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- NEW DOCUMENTARY UNVERS THE WORLD TRA CENTER'S SECRET CISG CULTURETHE SHORT PREMIER AT THIS WEEK'S SXSW FILM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 19, 2021/9:42 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2878PX;WIDTH:4279PX;}PETER J. ECKEL/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTNNEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 1976: GROUND VIEW LOOKG UP AT THE WORLD TRA CENTER TOWERS. (PHOTO BY PETER J. ECKEL/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAG/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 19, 2021 / 9:42 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW DOCUMENTARY UNVERS THE WORLD TRA CENTER'S SECRET CISG CULTURE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-03-19T13:42:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-03-19T13:42:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU KNOW ANYTHG ABOUT NEW YORK CY'S QUEER HISTORY, THEN YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE PREVALENT GAY CISG THAT OCCURRED AROUND THE WT VILLAGE, THE CHRISTOPHER STREET PIER, AND THE RAMBLE CENTRAL PARK. BUT ONE PLACE THAT FEW KNOW EXISTED WAS THE CISG GROUNDS AND AROUND THE WORLD TRA CENTER PLEX LOWER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIRC OF BOOKS PRODUCER ADAM BARAN IS SHG A LIGHT ON THAT SECRET CISG HISTORY THE NEW DOCUMENTARY SHORT TRA CENTER, MAKG S WORLD PREMIERE THIS WEEK AT SXSW.TRA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE CISG AREAS AT THE WORLD TRA CENTER OM MY IEND BILLY MILLER, THE EDOR OF THE LEGENDARY STRAIGHT-TO-HELL ZE, WHICH PIL TE SEX STORI OM GAY MEN," BARAN TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "BILLY WROTE AN CREDIBLE ARTICLE ABOUT THE WTC'S CISG HISTORY FOR A BOOK LLED PETE MORT: RELLECTNS OF A QUEER PUBLIC (EDED BY JOSHUA LUB LEVY AND CARLOS MOTTA). I ED THIS ARTICLE AS THE BASIS FOR TRA CENTER AND RERD BILLY'S NARRATN LAST YEAR PRR TO THE PANMIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHORT FEATUR FIRSTHAND ACUNTS OM GAY MEN WHO WENT CISG AREAS SUCH AS AN UNRGROUND STAIRWELL, AND EVEN A BATHROOM LOTED ONE OF THE TW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE SHOT THE FILM LATE FEBARY 2020, AND I WOUND UP FDG FOUR OTHER SUBJECTS WHO ALSO GAVE ME TTIMONIALS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENC CISG AT THE WTC," BARAN NTU. "I WAS ALWAYS SO FASCATED THAT THERE WAS SENTIALLY A HISTORY OF A SECRET CISG CULTURE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNEW ABOUT, AND WANTED TO EXAME THE FACTORS BEHD THAT ERASURE AND ALSO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF PHYSIL SPAC FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE TO MEET AND FORM NNECTNS OF ALL KDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARAN SAYS THAT CISG AND CISG CULTURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART GAY HISTORY, BUT "'S AN ASPECT THAT MANY GAY PEOPLE WOULD RATHER NOT DISCS FOR FEAR THAT RERC NEGATIVE STEREOTYP ABOUT GAY PEOPLE BEG UNNTROLLABLE SEXUAL MONSTERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN REALY, FOR CENTURI GAY PEOPLE HAD TO LIVE UNRGROUND LIV, MEETG SECRET SPAC WHETHER FOR SOCIALIZG OR SEXUAL SATISFACTN, OR BOTH," HE EXPLAS. "A SECLUD BATHROOM, A REMOTE BEACH, A 42ND STREET PORN THEATER, OR AS THE SE OF THE WORLD TRA CENTER, A STAIRWELL THE PARKG GARAGE — THE SERVED AS SPAC WHERE GAY MEN OF DIFFERENT CLASS, RAC, AND EXPERIENC WERE ABLE TO TERACT WAYS THEY ULD NOT SO-LLED POLE SOCIETY. THE NNECTNS STRENGTHENED OUR MUNY AND ENABLED TO SURVIVE, FD LOVERS, IENDS, AND MORE. I THK 'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE STORI OF THE SPAC AND THE MEN WHO EQUENTED THEM ARE NOT LOST TO HISTORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON TRA CENTER, HEAD OVER TO THE SXSW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WHO OWNS GAY STREET?
