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• THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: INSI THE MAKG OF THE 2000 GAY ROM
• NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' FIRST GAY CLUB WAS NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY LIMELIGHT"THAT WAS HOW I FOUND OUT WHAT A DARK ROOM IS," SAYS THE 'UNUPLED' STAR. THE RT OF THE ST WEIGHS {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;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 3, 2022/2:42 {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:2400PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}SARAH SHATZ/NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 3, 2022 / 2:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' FIRST GAY CLUB WAS NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY LIMELIGHT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-08-03T18:42:59.855+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-08-03T18:42:59.855+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"NEIL PATRICK HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}IN UNUPLED, THE NEW NETFLIX SERI OM DARREN STARR (YOUNGER, EY PARIS) AND JEFEY RICHMAN (MORN FAY), NEIL PATRICK HARRIS PLAYS MICHAEL LAWSON, A MIDDLE-AGED GAY MAN WHOSE PARTNER (PLAYED BY TUC WATKS) OF 17 YEARS SUDNLY BREAKS UP WH HIM. AND AS THE PLOT SCRIPTN READS: "OVERNIGHT, HE HAS TO NONT TWO NIGHTMAR: LOSG THE MAN HE THOUGHT WAS HIS SOULMATE, AND SUDNLY FDG HIMSELF A SGLE GAY MAN HIS MID-FORTI NEW YORK CY."{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;}DATG WHILE BEG A SGLE GAY MAN NEW YORK MEANS PLENTY OF PARTYG AT GAY BARS AND CLUBS, AND BEG A GAY MAN HIMSELF, HARRIS WAS NO STRANGER TO THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE {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;}SCROLL THROUGH BELOW AS HARRIS AND HIS -STARS, ALONG WH UNUPLED -CREATORS, TELL LOGO ABOUT THEIR FORMATIVE FIRST GAY BAR {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (MICHAEL)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR {MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.6REM/1.5 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{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;}"I WENT TO THE LIMELIGHT NEW YORK CY BACK THE LATE '80S. I WAS PROBABLY 18 YEARS OLD, SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT MATH," RELLS HARRIS. "IT WAS THE MICHAEL ALIG TIM WH A LOT OF ECSTASY, AND PEOPLE WH WGS AND LOLLIPOPS, AND I WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE THERE BUT I HAD A FAKE ID, AND I WAS WH SOME IENDS, SO I WAS SAFE.I WASN'T OUT AND MY IENDS WERE STRAIGHT, BUT WAS THE OL VISUAL PLACE TO BE, AND I REMEMBER WALKG UP THE STAIRS AND BEG LIKE, 'WHAT IS THAT AREA?' IT WAS ALL DARK THERE AND I WALKED ... THAT WAS HOW I FOUND OUT WHAT A DARK ROOM IS. SEARG IMAGERY. THEN I WALKED DOWN A HALLWAY AND SOME GUY STOPPED ME, AND HE GO, 'ARE YOU NEIL PATRICK HARRIS?' AND I WAS LIKE, 'YEAH.' AND HE GO, 'I ED TO MASTURBATE TO YOU ALL THE TIME.' AND I WAS LIKE WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? 'THANKS?' AND THEN HE LEFT, AND THAT WAS, HDSIGHT, A GREAT THG TO SAY BEE 'S A NVERSATN STARTER, BUT FOR ME, I WAS ALL NEW TO THIS SO I HID DOWNSTAIRS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOG TO HAPPEN. SO YEAH, WAS FUN. ""I REMEMBER ALL LIKE HAD RECENTLY HAPPENED. THE LIMELIGHT BACK THE DAY, WHEN WASN'T A MALL. GOOD TIM."BROOKS ASHMANSKAS (STANLEY)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I GREW UP PORTLAND, OREGON, AND THERE WAS A BAR THERE LLED SNDALS, AND WAS RIGHT ON THE RNER, AND WAS ALL WDOWS. PART OF WAS, I THK, PIANO BAR-ISH, AND PART OF WAS POOL BAR. I REMEMBER I WENT THERE, I WAS WAY TOO YOUNG TO GO, AND WAS A DIFFERENT TIME WHERE THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, LS WRONG. I REMEMBER JT THE FIRST THG WALKG , AND THIS VERY TALL, BETIFUL MAN ME UP, AND HE LERALLY SRED THE HELL OUT OF ME BEE HE WAS LIKE, 'YOU ARE FAR TOO YOUNG TO BE HERE.' AND I REMEMBER EEZG, AND THKG I'M TROUBLE, AND EVERYTHG, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'SO E WH ME, I'M GOG TO TAKE RE OF YOU.' IN A SWEET WAY, AND HE MA SURE I WAS OKAY. HE KEPT CHECKG WH ME, AND I REMEMBER WAS A GREAT FIRST BAR EXPERIENCE BEE HE TOOK RE OF ME, AND MA SURE I WAS ALL RIGHT."EMERSON BROOKS (BILLY) MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I THK I WAS VERY YOUNG ACTUALLY. I GREW UP ATLANTA, GEIA, MIDTOWN, WHICH ALWAYS HAD A VERY DIVERSE AND WELG LGBT MUNY. I REMEMBER MY FIRST GAY BAR WAS GOG WH MY DAD BEE WAS MORE OF A PUB FOR OLR GAY MEN THE MUNY AROUND ATLANTA. SO WAS ALWAYS JT NORMALIZED OUR HOEHOLD, OUR IEND GROUP, AND OUR MUNY. I THK I WAS PROBABLY A 13-YEAR-OLD SNEAKG SIPS OF MY DAD'S BEER."