only official Circu Ftival the USA, Circu Ftival gormo gay event will arrive Miami durg the Thanksgivg Weekend holiday om November 22nd-26th 2018. Miami will, once aga, get s gay on when Circu Ftival Miami tak place Nov. The boy bacchanalia, which is billed as the world’s biggt ternatnal gay event, is four nights and three days of partg at var venu over Thanksgivg weekend.

The first Circu Ftival gay-party event the Uned Stat will take place Nov.

I AM SEOUL 2018 | KOREA’S HOTTT GAY CIRCU FTIVAL

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. 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).

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? 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 .

CIRCU TRAG: 5 CIRCU PARTI TO GEAR UP FORNEW YORK'S WORLD PRI AND CIRCU FTIVAL MIAMI WILL BOTH BE HELD FOR THE FIRST {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORRAUGT 1, 2018/3:17 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:854PX;WIDTH:1280PX;}PHOTO URTY OF CIRCU FTIVALBY BRYAN VAN GORRAUGT 1, 2018 / 3:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CIRCU TRAG: 5 CIRCU PARTI TO GEAR UP FOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-01T19:17:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-01T19:17:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MORN-DAY GAY CIRCU PARTY N LIKELY TRACE S EARLY ORIGS BACK TO THE 1970S GAY DIS PARTI THAT TOOK PLACE LARGE-SLE VENU, BUT WERE TYPILLY LIMED TO A SGLE NIGHT. HOWEVER, IS THE OPENG OF THE SAT NIGHTCLUB NEW YORK CY 1980 THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY CED AS THE GENIS OF THE CIRCU PARTY AS WE KNOW THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOTED THE EAST VILLAGE, THE SAT WAS A MALE MEMBERS-ONLY CLUB THAT QUICKLY BEME MOST WILY KNOWN FOR MONTHLY THEMED EVENTS LIKE THE "BLACK PARTY" AND THE "WHE PARTY" THAT ATTRACTED CELEBRI AND GAY MEN OM AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THEIR HEYDAY THE 1990S, CIRCU PARTI HAD BEE HIGHLY PRODUCED, MULTI-DAY DANCE EVENTS THAT ATTRACTED THOANDS OF (MOSTLY) GAY MEN WH THEIR ELABORATE STAGE SHOWS, CELEBRY PERFORMERS, AND STAR DJS. HOWEVER, AFTER A SIGNIFINT OF CLE THAT BEGAN 2000, THE CIRCU PARTY HAS BEGUN TO SEE A B OF A RURGENCE THIS WH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW POWERHOE EVENTS HAPPENG CI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, FIVE OF THE MOST NOTABLE U.S. CIRCU PARTI ON THE HORIZON:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTHERN DENCE, NEW ORLEANSPHOTO URTY OF SOUTHERN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW ORLEANS'S LARGT GAY EVENT, WHICH TAK PLACE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND, TURNS 47 THIS YEAR AND, ONCE AGA, WILL DOMATE THE FRENCH QUARTER WH PARTI LIKE THE WELE PARTY AND BIG DICK CONTT; THE AFTER DARK PARTY THAT NS OM 9PM UNTIL DAWN AND FEATUR HEADLERS DEBORAH COX AND JENNIFER HOLLIDAY; AND THE BOYS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIRCU FTIVAL, MIAMI BEACHPHOTO URTY OF CIRCU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS YEAR, THE NEW WORLD HAS ONE MORE THG TO BE THANKFUL FOR: BARCELONA’S CIRCU FTIVAL, THE LARGT TERNATNAL GAY EVENT THAT HAS BEEN GOG STRONG SCE 2008, HEADS TO MIAMI BEACH WH A FOUR NIGHT/ THREE-DAY PARTY OVER THANKSGIVG WEEKEND. THE FTIVI BEG ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (AKA THANKSGIVG NIGHT) WH A CKTAIL RECEPTN ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE HOST HOTEL, THE CLEVELANR, FOLLOWED BY AN OPENG NIGHT PARTY WH DJS MAIKAL VENEK AND ANA PLA. OTHER EVENTS CLU MATEE'S PERVERT PARTY AT CLUB SPACE; AN AMERIN FOOTBALL-THEMED MATEE CHAMPNS PARTY AT SOHO STUDS; AND, THE LA LECHE BEACH PARTY FEATURG MEN SPEEDOS AS FAR AS THE EYE N {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHE PARTY, PALM SPRGSPHOTO BY TIBRA HOBSON/GETTY IMAGPALM SPRINGS, CA - APRIL 29: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGALLY ENHANCED.) A GENERAL VIEW AT THE AT JEFEY SANKER'S 2018 WHE PARTY ON APRIL 28, 2018 PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WHE PARTY CELEBRAT S 30TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR. THE ANNUAL EVENT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL 26-29, 2019, ATTRACTS MORE THAN 30,000 LGBTQ ATTEN TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SERT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BIGGT HEADLERS THE BS, CLUDG LADY GAGA, ARIANA GRAN, JENNIFER LOPEZ, KHA, MARY J. BLIGE, AND MOST RECENTLY, KYLIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLUB SKIRTS DAH SHORE WEEKEND, PALM SPRGS PHOTO BY BECK STARR/FILMMAGICPALM SPRINGS, CA - MARCH 31: SGER CHAKA KHAN PERFORMS AT 2012 CLUB SKIRTS DAH SHORE WEEKEND AT PALM SPRGS CONVENTN CENTER ON MARCH 31, 2012 PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DAH, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGT EVENTS FOR QUEER WOMEN, RAMPED THGS UP THIS YEAR WH A PROGRAM THAT CLUD FILM SCREENGS, TALKBACKS AND MEET-AND-GREETS, ADDN TO A PACKED ROSTER OF DANCE PARTI AND LIVE MIC ACTS. WE EXPECT NO LS OM THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD PRI, NEW YORKPHOTO URTY OF CIRCU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT YEAR, NEW YORK WILL BE THE FIRST U.S. CY TO HOST WORLD PRI AND, TO CELEBRATE, THE BIG APPLE WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THREE OF S FAVORE EVENTS—M.E.A.T., MATéE AND LUVBOAT—WH BARCELONA'S CIRCU ALSO BEG ADD FOR GOOD MEASURE. WORLD PRI WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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. One thg the 2002 documentary When Boys Fly [which followed a group of young gay men attendg the Miami Whe Party] got right was showg someone fallg out [passg out om dg e] was sndalo.

Then you started seeg the rise of the ter, which pecially affected the gay datg scene. A handful of proment gay punds saw the parti as a waste of our energy and rourc.

People like Michelangelo Signorile, who wrote about his experience at the Palm Sprgs Whe Party Life Outsi, a book about gay culture at the time, were posg that the parti were crics like Signorile, Larry Kramer and Gabriel Rotello, parti were seen as havens for irrponsible behavr, sex and dgs. Most of the kds of studi look at the areas of gay culture—like the bathhoe scene, club scene, the app scene—bee they're supposed hot spots for HIV fectn and rampant dg the qutn is: do the people dog the studi unrstand our muny at all? Bee what they're "studyg" is jt what go on regular gay that "regular gay life" has e to mean somethg very different 2017.

There's no qutn that for gay men, thgs have gotten better. This generatnal divi between gay Boomers and lennials has to fluence how they perceive circu parti—or even if there's still a need for, as you said, the circu reached a nadir earlier this century, has that cle been nstant, or have they ma a eback? And if so, what's the motivatn for younger gay men to attend a circu party?