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Gay Activists Alliance “Demonstration of Affection” at the Gold Rail Tavern
History
The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) planned a zap for October 16, , at the Gold Rail Tavern on Broadway neighboring West th Street in Morningside Heights. This was a mixed (gay and straight) bar and restaurant, popular with Columbia University students, that was listed in the New York City Gay Scene Guide in as having a “casual, informal male lover crowd.” The tavern had, however, refused service a few days prior to a gay gentleman who was expressing affection with a friend.
The “demonstration of affection” protest that was held by about 50 people crowding the tavern, including about 20 to 30 GAA members, consisted of the attendees chanting, leafleting, and kissing. The stunned tavern leadership apologized for the prior incident, and promised not to discriminate against LGBT patrons in the future.
Read about other GAA behavior, listed in chronological order, in our curated theme.
Entry by Jay Shockley, project director (August ).
NOTE: Names above in bold indicate LGBT people.
Gay people in heritage railways
The UK has changed immeasurably in the last few years but even here people get impair or killed over their sexuality from time to second still. Growing up all children look after to be educated is that girls and boys find together (once they've stopped being yucky) and you're privileged if the issue of being queer is raised properly before your teens when at some times you're thoroughly aware of existence different long before that. On the other end of the scale the likes of ISIS have been making 'a big lyric and dance' about throwing such people off buildings and in other perfectly normal holiday destinations that are part of the Commonwealth like Jamaica it still carries penalty of death.
Some people are fine and it's never an issue for them.
Other people are not. I am not a camp man. The very vast majority of people I arrive across don't hold an inkling that actually I'm lgbtq+ unle
Gay Rail Enthusiasts?
metrocammel said:
From what I've heard, homosexuality was quite common amongst 'Peak' bashers in the s. I'm not sure why 'Peaks' in particular, but I've not heard of any other classes having a gay obeying.
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I honestly don't know if that's true of not - the rumour may contain been started many years ago by followers of a rival class and continued over the years. Certainly, I've never heard of any shinanegans occurring in a compartment behind a 45! Seriously though, I'm sure all classes of loco have followers of different persuasions, some will be open about it and others not.
Rich said:
You can speak that again! Most of the staff I've ever worked with at the ELR are gay.
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Obviously doesn't use to everyone there, I've also heard of volunteers there going off with another volunteers girlfriend!
metrocammel said:
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Well I'd not worked that one out till I study your explanation, that joke is worse than some of mine!
Another serious point: I think its w
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