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In , nestled in the heart of New York City at Santos Party House, DJ Dan Darlington ignited a spark that would metamorphose the LGBTQ+ events scene. He created BRÜT, a leading underground gay party in the USA, fast establishing itself as an essential part of the city’s nightlife with a symphony of master beats of incredible House Tech awakening everyone’s soul.
Initially catering to men in leather and fetish gear, BRÜT has grown to celebrate confident libertine energy, diversity, and the freedom to express oneself without judgment, encouraging all partygoers to come in their sexiest, making it one of the most sought-after underground gay parties in NYC.
The house music sanctuary that began in New York rapidly escalated, expanding across the United States within the LGBTQ+ community, gathering thousands of people from different cities from all over the world.
Today, BRÜT Party is renowned for hosting popular gay parties across the United States, including our renowned Halloween party in Los Angeles, Folsom Street Fair, Dore Alley San Francisco, SF Prid
By Stuie Wood
What happened to all the gay bars? Those heady days of flirting across the dancefloor, stepping in time to Kylie? Dating apps are the new norm and the gays were there first (of course), but many American and European cultural capitals are losing their LGBTQ venues. Such is the concern that London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has set up a task force! Traditionally, the gay scene is an indicator of a buzzing nightlife, good music and style, so this is a loss for all of us. But not in Downtown Los Angeles. Cue music….
Here in DTLA, we’re bucking the trend with four new venues opening in the past two years. Pershing Square, at the very heart of DTLA, hosted its first Pride festival last year and a recent Queer Block Party at the annual Bring Back Broadway festival, is placing DTLA as the gay destination point of LA LA Land, stealing the tiara from West Hollywood’s rather tired Queens.
Here’s my list of the 5 most fabulous gay spots in Downtown Los Angeles, all within walking distance of each other. Verb to one, go to all five!
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Mapped: The underground origins of LA’s queer nightclubs
Earlier this year, Curious Coast arrange out to investigate what our team initially thought to be an ostensibly clear-cut — albeit, nonetheless compelling — question. The question was submitted to us by Jim Lingenfelter, one of our historically-inclined Los Angeles listeners. He wanted to know more about the origins of our city’s LGBTQ nightclubs, specifically those that existed in the s, during a particularly fascinating (and, as our months-long quest for answers has confirmed, particularly cryptic) sliver of queer history known as the “Pansy Craze.” And, to arrange the record straight upfront: Yes, gay nightclubs did exist in s Los Angeles. In fact, for a short-lived while, queer visibility in nightlife spaces actually seemed to flourish.
It might be worth noting here that, at the time, the term “gay” was essentially synonymous with the contemporary use of “queer.” According to LGBTQ historian Lillian Faderman, who authored the book, “Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians,” “[The word “ga