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}TUC WATKS (COL)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I REMEMBER WAS TERRIFYG AND EXHILARATG ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND NOW AT MIDDLE AGE, WHEN I ME OUT OF A RELATNSHIP A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I WENT BACK TO THAT GAY BAR, AND 'S NOT MUCH EASIER EVEN WH EXPERIENCE. THOSE THGS DO HAVE A RAZOR'S EDGE OF [BEG] EXCG, EXHILARATG, AND STRSFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME, [THAT] HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. BUT THE '90S, WHEN I WAS G OF AGE AND ME OUT, I WAS LOS ANGEL AND I WENT TO STUD ONE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I WENT TO CATCH ONE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, AND NOT ONLY ARE THOSE CLUBS NOT THERE, THE BUILDGS AREN'T EVEN THERE ANY LONGER."DARREN STARR AND JEFEY RICHMAN (SERI -CREATORS)CDY ORD/GETTY IMAG FOR SIRIXMDARREN: "IT WAS REHOBOTH BEACH, WHEN I WAS LLEGE, AND WORKG AS A B BOY, AND THEN THERE WAS A GAY BAR REHOBOTH THAT I WENT TO BY MYSELF... THAT'S A SRY MOMENT, AND THEN YOU WALK AND YOU'RE LIKE, 'OH, THIS IS REALLY FUN.'"JEFF: "IT WAS L.A., ON SANTA MONI BOULEVARD. IT WAS A BAR LLED MIDDLE EARTH, BUT WAS A DANCE BAR. SO I WENT WH IENDS, AND WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN TWO MEN DANCG TOGETHER. I REMEMBER WATCHG A DANCE FLOOR OF MEN, GOG, 'WHAT THE FUCK?'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}NEIL PATRICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' FIRST GAY CLUB WAS NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY LIMELIGHT"THAT WAS HOW I FOUND OUT WHAT A DARK ROOM IS," SAYS THE 'UNUPLED' STAR. THE RT OF THE ST WEIGHS {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;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 3, 2022/2:42 {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:2400PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}SARAH SHATZ/NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 3, 2022 / 2:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' FIRST GAY CLUB WAS NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY LIMELIGHT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-08-03T18:42:59.855+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-08-03T18:42:59.855+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"NEIL PATRICK HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}IN UNUPLED, THE NEW NETFLIX SERI OM DARREN STARR (YOUNGER, EY PARIS) AND JEFEY RICHMAN (MORN FAY), NEIL PATRICK HARRIS PLAYS MICHAEL LAWSON, A MIDDLE-AGED GAY MAN WHOSE PARTNER (PLAYED BY TUC WATKS) OF 17 YEARS SUDNLY BREAKS UP WH HIM. AND AS THE PLOT SCRIPTN READS: "OVERNIGHT, HE HAS TO NONT TWO NIGHTMAR: LOSG THE MAN HE THOUGHT WAS HIS SOULMATE, AND SUDNLY FDG HIMSELF A SGLE GAY MAN HIS MID-FORTI NEW YORK CY."{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;}DATG WHILE BEG A SGLE GAY MAN NEW YORK MEANS PLENTY OF PARTYG AT GAY BARS AND CLUBS, AND BEG A GAY MAN HIMSELF, HARRIS WAS NO STRANGER TO THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE {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;}SCROLL THROUGH BELOW AS HARRIS AND HIS -STARS, ALONG WH UNUPLED -CREATORS, TELL LOGO ABOUT THEIR FORMATIVE FIRST GAY BAR {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (MICHAEL)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR {MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.6REM/1.5 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{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;}"I WENT TO THE LIMELIGHT NEW YORK CY BACK THE LATE '80S. I WAS PROBABLY 