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Special Pride Edition! Gay Bars That Are Gone Tour
Celebrate Pride and see the historic gay bars of New York!
From discos and dive bars to piano bars and cabarets, this tour looks at the shifting typology of the gay bar in New York Capital. Long the center of cultural evolutions and political activism, gay bars are critical locations to understand Queer history in America. You&#;ll bar hop through stories of community, protest, artistic achievement, and plain elderly intrigue.
All this, in the name of sparking a conversation about how to properly preserve and celebrate New York City’s “lavender landmarks&#; during one of the hardest times for nightlife venues in recent memory.
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Your hosts for this walking tour are Kyle Supley & Michael Ryan, creators of &#;Gay Bars That Are Gone,&#; an annual walk through downtown NYC honoring LGBTQ spaces of yesteryear. The annual walk has been featured in The Fresh York Times, The Advocate, and Paper Magazine. Follow @gaybarsthataregone.&nb
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Some of these gay bars were controlled by organized crime -- the Genovese and Gambino crime families in particular -- and I'm wondering to what extent does organized crime include any interest today in gay bars and clubs. Anyone with any ideas?
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From my experience, so-called organized crime has very little interest in gay bars and clubs in NYC these days. There is something much more lucrative out there-- real estate. From the s through the s, the "crime families" acquired huge swaths of real estate, often for partial payment of "cash under the table," to launder their profits from drugs, gambling, gay bars & underground clubs. Now that their property is worth hundreds of millions, they have legitimized themselves-- at least in Manhattan.
Furthermore, the only reason the "Mafia" had any interest in gay bars was that they were operating illegally. Now that those laws verb been eliminated, and indeed no
NYC Gay Guys' Guide Club
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New York has played a major role in LGBTQ+ history and it’s no wonder there are a slew of bars that include been beacons for the community (and prime party spots) for decades. The best queer bars in NYC range from dive bars to dance clubs, with historic spots like the Stonewall Inn anchoring them all. The West Village is a classic destination for queer nightlife, but you’ll find something exciting and welcoming in pretty much any part of the city.
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