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11-9-17
tags: Stonewall, LGBT, Video of the Week, Julius Bar
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11-9-17
Video of the Week: Before Stonewall, Julius' Bar Went Down in Gay History
Rounduptags: Stonewall, LGBT, Video of the Week, Julius Bar
A rainbow flag hangs among Halloween decorations and framed movie stills in Julius’ bar, a divey haunt in Manhattan’s West Village. Light floods in through the window on a brisk October morning, warming the area where Dick Leitsch, 82, sits on a stool.
It’s hard to believe this place, which today caters to a largely gay clientele, is the same place where decades ago in 1966, Leitsch was denied service for being gay.
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