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Review: Stonewall Uprising

"It was the Rosa Parks moment," says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, reporters and the cop who led the raid, Stonewall Uprising recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. At the height of this oppression, the cops raid Stonewall, triggering nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police. The rest is history. (Karen Cooper, Director, Film Forum)

Praise for Kate Davis and David Heilbroner's STONEWALL UPRISING

"Astounding...startling! The sense of elation can still be felt." - Ronnie Scheib, Variety

"GRIPPING...Fresh and fascinating! When the (riot) happens we feel its necessity in our bones." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"VALUABLE! The most thorough exploration...of what came to be known as gay pride." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"RIVETING…SUPERB” - Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe

"PICK FOR THE WEEK! Kate Davis and David Heilbroner's taut documentary compellingly evokes the "Rosa Parks moment" of the gay-rights movement." -TIME Magazine

"CRITICS PICK! This riveting, powerful documentary packs quite a punch, presenting not only a recollection of a pivotal moment in the gay-rights movement, but also a concise history of American attitudes toward homosexuality." -New York Magazine

"Essential...masterful...pitch-perfect! Kate Davis and David Heilbroner's essential new history of the events and repercussions of the Stonewall riots is about as expert a piece of analytic documentary filmmaking as can be conceived. The filmmakers masterfully unpack the cultural mores and revolutionary undercurrents of the '60s that led to the explosive mix of bigotry, passion, fear, and politics that coalesced outside Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969." -Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Slant Magazine

"A wealth of archive footage and eye-witness interviews. . . I laughed, I cried, I loved it." -Tim Macavoy, Inside Movies

"Stirring...an absolute must-see! You'll swell with gratitude and joy as the pride spreads like wildfire."- Metrosource Magazine

PLAY DATES

San Francisco, CA	Frameline	June 24, 2010
Kansas City, MO	Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	June 24, 2010
Huntington, NY	Cinema Arts Centre	June 24, 2010
Hudson, NY	Time & Space LTD	June 24 - 27, 2010
Philadelphia, PA	Landmark Ritz at Bourse	June 25 - July 1, 2010
San Diego, CA	Landmark Theatres	June 25 - July 1, 2010
Denver, CO	Landmark Chez Artiste	June 25 - July 1, 2010
Atlanta, GA	Landmark Midtown Art	June 25 - July 1, 2010
Helsinki, Finland	Vinokino Festival	July 1 & 23, 2010
St. Louis, MO	Landmark Plaza Frontenac	July 2 - 8, 2010
Portland, OR	Living Room Theatres	July 2 - 8, 2010
Galway, Ireland	Galway Film Fleadh	July 7, 2010
Miami, FL	Bill Cosford Cinema	July 9 - 11, 2010
Palm Springs, CA	Camelot Theatres	July 9 - 15, 2010
San Francisco, CA	Landmark Lumiere	July 9 - 15, 2010
Berkeley, CA	Landmark Shattuck	July 9 - 15, 2010
Minneapolis, MN	Landmark Lagoon	July 9 - 15, 2010
Montpelier, VT	Savoy Theater	July 9 - 15, 2010
Tulsa, OK	Circle Cinema	July 9 - 15, 2010
Santa Rosa, CA	Rialto Cinemas Lakeside	July 15 - 21, 2010
Washington DC	Landmark E Street	July 16 - 22, 2010
New Orleans, LA	Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center	June 25 - July 1, 2010
Dublin, Ireland	GAZE Film Festival	July 29 - August 2, 2010
Seattle, WA	Landmark Varsity	July 30 - August 5, 2010
Tacoma, WA	Grand Cinema	July 30 - August 5, 2010
Chicago, IL	Music Box Theatre	August 6 - 12, 2010
Espoo, Finland	Espoo Ciné Intl Film Festival	August 20 - 29, 2010
Calgary, AB	Fairy Tales Film Festival	September 2, 2010
Lincoln, NE	Wexner Center for the Arts	October 7 - 8, 2010

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Not Everything Has Changed - Stonewall Repeating Itself All Over Again

