Uncle Charlie's Downtown, one of earlit gay bars NYC, plans to close, endg what some nsir major chapter Greenwich Village's gay history (S)
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Uncle Charlie’s, which opened 1980 and closed September 1997, was one of the cy’s most popular gay vio bars and one of the first to appeal to gay men of the MTV generatn.
The bar, wh s large morn terr and televisn screens, was a stark ntrast to the prr generatn of gay bars that were perceived as outdated and dark. Although the police said the blast did not appear bias-related, Mayor David Dks and several gay rights groups characterized as an anti-gay attack sce Uncle Charlie’s was a well-known gay bar. Queer Natn was found March 1990 at the Lbian and Gay Communy Servic Center (now the LGBT Communy Center) wh the missn of elimatg homophobia and creasg LGBT visibily.