The Real Story Of The YMCA That Inspired The Village People's Gay Anthem - Gothamist

Contents:

• THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
• VILLAGE PEOPLE STAR SISTS THAT YMCA IS NOT ABOUT ‘ILLIC GAY SEX’ AND THREATENS TO SUE ANYONE WHO SAYS IS
• HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
• VILLAGE PEOPLE GIV TMP OK TO PLAY GAY ANTHEMS 'YMCA,' 'MACHO MAN' AT RALLI
• A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM

Everyone knows that Christiany and homosexualy don’t mix, pecially at the time the Village People were popular and wrote this song. So why would a group of homosexual men sg the prais of an anizatn that is opposn to their liftyle?

VILLAGE PEOPLE STAR SISTS THAT YMCA IS NOT ABOUT ‘ILLIC GAY SEX’ AND THREATENS TO SUE ANYONE WHO SAYS IS

When they sg thgs like “you n do whatever you feel” or “you n hang out wh all the boys, ” they’re basilly sayg ’s a place for gay men to ms around wh other gay men.

HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!

They’re sayg the anti gay Christian associatn is actually super gay. They’re tellg a young man, probably a gay man, to go to a place meant to help make him straight and teach him Christian ials orr to cheer him up bee will actually have the oppose effect. Young man: how did the Village People's "YMCA, " a song celebratg the closeted homosexual teractns occurg 1960's Christian gymnasiums, bee an anthem which a room full of 13 year olds at a church gatherg would enthiastilly dance to later s?

I don’t thk they are gay, eher. I see hts of ternalized homophobia that le, and I thk he’d be a lot more fortable if he alt wh .

Rich: Jane Ward’s 2015 book Not Gay kicked off a lot of disurse about “straight” guys who engage “gay” sex, and I thk did a real disservice to nuance by beg totally crlo of self-labelg.

VILLAGE PEOPLE GIV TMP OK TO PLAY GAY ANTHEMS 'YMCA,' 'MACHO MAN' AT RALLI

Given the societal prsure to be straight and the history of closeted gay, bi, and queer men sayg one thg and dog another, I don’t necsarily thk we need to take people at their word when they say they’re straight and do thgs that suggt otherwise. I thk what happens is people say, to themselv, “Well, gay/bi/queer people are like this.

Do you go to particularly gay gyms? From Slate’s piece on them: “The rults of ‘Is mutual masturbatn gay?

A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

’ were 465 to 100 that mutual masturbatn is not gay. As not gay as may be, ’s also not not gay. (CN) - A married uple claim a class actn that YMCAs, which advertise themselv as safe for fai, wh "Christian valu, " are actually "brothels" for homosexual men "cisg" for sexual relatnships, who subject members to unwanted advanc.

But Keister says the YMCA misleads ctomers through s marketg mpaigns, cultivatg a false image of plac wh "high ethil standards and Christian valu, " when fact they tolerate "cisg" for homosexual relatnships and allow members to be subjected to unwanted sexual advanc. "On Cisg Gays, for example, is remend that cisers 'start strokg the sna or shower and look for a rponse.

' In addn, Cisg Gays remends that at YMCAs, cisers 'go the sna wh jt your towel wrapped around you, shift yourself around a few tim to see if.