Under siege by Atlanta's gay and lesbian community, as well as by supporters of social tolerance, the Atlanta, Georgia Police Department is scrambling to justify a violent raid on a popular bar that caters to a leather clientele. In a city that is not known for having solved all its problems with crimes against people and property, Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington argues that the raid on the Atlanta Eagle was justified because ... well ... there was consensual sex among adults going on in the establishment. Seriously. That's the police excuse for a raid by more than 20 officers, during which, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "62 patrons were ordered facedown on the bar’s floor, some for more than an hour. The customers were searched illegally and some were taunted with anti-gay slurs by some of the officers..." Co-owner Robert Kelley told CBS, "The only thing they'd tell us is we need to sit down and shut the (expletive) up, and if we asked any questions, they'd bash us with a bar stool." All this because of allegations of open sex on the premises, as well as the presence of illicit intoxicants. Even when it comes to pursuing a full-court press against victimless "crimes," the police walked away empty-handed. Eight bar employees were ultimately arrested -- for permit infractions. But even if there was sex on the premises, the police have raised no allegations that the conduct was anything but consensual, in an enclosed and seemingly safe environment. As for drugs ... I've written often enough about the pointlessness of trying to dictate to people just what intoxicants they may and may not use, as well as the individual rights violations inherent in any attempt to enforce such rules. The report of sixty-two people verbally abused while handcuffed face-down on the ground -- without the police even making arrests for violating those laws against sex and drugs -- amply illustrates that point. Honestly, why should the police care how people are enjoying themselves in a place and with companions of their own choosing? And why should the police expend such resources on this raid in a city where the murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate edged up, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, from 20.9 per 100,000 people in 2005, to 22.6 in 2006 to 25.9 in 2007? Admittedly, that's a vast improvement over the rate of a decade ago -- so are all crime statistics in Atlanta -- but it would seem the police still have plenty of real offenses against people and property to occupy their attention. In the end, it's none of the government's business what consenting adults do with each other, on their own property or in an establishment owned by somebody who welcomes them. Ironically, it was a raid much like this one, at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969, that launched the modern gay rights movement. At the Stonewall Inn, gays and lesbians fought back, defeated the police and claimed a little respect for the right to be left alone. With the Atlanta Eagle raid following so closely on the police assault on the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, Texas, maybe it's time for another Stonewall-style push-back. Or maybe the authorities could just learn, finally, to mind their own business and tend to more important concerns. Councilmembers hear community outrage over Eagle raid Creative Loafing Reporting Members of Atlanta’s gay community came to City Hall Tuesday afternoon to voice outrage over and demand answers about the controversial Sept. 10 police raid at the Atlanta Eagle.

“Everyone’s concerned that this will continue to go on,” Midtown resident Laura Gentle said to members of the Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety Committee. “If this can happen at the Eagle, this can happen at any venue in Atlanta. This is not just a gay rights issue.”

Last Thursday, 21 officers — acting on undercover officer reports and anonymous complaints alleging sexual activity at the Eagle — raided the popular Midtown gay bar and arrested eight employees for providing adult entertainment without a proper license. More than 60 patrons were ordered to the ground and searched during the raid. Approximately 11 complaints have been filed by Eagle patrons and employees accusing officers of using anti-gay comments and rough treatment, among other claims. Chief Richard Pennington, who said the raid was the result of a three-month investigation into the bar, publicly apologized on Monday and promised a full investigation into alleged officer misconduct. But citizens still have questions. Gentle said the talk of dancing permits was “a waste of time.” If the APD was concerned about illegal dancing, she said, it should have approached the Eagle’s owners about the issue — not dispatch “three paddy wagons and 21 officers for 62 innocent people.”

“[The APD has] failed to make a connection between the charges that led to the raid and what they actually arrested the eight people there for,” she said. “That’s what we’re concerned about. We want answers to that as a community. Make that connection for us, because we don’t understand it.”

Grant Park resident Brad Ploeger thought the raid was a waste of resources and questioned the APD’s leadership.

“When has the [Atlanta Police Department] made the investigation of allegations of public sex between consenting adults in private clubs in Atlanta a greater priority than the crime that is happening on our streets?”he asked. “I know that the reports have come out that violent crimes are down in the last year, but property crime is up — crimes with victims. The victims here were the 62 people who had to lie down on the ground for over an hour — because of an allegation.”

