Col Kaepernick Might Be Gay, Datg A 'Gay Circu DJ' (But Probably Not): SFist

Contents:

• THE UNSUNG HISTORY OF CIRCU PARTI, WHERE GAY MEN SEEK SEX AND FREEDOM
• STRACENERCIRCU DJSOCIALSHOMEPRESSPORTFOLIOMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.JO MY VIP EMAIL LIST!THANKS FOR STAYG THE LOOP!CIRCU DJ NICK STRACENER SPECIALIZ  CIRCU PARTY MIC AND SULTRY FEMALE VOLS AND IS A RISG STAR DJ  DALLAS AND IS ALSO A GAY DJFOLLOW ME ON!
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• COL KAEPERNICK MIGHT BE GAY, DATG A 'GAY CIRCU DJ' (BUT PROBABLY NOT)

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

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 . 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.

STRACENERCIRCU DJSOCIALSHOMEPRESSPORTFOLIOMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.JO MY VIP EMAIL LIST!THANKS FOR STAYG THE LOOP!CIRCU DJ NICK STRACENER SPECIALIZ  CIRCU PARTY MIC AND SULTRY FEMALE VOLS AND IS A RISG STAR DJ  DALLAS AND IS ALSO A GAY DJFOLLOW ME ON!

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.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

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?

H ave the parti themselv evolved to meet the challenge of a changed landspe for gay/queer culture a post-liberatn world?

" We create a gay space on the dance floor of mastream parti. EDC enurag ongog cricism is that the parti reprent only one small segment of gay men. Although there's a looseng up about attus toward gay people, the societi are still very tradnal.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

DJ GRIND (Stephen Massey) is one of the most sought-after DJs and producers on the gay circu. DJ GRIND has headled many of the largt and most high-profile gay dance ftivals the world, cludg Whe Party Palm Sprgs Tea Dance, Wter Party Ftival Beach Party, Masterbeat’s LA New Year’s Eve, XLSIOR Ftival Beach Party (Mykonos), Hell & Heaven Ftival (Bahia, Brazil), Daywash (Sydney), HEAVEN & ICON (Shanghai), Paradiso (Playa l Carmen), Matee Las Vegas, Whe Party Miami, Ascensn Fire Island, Carnival Week Provcetown, Halloween New Orleans, and NYC PRIDE’s legendary Pier Dance. In 2015, DJ GRIND headled the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras Party, the largt LGBT event the Southern Hemisphere, and he headled Jefey Sanker’s newt event, Whe Party Bangkok, on New Year’s Eve 2016.

The San Francis-based DJ is also the rint mic cric for, and his work has been featured on SiriXM’s BPM & OutQ, Nex Rad, GayInterRadLive, Gayd UK, and GaydarRad, among others. DJ GRINDBillboard #1 Remixer, Producer & DJDJ GRIND (Stephen Massey) is one of the most sought-after DJs and producers on the gay circu. This year, DJ GRIND was the featured performer at the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras Ma Party, the world’s largt LGBT dance mic 2018, DJ GRIND headled the three largt gay dance ftivals the U.

He’s also headled many of the largt and most high-profile gay dance ftivals the world, cludg XLSIOR Ftival (Mykonos), Whe Party Bangkok, ICON (Shanghai), Hell & Heaven Ftival (Brazil), Masterbeat New Year’s Eve (Los Angel), Market Days (Chigo), Purple Party (Dallas), Jog Hearts (Atlanta), Memorial Day Pensala, and many more. Circu dj Nick Stracener specializ  circu party mic and sultry female vols and is a risg star dj  Dallas and is also a gay djFOLLOW ME ON!

COL KAEPERNICK MIGHT BE GAY, DATG A 'GAY CIRCU DJ' (BUT PROBABLY NOT)

LGBTQ Pri is a time for celebratg inty, visibily, and activism for human rights and for rellectg on s roots – om the first march orchtrated by activist Brenda Howard 1970, exactly a year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to early anizatns such as Gay Liberatn Front, STAR (found by Marsha P. Johnson), Gay Activists Alliance, and Radilbians that were tablished thereafter. Stt eventually held a rincy at Better Days, also buildg his system at the club due to a bar-level sound system and the owner’s lack of vtment newer equipment, and beme a centric part of the gay club’s muny.