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70 / M Came out in college in 58/59 and moved to NYC in 1960. Lived there for forty years before moving to Europe in January 2000. Have traveled a bit since then, and written and self-published a gay novel, "Like the Sun Rushing" - which you can check out on Amazon.com. |
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2nd oldest gay bar in NYC
Posted: June 02, 2007
This bar was still trying make it as a straight bar in the mid-Sixties, despite having gay customers - trust me, I was a customer then. This was the reason the Sip-in was successful here, gay-identified customers from Mattachine were refused service. The Candle Bar uptown on West 74th and Amsterdam was operating at this time as a real gay bar - and is still operating as one. Julius's is okay for a nostalgia trip and burgers.
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Posted: June 02, 2007
This place has been operating as a gay bar since the mid-60's when I first went there - unlike Julius's in the Village, which was still trying to keep gay men out at that time. Whether it was as the Candlelight Lounge of forty years ago or today's Candle Bar, it has always been a friendly spot.
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