18 YEARS OLD, SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT MATH," RELLS HARRIS. "IT WAS THE MICHAEL ALIG TIM WH A LOT OF ECSTASY, AND PEOPLE WH WGS AND LOLLIPOPS, AND I WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE THERE BUT I HAD A FAKE ID, AND I WAS WH SOME IENDS, SO I WAS SAFE.I WASN'T OUT AND MY IENDS WERE STRAIGHT, BUT WAS THE OL VISUAL PLACE TO BE, AND I REMEMBER WALKG UP THE STAIRS AND BEG LIKE, 'WHAT IS THAT AREA?' IT WAS ALL DARK THERE AND I WALKED ... THAT WAS HOW I FOUND OUT WHAT A DARK ROOM IS. SEARG IMAGERY. THEN I WALKED DOWN A HALLWAY AND SOME GUY STOPPED ME, AND HE GO, 'ARE YOU NEIL PATRICK HARRIS?' AND I WAS LIKE, 'YEAH.' AND HE GO, 'I ED TO MASTURBATE TO YOU ALL THE TIME.' AND I WAS LIKE WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? 'THANKS?' AND THEN HE LEFT, AND THAT WAS, HDSIGHT, A GREAT THG TO SAY BEE 'S A NVERSATN STARTER, BUT FOR ME, I WAS ALL NEW TO THIS SO I HID DOWNSTAIRS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOG TO HAPPEN. SO YEAH, WAS FUN. ""I REMEMBER ALL LIKE HAD RECENTLY HAPPENED. THE LIMELIGHT BACK THE DAY, WHEN WASN'T A MALL. GOOD TIM."BROOKS ASHMANSKAS (STANLEY)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I GREW UP PORTLAND, OREGON, AND THERE WAS A BAR THERE LLED SNDALS, AND WAS RIGHT ON THE RNER, AND WAS ALL WDOWS. PART OF WAS, I THK, PIANO BAR-ISH, AND PART OF WAS POOL BAR. I REMEMBER I WENT THERE, I WAS WAY TOO YOUNG TO GO, AND WAS A DIFFERENT TIME WHERE THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, LS WRONG. I REMEMBER JT THE FIRST THG WALKG , AND THIS VERY TALL, BETIFUL MAN ME UP, AND HE LERALLY SRED THE HELL OUT OF ME BEE HE WAS LIKE, 'YOU ARE FAR TOO YOUNG TO BE HERE.' AND I REMEMBER EEZG, AND THKG I'M TROUBLE, AND EVERYTHG, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'SO E WH ME, I'M GOG TO TAKE RE OF YOU.' IN A SWEET WAY, AND HE MA SURE I WAS OKAY. HE KEPT CHECKG WH ME, AND I REMEMBER WAS A GREAT FIRST BAR EXPERIENCE BEE HE TOOK RE OF ME, AND MA SURE I WAS ALL RIGHT."EMERSON BROOKS (BILLY) MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I THK I WAS VERY YOUNG ACTUALLY. I GREW UP ATLANTA, GEIA, MIDTOWN, WHICH ALWAYS HAD A VERY DIVERSE AND WELG LGBT MUNY. I REMEMBER MY FIRST GAY BAR WAS GOG WH MY DAD BEE WAS MORE OF A PUB FOR OLR GAY MEN THE MUNY AROUND ATLANTA. SO WAS ALWAYS JT NORMALIZED OUR HOEHOLD, OUR IEND GROUP, AND OUR MUNY. I THK I WAS PROBABLY A 13-YEAR-OLD SNEAKG SIPS OF MY DAD'S BEER."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}TUC WATKS (COL)MONI SCHIPPER/GETTY IMAG FOR NETFLIX"I REMEMBER WAS TERRIFYG AND EXHILARATG ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND NOW AT MIDDLE AGE, WHEN I ME OUT OF A RELATNSHIP A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I WENT BACK TO THAT GAY BAR, AND 'S NOT MUCH EASIER EVEN WH EXPERIENCE. THOSE THGS DO HAVE A RAZOR'S EDGE OF [BEG] EXCG, EXHILARATG, AND STRSFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME, [THAT] HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. BUT THE '90S, WHEN I WAS G OF AGE AND ME OUT, I WAS LOS ANGEL AND I WENT TO STUD ONE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I WENT TO CATCH ONE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, AND NOT ONLY ARE THOSE CLUBS NOT THERE, THE BUILDGS AREN'T EVEN THERE ANY LONGER."DARREN STARR AND JEFEY RICHMAN (SERI -CREATORS)CDY ORD/GETTY IMAG FOR SIRIXMDARREN: "IT WAS REHOBOTH BEACH, WHEN I WAS LLEGE, AND WORKG AS A B BOY, AND THEN THERE WAS A GAY BAR REHOBOTH THAT I WENT TO BY MYSELF... THAT'S A SRY MOMENT, AND THEN YOU WALK AND YOU'RE LIKE, 'OH, THIS IS REALLY FUN.'"JEFF: "IT WAS L.A., ON SANTA MONI BOULEVARD. IT WAS A BAR LLED MIDDLE EARTH, BUT WAS A DANCE BAR. SO I WENT WH IENDS, AND WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN TWO MEN DANCG TOGETHER. I REMEMBER WATCHG A DANCE FLOOR OF MEN, GOG, 'WHAT THE FUCK?'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}NEIL PATRICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A character, Howie mentns how he would like to see gay men beg reprented as somethg other than the woman's bt iend, the htler, the aids victim or the sex addict and this film do tend to try hard to avoid the stereotyp.