Midtown resident Patti Ellis, whose son is gay, told committee members that the raid and officers’ alleged actions have caused her to worry that city’s taken steps backwards when it comes to gay rights. She questioned why the department was focusing its resources on a gay bar when she and fellow Midtown residents were afraid to walk down the street.

“Why aren’t these undercover officers standing around my street corner looking at these people coming up with guns?” Ellis asked.

She told councilmembers that the community wants more answers about the raid — including who authorized it — and whether homophobia exists in the department’s ranks. Ellis said she and her husband had fought for years for her son’s right to be gay, and was disappointed such an incident could happen in a city as diverse as Atlanta. APD Deputy Chief Carlos Banda — who was unable to answer some questions because of the department’s — told councilmembers that the Eagle wasn’t targeted because it was a gay bar. He noted that officers have conducted similar raids at six Atlanta bars and clubs in the last several months — none of which, to his or councilmembers’ knowledge, served a predominantly gay clientele. Those include: Pleasures, Gold Rush, the Candy Shop and Playground in Southeast Atlanta, Foxy Lady on Moreland Avenue, and the Masquerade on North Avenue. Banda told councilmembers that the department’s Office of Professional Standards has received 11 complaints about the Eagle raid. Because each complaint must be handled separately and includes multiple interviews, the cases might not be resolved until late December or January — news that was met with disappointment by residents in attendance. Ploeger of Grant Park said the new mayor will have already appointed his or her pick for police chief at that time. Councilmembers Anne Fauver and H. Lamar Willis said Eagle patrons who think they were unfairly treated by officers could also file a complaint with the Citizen Review Board, which can request council re-examine laws.  

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Get Your Gay Pride Fix With Us

In 2000, June was officially dedicated as “Pride” month by the LGBT community. June marks the anniversary of the “Stonewall Riots” which is the event most commonly associated with the modern gay rights movement. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Stonewall which makes it a landmark year for the struggle towards equality. It also marks a rare event in political history with President Obama making the proclaimation that June is the Official LGBT Month. We have all seen a great deal of change in so many aspects of life, that it would belabor me to even start a list of all we’ve seen evolve over the past 40 years. You may keep up to date on gay pride events across the country with our all new WHAT'S HAPPENING section here on Just One Hot Minute. Be sure to check it out and if you find something that interests you just click the event and we take you DIRECTLY to all the key information about the event. Be sure to join Team GorgeousBoys this weekend in our Nation's captial of Washington, DC for Capital Pride. Why not weigh in on our comment board below and let us know how you plan to celebrate your PRIDE in the official Gay Pride Month of June 2009 ! Happy Pride !

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OBAMA PROCLAIMS GAY PRIDE

In a historic first for a sitting US President, Barack Obama has released the following proclamation on June 1st.

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release                                     June 1, 2009 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION

Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans. LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic. Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States. These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. BARACK OBAMA

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Million Gay March

Planning has begun for what could become the largest LGBTQIA event in history!  Grassroots Equality Network (GEN) has signed on over 20 locations to participate in a marches and rallies calling for an end to discrimination, as well as provide the tools for the community to use to continue to fight in their own backyard. This event will take place on June 28th 2009. GEN is working with a number of grassroots community organizations as well as a number of Gay Pride organizations to plan and fund each event. GEN expects there to be many more locations that will sign on, leading to there being one in every state and many around the world.

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This event is one of many events being planned by Grassroots Equality Network to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which marked the first major uprising against homosexual discrimination. If you are interested in volunteering please visit http://www.milliongaymarch.org If you would like to sponsor the event, please email sponsor@milliongaymarch.org

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Stonewall Inn Boycotts

Stonewall Inn Owners To Dump Myers Rum and Red Stripe Beer in Sewer As Gay advocates are launch national boycott of Jamaica.   Human rights activists have given Jamaica the infamous title: "The Most Homophobic Place on Earth." Gay people have regularly been beaten and murdered on the island, while authorities do little to stop the violence.

"We, as the owners of the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the Gay rights movement, refuse to support, in any way, shape or form, the oppression of any people especially our gay brothers and sisters in Jamaica," the Stonewall Inn said in its statement. "We ask all people of all walks of life to send a clear message to the Jamaican people and their government, that as long as they continue to allow and condone violence and hatred toward the

"If you love your gay friends and family members, you won't visit Jamaica," said boycott co-organizer Wayne Besen. "If you care about the human rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, you won't buy Jamaican products. We hope that all gay and gay friendly bar owners and restaurateurs across the nation will participate in 'rum dumps.' We can no longer subsidize our own slaughter."

