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THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
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THE GAY LIFE
1969, June 28-July 3: Stonewall Uprisg – Transgenr, gay and lbian patrons of the Stonewall Inn Greenwich Village, NYC, fight back when police raid the tablishment.
1975: The Rz by Terrence McNally(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3f, 14m) Terrence McNally managed to be both a tradnalist and a pneer wh this uproar 1975 Broadway h; he set his tradnal door-slammg farce a gay bathhoe. 1978: Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierste(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 4m)In 1978, gay “clone culture” was on the rise; many gay Amerins tried to assiate by appearg more “straight, ” and Amerins beme more faiar wh imag of butch gay men.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY THEATER, THREE ACTS
) “At the height of the post-Stonewall clone era, ” wrote playwright Charl Bch a 2002 article for The Advote, “Harvey [Fierste] challenged both gay and straight dienc to champn an effemate gay man’s longgs for love and fay. The btal portra of gay men’s persecutn Nazi Germany shocked dienc, shed a spotlight on a cril perd gay history, and earned cril acclaim on both sis of the Atlantic.