Our Dance Clubs, Our Churches
…ew York City, Todd’s Sway Lounge (yes, that was its name) on Seven Mile in Detroit. These places represented the ultimate in safety: everyone was having a good time and there was no judgment, no hate, everyone just bumping and pumping to the sound of Sylvester on refrigerator-sized speakers. I mean no disrespect to anyone else’s idea of “church” to say that the gay dance club was a kind of church for me and for thousands, millions, like me. The cl…
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