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Four girls sat at a table under the dim glow of rainbow lights, and nearly a dozen men crowding around the far right finish of the block. A brightly hued pride flag adorned the wall behind the men. The flowing chatter of the crowd was silenced, as their attention was captured, in an instant, as an iconic flute melody rang out throughout Ireland’s 32 bar in Yonkers, NY.
“Every nighttime in my dreams, I see you, I feel you”
The lyrics lip synced were exaggerated by “Tess Tickles” as she rowed in place with her makeshift oars and boat in the middle of the open dance floor. As she rounded the second verse of “My Heart Will Go On,” her boat gained an uninvited passenger. A middle-aged blonde woman pretended to pull the boat closer to her. Tess’ focus never wavered, as her fellow drag queen and friend, “Rhoda Rollins Stone”, tried to comically sweep the woman away with a broom, to no avail.
“Once more you reveal the door, and you’re here in my heart”
Tess walked towards the gal and grabbed her hands, still not missing a pound. The eyes of the crowd were glued to the pair as a man shouted out, “Whoo
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White Plains could deffinately apply a gay block. The Loft is mainly for a much older organization of adults and there's pleanty of young gays and lez' looking for a chill notice, me included!! The Villlage is a bit far to go to EVERY Friday night. |
02-07-2009, 02:50 PM | ||
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I understand the NYSC in White Plains has a great number of male lover members. |
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590 Nepperhan Avenue, YonkersIn the 1970s and early 1980s, the Playroom was Westchester County’s most prominent queer bar. In 1973, Marty Chinitz, a gay male in his early 30s, borrowed money from his mother to open the establishment; at the age, it was the fifth bar in Westchester County to cater towards a mostly gay clientele. Opening night boasted a crowd of some 200 men and women packed into the tiny bar; it included performances from local drag queens, music, and dancing. Located in a factory-filled section of Yonkers, the small club’s checkerboard move floor was “the size of a postage stamp,” according to one former patron, and was surrounded by steps where people could catch a snap from the crowded floor. Off to the side was a bar with signs advertising drinks and meet-cute messages; “Special: Flaming Fa**ot: $2” and “say hello to the dude next to you,” for example. The Playroom served a racially diverse clientele, and its patrons were typically more or less equally composed of men and women. Yonkers in the 1970s and early 1980s was, as one Playroom patron described it, “as homophobic as it gets.” This homophobia manifested a problem through
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