Paul FlynnInvention on the dancefloor: how gay clubs shaped musicFacebook Twitter Pinterest DJ Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage, New York in 1978. UK gay clubs became unique mirrors to their individual political and sociological moment. In the past 30 years, as the British LGBT cause has turned us from enemies to friends of the state, certain gay clubs have become enshrined in legend. The neighbourhood gay disco is the foot-soldier that puts in the groundwork for these marquee events to exist. But not everyone is privy to the triumph of the neighbourhood gay disco.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2016 17:25 UTC