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2: Illegal Drinking pt. 2: The Stonewall Inn and Riots

Well, I Laughed

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The Dichotomy of Gay Bars and Trade

In New York City, it's illegal to even serve alcohol to gay people. Even if it's in like a semi private space, like a bar, for example,. And so this is the legal framework that you're finding at this time. We go to a gay bar tonight and then ask patrons of this gay bar in 2023 in a not Florida state. Are you a friend of Dorothy's? There's a gay bar in this neighborhood called Gladys the nosy neighbor. It's exactly the kind of dichotomy that you imagine it to be. None of this was allowed in the 1960s.

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