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How ’90s NYC Queer Nightlife Changed Pop Culture Forever
Okayyyy y’all Pride season is officially ON — and we are starting with a Queer 101 deep dive into the ICONIC ’90s downtown New York City queer nightlife scene that literally shaped mainstream culture.
Yes. I said literally.
Hugh the Historian and I get into how queer artists, trans pioneers, club kids, and AIDS activists built the culture everyone copies today.
We’re talking:
✨ Wigstock
✨ Ballroom culture
✨ Club Kids
✨ DIY queer fashion
✨ ’90s drag and nightlife performance
✨ AIDS activism
✨ The origins of Silence = Death
And of course we discuss Hugh’s new book “My Bad” (availabe now for…
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