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I made picturesofgaybars because gay bars and clubs have been integral to my coming out and queer community finding experience, and because I like these places, my fondest memories are lit with pulsing rainbow light and throb to a beat coming up through the floor. I mourn, I pray, I take painful breaths to try to release the knot in my chest.

We are not safe. But we are strong. Hug your friends. Love yourself. Fight for a better future for all of us. In the early years, the flame also served as a fountain but that function ceased when drunken barflies began using it as a urinal.

Director Travis Mathews Talking Gay/Straight ‘Interior. Leather Bar.’

Both Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote used to frequent the bar. My I buy you a drink? He even signed a beverage napkin for me. Another time I saw Tennessee Williams standing by the flame. As I neared him I could see he was very, very drunk but I introduced myself anyway. He gave me a very limp handshake, like a dead fish, and mumbled something incoherently, which kind of grossed me out, and almost fell down in the process.

Quotes taken f rom here. To find out, I documented the sights and sounds of the iconic Lexington Club before it closed forever. From Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida. And then a man walked into one of these safe spaces and opened fire. Just like me. Currell on Flickr. Oh and there is my roommate husband in a tie.

In a dress. I need a haircut. I like my legs. I like reading out loud.