NEW DOCUMENTARY UNVERS THE WORLD TRA CENTER'S SECRET CISG CULTURETHE SHORT PREMIER AT THIS WEEK'S SXSW FILM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 19, 2021/9:42 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2878PX;WIDTH:4279PX;}PETER J. ECKEL/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTNNEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 1976: GROUND VIEW LOOKG UP AT THE WORLD TRA CENTER TOWERS. (PHOTO BY PETER J. ECKEL/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAG/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 19, 2021 / 9:42 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW DOCUMENTARY UNVERS THE WORLD TRA CENTER'S SECRET CISG CULTURE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-03-19T13:42:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-03-19T13:42:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU KNOW ANYTHG ABOUT NEW YORK CY'S QUEER HISTORY, THEN YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE PREVALENT GAY CISG THAT OCCURRED AROUND THE WT VILLAGE, THE CHRISTOPHER STREET PIER, AND THE RAMBLE CENTRAL PARK. BUT ONE PLACE THAT FEW KNOW EXISTED WAS THE CISG GROUNDS AND AROUND THE WORLD TRA CENTER PLEX LOWER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIRC OF BOOKS PRODUCER ADAM BARAN IS SHG A LIGHT ON THAT SECRET CISG HISTORY THE NEW DOCUMENTARY SHORT TRA CENTER, MAKG S WORLD PREMIERE THIS WEEK AT SXSW.TRA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE CISG AREAS AT THE WORLD TRA CENTER OM MY IEND BILLY MILLER, THE EDOR OF THE LEGENDARY STRAIGHT-TO-HELL ZE, WHICH PIL TE SEX STORI OM GAY MEN," BARAN TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "BILLY WROTE AN CREDIBLE ARTICLE ABOUT THE WTC'S CISG HISTORY FOR A BOOK LLED PETE MORT: RELLECTNS OF A QUEER PUBLIC (EDED BY JOSHUA LUB LEVY AND CARLOS MOTTA). I ED THIS ARTICLE AS THE BASIS FOR TRA CENTER AND RERD BILLY'S NARRATN LAST YEAR PRR TO THE PANMIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHORT FEATUR FIRSTHAND ACUNTS OM GAY MEN WHO WENT CISG AREAS SUCH AS AN UNRGROUND STAIRWELL, AND EVEN A BATHROOM LOTED ONE OF THE TW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE SHOT THE FILM LATE FEBARY 2020, AND I WOUND UP FDG FOUR OTHER SUBJECTS WHO ALSO GAVE ME TTIMONIALS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENC CISG AT THE WTC," BARAN NTU. "I WAS ALWAYS SO FASCATED THAT THERE WAS SENTIALLY A HISTORY OF A SECRET CISG CULTURE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNEW ABOUT, AND WANTED TO EXAME THE FACTORS BEHD THAT ERASURE AND ALSO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF PHYSIL SPAC FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE TO MEET AND FORM NNECTNS OF ALL KDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARAN SAYS THAT CISG AND CISG CULTURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART GAY HISTORY, BUT "'S AN ASPECT THAT MANY GAY PEOPLE WOULD RATHER NOT DISCS FOR FEAR THAT RERC NEGATIVE STEREOTYP ABOUT GAY PEOPLE BEG UNNTROLLABLE SEXUAL MONSTERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN REALY, FOR CENTURI GAY PEOPLE HAD TO LIVE UNRGROUND LIV, MEETG SECRET SPAC WHETHER FOR SOCIALIZG OR SEXUAL SATISFACTN, OR BOTH," HE EXPLAS. "A SECLUD BATHROOM, A REMOTE BEACH, A 42ND STREET PORN THEATER, OR AS THE SE OF THE WORLD TRA CENTER, A STAIRWELL THE PARKG GARAGE — THE SERVED AS SPAC WHERE GAY MEN OF DIFFERENT CLASS, RAC, AND EXPERIENC WERE ABLE TO TERACT WAYS THEY ULD NOT SO-LLED POLE SOCIETY. THE NNECTNS STRENGTHENED OUR MUNY AND ENABLED TO SURVIVE, FD LOVERS, IENDS, AND MORE. I THK 'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE STORI OF THE SPAC AND THE MEN WHO EQUENTED THEM ARE NOT LOST TO HISTORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON TRA CENTER, HEAD OVER TO THE SXSW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
If you know anythg about New York Cy's queer history, then you have probably heard of the prevalent gay cisg that occurred around the Wt Village, the Christopher Street pier, and the Ramble Central Park. "I first heard about the cisg areas at the World Tra Center om my iend Billy Miller, the edor of the legendary Straight-to-Hell ze, which pil te sex stori om gay men, " Baran tells NewNowNext. "The short featur firsthand acunts om gay men who went cisg areas such as an unrground stairwell, and even a bathroom loted one of the Tw Towers.
"Baran says that cisg and cisg culture plays an important part gay history, but "'s an aspect that many gay people would rather not discs for fear that rerc negative stereotyp about gay people beg unntrollable sexual monsters. ""In realy, for centuri gay people had to live unrground liv, meetg secret spac whether for socializg or sexual satisfactn, or both, " he explas. "A seclud bathroom, a remote beach, a 42nd Street porn theater, or as the se of the World Tra Center, a stairwell the parkg garage — the served as spac where gay men of different class, rac, and experienc were able to teract ways they uld not so-lled pole society.
For 22-year-old Leo, a gay prostute Strasbourg, France, turng tricks is more than a job. The htler, played by BPM alum Felix Mard, has unrequed feelgs for Ahd (Eric Bernard), a fellow sex worker who sists he's jt gay for pay.
WHO OWNS GAY STREET?
How did playg this role change your perceptns of gay sex workers? 14, 2019Wdg south om Waverly Place, north to Christopher Street, Gay Street is one of the shortt stretch of road New York.
Let’s beg wh the qutn “Why is lled Gay Street? It is lled Gay Street bee is the middle of Greenwich Village, once the center of gay life the cy.
It is lled Gay Street to memorate the abolnist Sydney Howard Gay. It is lled Gay Street bee the Village had always been a “gay” place the rdials-and-parlor-gam sense of the the time beg — and perhaps forever — Gay Street is now lled by many nam. They appeared a rabow of lors and read ( scendg orr): Lbian Street, Bisexual Street, Trans Street, Queer Street, Intersex Street, Asexual Street, Nonbary Street, Pansexual Street, Two Spir Street and + Street, wh the pl sign signatg any group that might feel ntrast to so much of Greenwich Village, which n feel like a satelle mp of Hedge Fund Universy, Gay Street still retas the character of an old, bohemian left.