GLBT activists Michael Petrelis, Wayne Besen and Jim Burroway launched this boycott after a State Department report highlighted the violence faced by GLBT people. According to the report: The Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All Sexuals, and Gays (J-FLAG) continued to report human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, mob attacks, stabbings, harassment of homosexual patients by hospital and prison staff, and targeted shootings of homosexuals. Police often did not investigate such incidents.

The West Coast portion of the boycott took place earlier this month with a rum dump in San Francisco that featured Petrelis and city Supervisor Bevan Dufty. Learn more about the boycott at www.BoycottJamaica.org.

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A Look Back At The Gay Nightlife

The Lost World

In honor of gay history month, we look back at the bars and clubs of nightlife past.

There is nothing more tired than saying, “New York nightlife is over. It was so much better back in the day.” Whatevs. Though we may not have been born when some of these places were jumping, it’s good to know there have always been gay bars here and always will be. So join us for a tour of the favorite haunts of our gay forefathers (including some, like the Roxy, where we all shook our asses) and see the legacy they left behind. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Slide 157 Bleecker St (btwn Thompson/Sullivan) In a basement in the heart of Greenwich Village, pansies (effeminate men) could be seen saddling up to the more butch Italian “trade” that earned this former brothel-turned-bar—one of the first documented gay bars in the city—the title “Wickedest Place in New York” in the 1890s. What’s there today: Kenny’s Castaways—an NYU dive popular since the late ’60s that once saw the New York Dolls take the stage. Also in the neighborhood: “Homosexualists” Merce Cunningham, Allen Ginsberg and Gore Vidal, among others, frequented the bohemian Mecca San Remo Café (93 MacDougal St). Legacy: The Cock (29 Second Ave) still offers notorious and scandalized cruising. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Club 181 181 Second Ave (@ 12th St) One of the most famous “fag joints” of the ’40s, this elegant club helped popularize male and female vaudeville drag “floor shows,” which had become a sensation all over town. Its Mafia ownership kept the homosexuals safe after being tossed back on the street following the repeal of Prohibition and the end to communal discontent. What’s there today: Village East Cinema Also in the neighborhood: If you wanted to make it big in drag you had to perform at Club 82 (82 E Fourth St) which took over for 181 when it was shuttered in 1952, and was known to attract a fun-seeking celebrity or two. The club eventually housed the gay sex club the Bijou Theater. Legacy: Drag dinner shows are now the fancy of bachelorette parties at Lucky Cheng’s (24 First Ave) and Lips (2 Bank St). _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Stonewall Inn 53 Christopher St (btwn Seventh Ave So/Waverly Pl) When it opened in 1967, this former stable house was the largest gay establishment in the city, known for its dancing, racial diversity and “bleached-out skinny faggots wiggling their much-used asses,” according to the 1968 Homosexual Handbook. In late June 1969, a riot against the police following a raid opened the floodgates to the gay civil rights movement. What’s there today: The newly renovated gay-owned Stonewall Inn. Also in the neighborhood: Julius (159 W 10th St), which still serves the same juicy burgers it did in the ’60s, and held the famous pre-Stonewall “sip in” by the Mattachine Society to draw attention to city-wide homosexual discrimination. Legacy: After stints as a shoe store and bagel shop, a renovated Stonewall Inn opened in 2007 where the original stood. Julius is still operating as usual and neighborhood hangouts like The Monster (80 Grove St) retain the community pride and friendliness of the ’60s underground culture. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse 99 Wooster St (btwn Spring/Prince) Born in the activist-centered wake of the Stonewall riots and in a push to end gay nightlife’s dependency on the Mafia, the GAA’s headquarters in this old SoHo firehouse held fundraising dances that were some of the first gay-owned and operated parties in the city until the building was destroyed by arson in 1974. What’s there today: Peter Blum Art Gallery Also in the neighborhood: the post-Stonewall Gay Liberation Front regularly held gay-run dances as well, and gay men sought each other’s company in privately owned bathhouses like The Continental Baths (230 W 74th St), where legends like Bette Midler famously first began their singing careers. Legacy: The LGBT Community Center (208 W 13th St), which celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year, continues to throw bi-monthly fundraising dances called Dance:208. