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Saturday, June 29, 2019

We've been to a marvelous party: when gay Harlem met queer Britain

Thirty years before Stonewall, in New York’s black Bohemia, a thriving, sometimes controversial cultural exchange occurred

Long before the Stonewall rebellion, well before anyone ever dared fight for gay liberation or celebrate Pride, an LGBTQ identity could sometimes, just sometimes, act like a remarkable passport. In the 1920s and 30s black Harlemites went to Britain, seeking new experiences, opportunities and lovers. In turn, British queers and lesbians came to Harlem too.

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