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) and is not aaid to portray gay men as jt a group of lads who are fallg and out of relatnships, liek any other group of young men.

However certa characters do tend to brg the pace down a ltle and do sometim seem to have the sentiment that gay men have got so bad pared to everyone else the world. Greg Berlanti’s The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy told the story of six gay bt iends — Dennis (Timothy Olyphant), Cole (Dean Ca), Benji (Zach Braff), Patrick (Ben Weber), Taylor (Billy Porter), and Howie (Matt McGrath) — navigatg the Los Angel datg scene. “I felt like at the time there was no gay Der.

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There was no movie that kd of ptured the spir of young gay iendships as I knew them at that particular moment the late ’90s Wt Hollywood. EW talked to Berlanti and many Club members about gog to “gay school, ” embracg pa shell necklac, and the film’s important legacy.

It was like, “Dean, I know you love this, but I don’t thk ’s a good ia for you to play a gay character at this pot time. THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY, Timothy Olyphant, 2000, (c)Sony Pictur Classics/urt Cred: Everett Collectn The Prep BRAFF: Some of were gay and some weren’t.

When we were rehearsals, Greg said, “I want you to act like gay men would act. CAIN: We were ee to ask and discs anythg our “gay school. ” [Berlanti wanted the actors to bond and enuraged them to go out to Wt Hollywood gay bars as a group.

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In my experienc wh women, there’s subtleti you need to read to, and the gay world was so open-and-shut. When I do n to gay men that haven’t seen I’m like, “What? The highs and lows of that first fay and those nnectns we form at that tim of our liv — do really pture what felt like to be part of that group and be around gay men at that moment and that particular group of iends.

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In Unupled, the new Netflix seri om Darren Starr (Younger, Ey Paris) and Jefey Richman (Morn Fay), Neil Patrick Harris plays Michael Lawson, a middle-aged gay man whose partner (played by Tuc Watks) of 17 years sudnly breaks up wh him. And as the plot scriptn reads: "Overnight, he has to nont two nightmar: losg the man he thought was his soulmate, and sudnly fdg himself a sgle gay man his mid-forti New York Cy. "Datg while beg a sgle gay man New York means plenty of partyg at gay bars and clubs, and beg a gay man himself, Harris was no stranger to the queer nightlife through below as Harris and his -stars, along wh Unupled -creators, tell Logo about their formative first gay bar Patrick Harris (Michael)"I went to the Limelight New York Cy back the late '80s.

I remember my first gay bar was gog wh my dad bee was more of a pub for olr gay men the muny around Atlanta.