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- THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
- A TALE OF TWO PARAS: HALLOWEEN AND GAY PRI
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- GAY MUNICH
THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC
Here are the bt LGBT and gay Halloween events NYC to celebrate the spookit holiday. Get your stume and head to the parti and hnted ho. * gay halloween parade *
There’s no shortage of LGBT and gay Halloween events NYC this time of year. Rivalg NYC’s Gay Pri Para enthiasm, stum and all around queerns is the annual Village Halloween Para down Sixth Avenue.
"Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas. " But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov. "Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said.
WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
By Jeanne Flemg Before Pri, there was Halloween. 1973. It was a night when everyone uld COME OUT and stt their stuff a safe environment that clud the gay muny wh the muny at large. Halloween, the gay muny of New York, and the Halloween Para have been tritely tertwed sce the para’s origs * gay halloween parade *
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A TALE OF TWO PARAS: HALLOWEEN AND GAY PRI
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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Halloween, the gay muny of New York, and the Halloween Para have been tritely tertwed sce the para’s origs 1973.
GAY MUNICH
Along wh, and sometim domatg, the array of puppets, creatur and other attractns, the gay muny seized the day to display s creativy, outrageons, love, and pri—so much so, that the Halloween Para beme known as the Gay Para. Wh the onset of AIDS, the para beme a polil fom for gay rights activists and groups such as ACT UP, Dyk on Bik, and the Radil Fairi.