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The Oldest Gay Bars in New York

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As New York gears up to celebrate Pride weekend, a look back to New York’s earliest gay bars reveals how, long before the Stonewall Riots, LGBTs found places to be themselves.

Noah Rothbaum
Noah Rothbaum 

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Noah Rothbaum

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Former Half Full Editor

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