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Contents:

• SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
• TEA DANCE (GAY EVENT)
• GAY LIEGE
• LIEGE GAY BARS & CLUBS
• GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE
• THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
• CCNATI IS REVIVG THE LOST TRADN OF GAY TEA DANC FOR A NEW GENERATN

SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG

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. 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.

TEA DANCE (GAY EVENT)

“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. The-Big-Gay-Dance-Party at The Porthole. Tea dance (gay event)Gay muny event / From Wikipedia, the ee encyclopedia Tea danc were events anized on Sunday afternoons the US gay muny, origatg New York the 1950s and 1960s.

GAY LIEGE

We went to meet the people that make of Liège one of the new gay spots Europe. I work particularly on certa polil issu: natnal plan agast homophobia, programmg sexualy tn French-speakg schools Belgium, plan to fight agast HIV and other more technil issu (Belgium is a feral state, always plit thgs a b). What are the highlights of Liège gay life?

VB: There are two highlights for gay life Liège. A dozen activi are anized wh two weeks, around the Belgian Gay Pri Bssels, around May 17. Here, gay and lbian bars are spread throughout the cy, there is not really a gay neighborhood, although some plac are clearly hyper gay-iendly.

But early September the Cathedral Square be the epicenter of Liège's gay and lbian life. How many gay and gay iendly venu n we found the cy?

LIEGE GAY BARS & CLUBS

It is very gay-iendly and the boss is que succsful among gays lol. There are also two snas (a very gay one, l'Aquari'hom, and another that is more gay-iendly), one or another clothg store, two porn cemas, two or three cisg areas... Well, there are really plenty gay thgs to do.

VB: The bt thg is to first download the Gay Wallonie app. Go eat somethg a gay-iendly rtrant, chat wh the boss, and learn about what's on. what about the velopment of a "gay bs" Liège and the regn?

VB: I don't know how to addrs this issue of "gay bs" bee I thk suggts a particular profile, a whe young man, wh fancial means, kd of neat.

GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE

I would say that there are gay bs here, some are rather lbian, others are more for those who love to sg or dance or flirt, those who prefer a one-night stand, those who prefer chattg the rner of a bar, those of prefer Petula Clark or Miley Cys, fans of movi and opera...

> Gay Belgium Gay LiegeLiege - a French-speakg cy Belgium, known for s historic landmarks, cultural s and spectacular views over the Mse river.

THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC

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Here’s to the Sunday afternoon Tea Dance phenomenon, a gay tradn which is slowly disappearg.

Many gay men unr the age of 30 today are totally cluels of 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.

CCNATI IS REVIVG THE LOST TRADN OF GAY TEA DANC FOR A NEW GENERATN

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. Sce there were no lbians around to change partners wh, gay men veloped the dancg apart style that club-goers everywhere now take for granted. June 28, 1969: the Stonewall Rts mark the fiery birth of the so-lled “morn gay rights movement”.

Followg (and part perhaps spired by) the ath of gay in Judy Garland, (as the urban legend go) patrons of the Greenwich Village waterg hole The Stonewall Inn fought back agast another a very long le of vlent police raids, eventually barridg the police si the bar and settg off three nights of rtg.

The “snapped stiletto heel heard around the world”as some ll is memorated today wh Gay Pri celebratns held around the end of June. A newly-energized gay muny around Christopher Street embraced the social dancg craze started on Fire Island. While the Fire Island gays tend to be rich upper-class preppi, the downtown gays of Christopher Street and the Village were workg-class and they tend to party at night.