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Even after the first years following Stonewall, Albany&#;s gay subculture was still distinctly closeted. Chapters of Gay Liberation Front (GLF), Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and Gay Maoists had started up on campus my freshman year, where a few men were out, but most, like I, were closeted
When I first walked into G.J.’s Gallery, a neighborhood bar in Albany, NY, I set up myself in the bohemian underworld I had longed for. Dark, smoky, Rolling Stones on the jukebox, a elongated bar stretched from the front door halfway through the room—opposite were booths, and the detect of Mary Jane mixed with cigarette smoke lingered above.
I became familiar with the bar’s clientele: writers and painters from the neighborhood, some drug pushers, some gay men, and occasional college students like me, who could frequent bars when Fresh York state&#;s legal drinking age was eighteen. The crowd was almost exclusively men, some smoking joints in the bathroom, as dealers peddled acid, speed, Quaaludes, and grass.
I usually went with two friends, Doug and Ritchie; we three were on the editorial board of t
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Hi there. We're considering a move from the NYC area to Saratoga Springs and I read mixed messages on this board. Some say that the Saratoga Springs area is conservative and religious, making me think it wouldn't be a great place for a homosexual couple with two kids. Other people seem to think it's progressive and would be cozy for a LGBT couple. Just wondering what people think Thanks! |
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It would depend on who you talked to I'd think. New York in general is progressive and more expose minded than most areas but Saratoga is also more affluent and blue-blood so there's also some stodgy conservatism in parts. |
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