In between the politics of the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS pandemic, disco emerged as a haven for gay men to escape the confines of heterosexuality.
In this episode, we’re taking a look at the history of disco, its queer roots, and how its legacy continues through today’s pop music – despite bigoted anti-disco movements in the late seventies.
Additional Resources:
- Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
- Arts in America: Here's to Disco, It Never Could Say Goodbye
- Why Disco Should Be Taken Seriously
- Disco and the Queering of the Dancefloor
- Affect Intensity
- History is Made at Night
- Disco and Gay Culture in the 1970s
- Studio 54 (originally Gallo Opera House)
- The Discriminating Club
- Disco is Dealt Death Blow by Fans of the Chicago White Sox
- July 12, 1979: 'The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't
- The Queer History of Disco Playlist