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

A large, gay dance party, somethg like a gay versn of a rave, but wh a gay-oriented mic selectn (ually pop, progrsive hoe, and tribal). Events are well-promoted, publicized, advertised and anized, are often attend by thoands, n be big chary fundraisers, and are ually expensive to attend. Sce each circu party occurs on a specific weekend and a specific cy once a year, and there are many parti on "the circu", travel and planng are required. Travellg om party to party be part of a circu boy's liftyle of travel, workg and partyg. Some exampl of circu parti: Whe Party Palm sprgs (April), Black Party New York (March), the Black and Blue Ball Montreal (October), the Blue Ball Philalphia (January). The are often all-night and multi-day events, and party dgs such as ecstasy, GHB, ketame and crystal are equently taken by partygoers." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * circuit party gay slang *

A large, gay dance party, somethg like a gay versn of a rave, but wh a gay-oriented mic selectn (ually pop, progrsive hoe, and tribal). A place for dgs and unprotected sex among barely functnal adult man-children who make sane, well adjted gays look bad.

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A gay man who attends circu parti on a regular basis. It is ually a very expensive enavor, sce tickets to the parti are generally around $100 per event, and circu parti ually take place on three to five nsecutive nights the the same cy. The term often has a negative nnotatn." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * circuit party gay slang *

Any number of a seri of events that n be held around world generally terg to butch lookg young gay men and fag hags that nsists of dancg mdlsly until dawn to dis mic after jtg K, ex and/or methamphetame Ted: Hey. The ma difference, however between a regular rave and a “circu party” is the fact that the latter is rather closely associated wh the LGBTQ muny, wh gay men beg the most mon attendants of the event.

“Circu parti” grew out of tea danc and dis parti the 1970’s and early 1980’s, mostly metropolan areas, wh a large gay populatn. 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?

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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.