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Loted on an unassumg block Brooklyn, one of the last black-owned gay nightclubs the cy has closed. * langston's brooklyn gay club *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTEndangered SpacLoted on an unassumg block Brooklyn, one of the last black-owned gay nightclubs the cy has Wertz. But on Friday and Saturday nights, the thuddg bass of so, dancehall and hip-hop would attract groups of clubgoers — largely gay Caribbean or Wt Indian men — to que up on an otherwise isolated block on the borr of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvant. Langston’s, which closed last sprg, was one of the last black-owned gay dance clubs New York Cy.
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Brooklyn's Club Langston, which s owner says is NYC's last black-owned gay bar, has been a safe space for queer black men for nearly two s. * langston's brooklyn gay club *
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After Hurrine Katra happened, there was an event … Langston was also very volved fundraisg to addrs the gay men’s health crisis. “But now the gay black muny that liv the Fort Greene, Clton Hill area is slowly but surely beg kicked out. “Havg our prence there is gog to tilt the sle tremendoly terms of the face of gay pri and what that looks like.