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Legendary Gay Bar Starlite Lounge Closes

on August 1st, 2010 by B.Graff

Last night was the final day of operation for the Starlite Lounge, the oldest black-owned gay bar in New York. A fixture since the 1960s, the business was forced to close after the building was sold in 2009. Efforts to have the bar declared a landmark were unsuccessful and the Starlite was not able to [...]

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