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Mineshaft 835 Washington St (@ Little W 12th St) New York’s notorious S&M club Mineshaft was the epicenter of gay fetishism and gave rise to the leather community in the pre-AIDS era of the late ’70s and early ’80s. The club was the first to be closed in 1985 after the city enacted new laws to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. What’s there today: Highline Thai Restaurant & Bar Also in the neighborhood: The dangerous industrial streets of the old Meatpacking District became the birthplace of the “alternative” members-only scene in the late ’70s and ’80s with bars like Ramrod (394 West St), Tool Box (507 West St), International Stud (117 Perry St) and Exile (491 West St), in addition to “The Trucks”—abandoned semi-trailers used for public sex. Legacy: While the neighborhood has traded the tyrannies for the trendies, The Eagle (554 W 28th St), descended from a ’30s longshoreman’s pub on 11th and 21st, retains fetishized fun just slightly further uptown. _______________________________________________________________________________________ G.G. Barnum’s Room 128 W 45th St (btwn Sixth/Seventh Aves) Housed in the same space as The Peppermint Lounge, the ’60s club that popularized the dance phenomenon “the Twist” and attracted acts like the Beatles, this was the gay answer to the over-the-top antics of its legendary neighbor Studio 54. G.G.’s featured go-go boys on trapezes high above a roller disco dance floor populated nightly with drag queens and young gay men. What’s there today: The Night Hotel Also in the neighborhood: Obviously, nightlife of the time was led by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 (254 W 54th St) where gay antics were integrated into mainstream style. Bathhouses like The Barracks (227 W 42nd St), gay theaters like Adonis Theater (839 Eighth Ave) and strip clubs like The Gaiety Theater (201 West 46th St) also populated the seedy and heavily gay area around Times Square. Legacy: The freaks behind mr. Black (27 W 24th St), while short of trapezes, know how to draw a crowd with go-go antics and plenty of disco flare while the Disney-fication of Times Square has created the professional clean and sophisticated gayborhood of Hell’s Kitchen. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Limelight 47 W 20th St (@ Sixth Ave) Peter Gatien turned an abandoned church on Sixth Ave into a nightlife destination. While not a gay club, the late-’80s/early-’90s industrial techno scene and its world attracted party promoter Michael Alig and his crowd of Club Kids like Richie Rich, Kenny Kenny, Amanda Lepore and Sophia Lamar, who pushed the boundaries of sexuality by promoting a new arrogant and flamboyant gay image to the masses. What’s there today: Avalon Nightclub (currently closed) Also in the neighborhood: The post-disco ’80s begot the House-crazed ’90s and in the midst of it all, several clubs mixed sexual preferences, fashion and music at oversized venues like Twilo (530 W 27th St), Tunnel (269 11th Ave), and Palladium (126 E 14th St). Legacy: Many of the famous DJs of the time—including Junior Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia—still play at the last of the dance-oriented clubs left including Cielo (18 Little W 12th St) and Pacha (618 W 46th St). _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Roxy 515 W 18th St (btwn 10th Ave/West St) In the early ’90s John Blair latched on to the growing “Chelsea Boy” phenomenon and revamped the drag crowd of Chip Duckett, Larry Tee and Suzanne Bartsch’s popular gay Saturday night into a House music and shirtless dancing cornerstone of mid-to-late ’90s gay nightlife up until its shuttering in March of 2007. What’s there today: Planned luxury condos Also in the neighborhood: The muscled gay male in the post-AIDS era dominated the New York landscape in a collection of new, more sophisticated and expensive Chelsea establishments like Blair’s chic XL Lounge (357 W 16th St) and the more masculine styled Champs (17 W 19th). Legacy: Chelsea still serves as an epicenter for gay nightlife with the continued popularity of Barracuda (275 W 22nd St), g Lounge (225 W 19th St) and Splash (50 W 17th St) (where John Blair has set up shop) even as they revamp their image and the neighborhood diversifies. _______________________________________________________________________________________

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