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It had previously borne that name when it was a dance club for seniors. Then it changed hands, becoming the "Ovo" and the "China Club" before reverting again to the "Warsaw," but this time as a gay club. In 1989 Andrew Delaplaine took over the lease on what had been the China Club and renamed the club the "Warsaw Ballroom". [1]
the south beach scene in 1994 In the 1990s, South Beach was home to many of the city’s most popular nightspots. This South Beach club guide was originally published in The Miami Herald on May 6 ...
In 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) began looking into instances of Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) targeting gay men for harassment. [2] In February 2010, the ACLU announced that it will sue the City of Miami Beach for an ongoing targeting and arrests of gay men in public. [3]
The general attitude about homosexuality in Miami mirrored many other cities' across the country. Though gay nightlife in the city had enjoyed the same boisterous existence as other forms of entertainment in the 1930s, by the 1950s, the city government worked to shut down as many gay bars as possible and enacted laws making homosexuality and cross-dressing illegal. [3]
The Dolphins-Chiefs game gets underway at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Fans looking for watch parties, here are 6 of the best in Palm Beach County.
Another popular official event was the Muscle Beach Party. [1] Cultural locations for events have also included the Perez Art Museum [7] and the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. [8] White Party Miami has been estimated to attract 10,000 [1] to 15,000 [9] people globally from the United States, South America, Canada and Europe. [1]
The seeds of change were planted in Miami Beach in the late 1970s and into the ‘80s. The first two renovated Art Deco hotels, the Cardozo and the Carlyle, reopened in 1978.
Gay Men and the Forms of Contemporary US Culture. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-7230-2. Castells, Manuel 1983. The City and the Grassroots: A Cross-Cultural Theory of Urban Social Movements. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press. D'Emilio, John 1992. Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University.