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The natn’s first gay and lbian talk rad show, The Gay 90s, aired om downtown Cleveland, Oh and started off wh a bang. Not lerally, but given the bomb threat lled before the show’s premier broadst on WHK 1420 AM was a possibily. Dpe the potential danger, The Gay 90s aired as schled on March 26, 1993, and beme the untry’s first mercial live, “ll ” rad program by, for, and about the gay and lbian muny. Given Cleveland’s history of settlg...

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THE GAY 90S

* the gay 90s foam night *

Somethg old, somethg new, somethg you’ve never experienced before: End your sgle days style wh drks and champagne at the Gay90s.

The natn’s first gay and lbian talk rad show, The Gay 90s, aired om downtown Cleveland, Oh and started off wh a bang. Dpe the potential danger, The Gay 90s aired as schled on March 26, 1993, and beme the untry’s first mercial live, “ll ” rad program by, for, and about the gay and lbian muny. Given Cleveland’s history of settlg disput wh explosiv, upled wh the homophobic atmosphere surroundg lbians and gay men at the time, the threat was taken serly.

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IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MATT T1 NTRIBUTN2GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENTAUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 25, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SABRAIOWA377 NTRIBUTNS1BROUGHT THE 1ST TIMERS...DEC 2019 • FRIENDSTHE HALF NAKED BARTENR CHRIS WAS GREAT EYE NDY, BUT HIS PERSONALY WAS LACKG. MY IENDS AND I WERE LOOKG FOR RIDICULO FUN, BUT THE VIBE HAS CHANGED HERE A LOT. EHER THAT, OR FUN IS ONLY TO BE HAD DURG CERTA HOURS. I STILL LOVE G HERE, BUT NOW I KNOW TO SHOW UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0STILL MY FAVORE PLACE TO VISOCT 2019MET GUYS AGA. MORE STRAIGHT THIS TIME[ BUT STILL CUTE] THE DRKS WERE STILL GOOD AND STRONG. LONG LE BUT WORTH THE WA A GREAT PLACE TO BE YOURSELFREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CLARE ANDSYKPONTEACT, UK951 NTRIBUTNS2I RO THE BIG BLACK **** HAHAJUL 2019 • FRIENDSVISG OUR USA IENDS, THEY TOOK TO MNEAPOLIS FOR THE DAY. THEY JT HAD TO TAKE ME TO THIS BAR TO SHOW ME THE BIG BLACK PENIS TO RI.THE WAER WAS KD ENOUGH TO SHOW THROUGH TO THAT ROOM AS WAS CLOSED HOWEVER.VERY FUNNY! I FOUND TERTG THAT WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL THERE! 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LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS/MIC/SCEN TO CHECK OUT. BUT IF THIS PLACE IS GOG TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF BARTENRS AND REPLACE MOST OF THE ON THEY HAVE. WE STOOD WAG AT ONE BAR FOR 20 MUT, SH HAND, ONLY TO BE BLATANTLY AND OBVLY IGNORED. (APPARENTLY THEY ONLY HIRE BODYBUILRS TO WORK HERE.) SERVICE WAS HORRIBLY SLOW. TIRED OF WAG, WE WENT TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE A IENDLY BARTENR MENTNED OVER BEE HIS FEMALE UNTERPART WASN'T SERVG ANYBODY; SHE WAS TOO BY UNTG SH AND THAT TOOK HER A FULL 10 MUT AT LEAST. WE TIPPED HIM WELL, FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. WE PROBABLY WON'T RETURN. MNEAPOLIS HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BARS WH BETTER, FASTER SERVICE.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. 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An x page listg Gay '90s ntent. No, not the "gay" you were thkg of, nor The '90s you were thkg of, for that matter. This trope vers … * the gay 90s foam night *

It was, stead, the rad show self that blew down barriers, shattered myths and uned Cleveland’s gay, straight and “ between” muni a remarkably peaceful way. Lookg back, ’s not surprisg that the natn’s first gay and lbian talk show was hosted by Cleveland native Buck Harris, a man at ease beg the “first” a number of public rol. In 1984, Governor Richard Celte appoted Harris as the Oh Department of Health’s gay health nsultant, the first state the natn to create such a posn rponse to the growg AIDS crisis.

THE GAY '90S

Ameri Se Shas of Gay: A Once-Invisible Group Fds the Spotlight * the gay 90s foam night *

Shortly after his appotment, The Pla Dealer asked Harris for an terview regardg the crisis, sistg on referrg to him as a “homosexual” (as opposed to gay) nsultant, as was the newspaper’s policy at the time. Later that year, Cleveland Magaze named Harris one of the 86 most tertg Clevelanrs – aga, a first for any openly gay Clevelanr.

SPECIAL REPORT: THE GAY 90'S

The gayt s of the may not have been 'Ellen' or 'Will & Grace.' * the gay 90s foam night *

Bomb threat notwhstandg, The Gay 90s aired durg a time of natnal crisis for the LGBTQ muny, as the AIDS epimic was nearg s worst.

Regardls of the topic, which ranged om lol polics to the art scene and everythg between, Harris matas that “a good slice of gay culture” was served, often wh a si of humor.

27 THGS YOU'LL ONLY KNOW IF YOU GREW UP GAY IN THE '90S

The first half of the weekly two-hour program volved gut terviews, and there were notable on cludg, Harris’s words, “movers, shakers and founrs of the gay civil rights movement. Congrsman Barney Frank; gay rights activist Frank Kameny; two-time Grammy Award wng sger/songwrer Janis Ian, and four-time Tony award wng playwright Harvey Fierste. Arbron, the rad ratgs agency, timated that 20, 000 listeners tuned to The Gay 90s on a typil night – perhaps more on a clear night when the AM signal strength was strong enough to reach listeners as far away as Akron or Canton, maybe even the “boondocks, ” Harris quips.

GAY 90S

Listeng to The Gay 90s, the young man realized there was a “world wag for him, ” where he f – brought to him om a rad statn downtown Cleveland.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE GAY 90S FOAM NIGHT

27 Thgs You'll Only Know If You Grew Up Gay In The '90s .

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