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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. 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.

‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA

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... * gay village drag queens *

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.

On the more tradnal drag ont, 1996 one of the natn’s most inic drag pageants, Miss Gay USofA, moved s natnal pageant permanently to Dallas. The first Miss Gay USofA happened at the Dallas Grand Hotel, which is now the Statler, and Natasha Richards was crowned.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY VILLAGE DRAG QUEENS

How Toronto's Gay Village Has Evolved Through The Years .

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