Wele to the Gay Village. (Photos urty of Mchel Raphael)Torontos queer village, known simply as The Village or by s famo tersectn, Church & Wellley, has been a longtime source for LGBT nightlife. Pillars of the muny, those who guard the doors to bchery and pour the drks...
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- DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
- ‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA
DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, took place on June 28, 1969, New York Cy, after police raid the Stonewall Inn, a lol gay club. The raid sparked a rt among bar patrons and neighborhood rints as police hled employe and patrons out of the bar, leadg to six days of protts and vlent clash. The Stonewall Rts served as a talyst for the gay rights movement. * gay village drag queens *
“Sadly – this will ntue to termate the view of the gay muny who fought so hard to be accepted.
‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA
* gay village drag queens *
All drag queens are 's te that the majory of drag queens are gay, but there is a small mory of queens who are straight.
Villa Fontana, Dallas’ first gay bar, opened the 1950s. ” In 1995 a chary queen named Patti La Plae Safe beme the first to bridge that gap by wng the Miss Gay Ameri tle. Two unr-reprented and margalized groups, lbian women and the black gay muny, soon found themselv ont and center on the stage.